Four in the morning

1. The Daily News looks at dismal results of a recent USC study of local television news and asks backers what they plan to do about it. DN

2. After someone leaked his 119 words and phrases that should be banned from radio, a cranky Tribune CEO Randy Michaels met with staff to show them his thin skin. Vocalo

3. The annual "State of the Media" report is out from the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism. Every media sector is losing money except for cable news. Pew

4. Fox News host Glenn Beck cries even during rehearsals. Howard Kurtz

Four tonight

1. There was Jefferson and Hamilton, now this.

2. Our sideshow is the freakiest.

3. Net neutrality on the agenda.

4. Free speech and dog fights.

The audicity of trusting the reader

In the age of sloppily swung sledgehammers, scalpels are passé.