For all your latest Mary McCarthy updates, hit Flopping Aces, AJ Strata, The Belmont Club, Tom Maguire, Rick Moran, Thomas Joscelyn, Riehl World View, and Ace.

Ace points to an AP story on McCarthy getting fired…with a photograph of Lewis Libby:

Crikey. Here is McCarthy’s photo via Curt at Flopping Aces:

Gerard Van der Leun: Remembering the real nature of journalism.

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In other news, Betsy Newmark highlights an interesting story about the “Fox effect,” which “seems to be increasing the Republican share of the vote when Fox News moves into a market.”

La Shawn Barber follows up on the Duke case and liveblogged the Milblog conference.

Hugh Hewitt in the Philly Inquirer today: “Paperless news is doing just fine.”

Kate at Small Dead Animals hears from a Canadian soldier in Kandahar and posts lots of photos.