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•"The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections From the Clinton Music Room" to contain both real and light jazz, Judy Collins. No word on poetry compilation. [WP]
• Panel on free speech at Michael's restaurant in NYC to be a gilded cage match between Time Inc.'s Norman Pearlstine and Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff; Wolff pounded Pearlstine's argument about turning over Matt Cooper's notes re: Valerie Plame in latest issue of VF. . . . Hobbit-pal Viggo Mortensen continues to champion the little people, visited Cindy Sheehan in Crawford. [NYDN]
• Coldplay's Chris Martin nixes invite from Tony Blair because "Martin frets it would damage his image," doesn't like idea of becoming UK's Toby Keith. [The Scoop]
READ MORE: bill clinton , chris martin , cindy sheehan , coldplay , gossip roundup , judy collins , matthew cooper , michael wolff , norman pearlstine , tony blair , valerie plame , viggo mortensen
You could go blind looking for the bright side of the Plame investigation, and by that we are not referring to whatever it is you're doing with your fantasies about Judy Miller in jail. The dim ray of hope is the possibility of a federal shield law for journalists, about which there were Senate hearings yesterday. Among those testifying? Norm "Not Above the Law" Pearlstine, who expressed concern that "the pursuit of reporters' notes by federal investigators has had a 'chilling effect' on journalism." True enough, though we must add that it's not until the notes get handed over that the chill is actually felt.
Journalists Push for Shield Law [WP]
READ MORE: judith miller , norman pearlstine , plame investigation , press corps , senate
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