David Carr, a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, has battled his own crack addition; he has survived cancer. Perhaps strengthened by those struggles, he’s now taking on a force that sometimes sends other reporters running for the hills: The PR department of Fox News.

Some men buy their wives flowers; others, chocolates. Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, bought his third wife, Elizabeth, a community newspaper.

After months of speaking on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Howard Wolfson, has joined the ranks of talking heads on Fox News. As many observers have noted, there was a time when Democrats ran from, not to, Fox News, but Wolfson says the network has changed.

The Clinton campaign has deleted the name of a controversial military analyst from a press release published months ago on the Clinton web site.

There’s no question that the $100 million defamation lawsuit filed Tuesday by former books publisher Judith Regan has news value.

But the 70-page complaint also has literary value, as well.

Though it’s bogged down in places with legal terms, it’s still a Judith Regan style page-turner, complete with scenes of betrayal, confrontation and deception.