Irvin Muchnick’s Connecticut Tour Media Roundup

This list will be updated as more links become available.

TV

Tuesday, March 23

WTNH / Channel 8, New Haven, “WWE and McMahon ‘slammed’ in book,” chief political correspondent Mark Davis, http://www.youtube.com/WrestlingBabylon#p/a/u/0/GHWU1eBJgyk

Fox Connecticut / Channel 61, Hartford, “Wrestling Critic Speaks Out About WWE Empire, Vince and Linda McMahon,” http://www.ctnow.com/news/hc-wwe-irv-muchnick-0323.artmar24,0,6730751.story

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Thursday, March 25

WFSB, Channel 3, Hartford, report by Susan Raff

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Radio

Wednesday, March 24

WATR / 1320, Waterbury, Larry Rifkin, Talk of the Town

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Friday, March 26

WXLM, News/Talk 104.7, New London, Lee Elci, Out of My Mind, http://muchnick.net/elci.mp3

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, John Dankosky, “Writer Takes on McMahon, Steroids and the WWE,” http://www.cpbn.org/article/writer-takes-mcmahon-steroids-and-wwe (text and audio of two-minute news report; entire 18-minute interview to air later on Dankosky’s program Where We Live)

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Newspaper

Wednesday, March 24

Hartford Courant, Daniela Altimari, “WWE Critic Takes Shots at U.S. Senate Candidate Linda McMahon,” http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-wwe-irv-muchnick-0323.artmar24,0,3186201.story

New Haven Advocate, John Stoehr, “Senator Piledriver: What Her Opponents Should Focus On,” http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/featured-news/senator-piledriver-what-her-opponents-should-focus-on

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Friday, March 26

Stamford Advocate (and other Hearst newspapers), Brian Lockhart, “Author promotes murder-suicide book in Stamford,” http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Author-promotes-wrestler-murder-suicide-book-in-423099.php

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Sunday, March 28

Hartford Courant, Colin McEnroe, “Cocktail of Death About Right For Soap Opera,” http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-mcenroe-mcmahon-wwe-soap-ope.artmar28,0,5629336.column

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Blogs

Wednesday, March 24

CT Confidential, Hartford Courant, Rick Green, “WWE RED ALERT! The Desperate Sportswriter Arrives in CT,” http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2010/03/wwe-red-alert-the-desperate-sp.html

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Thursday, March 25

Capitol Watch, Hartford Courant, Christopher Keating, “Blogger Irvin Muchnick’s FOI Clas With The Stamford Police Regarding Death Of WWE’s Chris Benoit,” http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2010/03/blogger-irvin-muchnicks-foi-cl.html

Capitol Watch, Hartford Courant, Christopher Keating, “Democrat Daniel Malloy Supported GOP’s Linda McMahon For State Board Of Education,” http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2010/03/democrat-dannel-malloy-support.html

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Friday, March 26

Political Capitol, Stamford Advocate, Brian Lockhart, “Who’s going to phone Dan McCabe first today? McMahon or Simmons?”, http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/25/whos-going-to-phone-dan-mccabe-first-today-mcmahon-or-simmons/