TV BUZZ: Scuttlebutt that Tim Russert has had Arianna Huffington blacklisted from NBC over comments about him in her new book . There are several passages in Right is Wrong about Russert, calling him (among other things) “one of the temple guards of conventional wisdom” and a “conventional wisdom zombie.” Huffington was reportedly un-booked from two NBC shows, but she’s talking everywhere else about the tome. We love a good media scandal. Also, we just wanted to use the word scuttlebutt .

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1. Tim Russert Blackballing Arianna At NBC?
2. Is Tim Russert Keeping Arianna Off NBC?
3. Tim Russert Takes Offense, Bans Arianna Huffington From NBC News
4. NBC VP: “I know some people have issues with her as a guest, but it has nothing to do with the book.”

SPORTS BUZZ: The controversy around the recent Vogue cover continues unabated online. Critics see a reductive racial stereotype in the image of LeBron James holding Gisele Bundchen on this month’s cover shot - it’s LeBron as King Kong - and non-critics just go “huh”?

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1. One of Worst Selling Issues of All Time
2. Vogue Goes With That Whole King Kong Motif For Their Lebron James-Gisele Bundchen Cover
3. “Vogue Magazine Is Not Saying Somebody Should Give LeBron James a Banana”
4. OMG His Thighs Are SO FAT
5. Yikes! A Troubling Comparison
6. Parsing the Controversy
7. “My initial reaction was, maybe the photograph is trying to capture his personality.”
8. The %u2018Observer%u2019: Did We Mention Sloane Crosley Is Soooo Dreamy? — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine
9. Some People Are Very Upset, It Seems
10. Is Vogue Racist For Choosing This LeBron James /Gisele Bundchen Cover?
11. Is This Racism Or Just Bad Art Direction?
12. The Controversy Begins
13. Nice Headline: Critics Go Ape Over LeBron James Magazine Cover
14. It’s Always Man Plus Gisele These Days