Well isn't today's New York Observer just cuuuute! The salmon weekly has given both members of media power couple Ana Marie Cox (Time) and Chris Lehmann (CQ Weekly) a byline this week. And they didn't even have to share an article!

Cox and Lehmann, of course, were most recently seen in the battle with Nation scribe and Media Matters blogger Eric Alterman — with Chris coming to Ana's defense in an open letter after Alterman dared accuse his wife (to simplify things) of not being worthy of a Time staff position. (She's Time.com's political editor. And a party crasher. And innocent party in a legal matter.)

So what are Ana and Chris using their column inches for? To hatchet job Alterman?

Sadly, no.

Ana is busy talking about Hillary Clinton, while Chris has something to say about Al Gore, who, once again, is on his tirade against the media for screwing up politics.

(Surprise of all surprises: Member-of-the-media Lehmann shoots down that theory!)

At least Al, in The Assault on Reason, is keeping his claims limited to the press corp's treatment (read: loyal following) of the Bush administration, and not harping on the fact that when Anna Nicole Smith died, she sucked up a quarter of cable news coverage.

All of which is much less interesting than, say, an Alterman hatchet job.