Newsbriefs 8/3: "The Toothpaste is Out of the Tube"

Published: August 3, 2007, 7:06 pm

Happy News for Robin Roberts: The GMA anchor underwent surgery for breast cancer today, said to be "very successful." We wish her the best. WaPo, Birmingham News Win Accolades: The Associated Press Managing Editors bestowed Public Service Awards to the Washington Post for its in-depth coverage of the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and to the Birmingham News for its lengthy investigation into corruption in the Alabama community college system. That investigation's primary author, Brett J. Blackledge, was previously honored with the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. "Conflicted, but hopeful." That's how WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger describes his feelings on the Rupert Murdoch regime change. Steiger, who kept his own counsel during the months of waiting, said, ""I just wasn't convinced that acquisition by Rupert Murdoch was the worst outcome...Really, the only alternative to Rupert was to go it alone," though, that was "always [his] preferred

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