
What is art if not a window into the time and place in which it was created? In the wake of yet another disappointing jobs report, it’s clear that the Great Recession lives, and thus will play a significant role
by Alexander Marlow8 Jul 2012, 8:15 AM PST0

With New Media, we are watching history play out before our eyes. Every day, online outlets are breaking stories the establishment media won’t. Some of these sites (largely thought of as blogs) now have more traffic than mainstream media websites.
by Alexander Marlow19 May 2012, 2:53 PM PST0

by Alexander Marlow5 May 2012, 12:54 PM PST0

In a statement to Reuters, Steve Capus, President of NBC’s news division, said that the decision to air the sliced-and-diced version of the George Zimmerman phone call to the police just before he shot Trayvon Martin was “a mistake and not
by Alexander Marlow8 Apr 2012, 12:01 PM PST0

When news broke that Katie Couric will be filling in for Robin Roberts next week on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the country yawned. Or, at least we did, until we learned that NBC plans to pit “The Rogue Warrior” against
by Alexander Marlow31 Mar 2012, 6:45 PM PST0

No surprise here: In recent weeks, LinkedIn, the networking website, and the Council of Economic Advisers have reported that the press is “America’s fastest-shrinking industry”, measured by jobs lost; the Newspaper Association of America has shown that advertising sales have halved since 2005 and
by Alexander Marlow17 Mar 2012, 5:00 PM PST0
Less than a week after ABC released (and Drudge essentially spoiled) the story that we were told could “end [Newt Gingrich’s] career,” the former Speaker came from behind to win the South Carolina primary by a startling 13%. Not only
by Alexander Marlow23 Jan 2012, 4:45 AM PST0
Only the mainstream media could make Newt Gingrich sympathetic on a personal level. All you need to know about the CNN South Carolina debate happened in the first three minutes, when moderator John King began the night by questioning Newt
by Alexander Marlow20 Jan 2012, 1:28 AM PST0
Mitt Romney continues to display competence and confidence, but his rhetoric doesn’t soar and the base is inherently skeptical of his record, so he hasn’t quite put this thing away. Last time I wrote about these debates, I said the
by Alexander Marlow10 Nov 2011, 6:33 AM PST0
[UPDATED] [WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS THE NAKED HUMAN FORM… WITH HATS] Just over a week ago, I arrived at the Occupy San Francisco tent city on Embarcadero and Market St. to what can be best described as a sea of
by Alexander Marlow5 Nov 2011, 4:49 AM PST0
It’s Halloween, and that means it’s time to trick-or-treat or attend costume parties or seek out a local haunted house. But for me, it’s hard to find a better haunted house than my plasma TV. I was a bit of
by Alexander Marlow30 Oct 2011, 4:44 AM PST0
Hours after Big Journalism reported on a death threat made against an ABC reporter covering the Occupy Oakland protest and following a week’s worth of videos at Breitbart.TV chronicling the demonstration’s descent into lawless disorder, City Hall has said that
by Alexander Marlow21 Oct 2011, 3:31 PM PST0
In the world of Twitter, YouTube, and the 24/7 news cycle, these debates bear a much closer resemblance to a baseball season than to prize fights. In other words, consistency is key and you can’t win it all in one
by Alexander Marlow11 Oct 2011, 9:31 PM PST0
For the last couple days we’ve run several posts reporting on Sony Picture’s apparent decision to make a $50M+ soft money contribution to the Obama campaign a month prior to election day in the form of a Mark Boal/Kathryn Bigelow
by Alexander Marlow9 Aug 2011, 4:13 PM PST0
Earlier this week, the Huffington Post published an article suggesting Andrew Breitbart may have doctored a video published here and Breitbart.TV that made CBS’s Norah O’Donnell look like the biased liberal she really is. Of course, Breitbart did no such
by Alexander Marlow4 Aug 2011, 4:40 AM PST0
In many ways “Friends with Benefits” is akin to a reboot of “No Strings Attached,” which came out just a few months ago, and that’s good news for conservative moviegoers. Like “No Stings,” “FWB,” which stars the magnetic Mila Kunis
by Alexander Marlow30 Jul 2011, 6:46 AM PST0
One year ago today John Nolte reported in this space that “Captain America: The First Avenger” director Joe Johnston said the film based on the legendary comic book hero is “not about America,” and I can finally confirm that he
by Alexander Marlow21 Jul 2011, 4:45 AM PST0
If someone told you that Roseanne Barr had a new 16-episode reality show focusing on her “new life on a macadamia nut farm on the Big Island of Hawaii,” you’d probably think they were yanking your chain. And you’d be
by Alexander Marlow11 Jul 2011, 8:53 AM PST0
Anyone who caught “Real Time” this past weekend got to enjoy some great television. Much like the boss (and much unlike your average buttoned-up conservative), Ann Coulter thrives in a political environment where there’s an emphasis on entertainment, humor, and
by Alexander Marlow11 Jul 2011, 6:45 AM PST0
Good piece today by Christian Toto in the Washington Times on Woody Allen’s critical darling “Midnight in Paris.” I found the film to be quite the disappointment; as Toto notes, Allen takes a bludgeon to America and the Tea Party,
by Alexander Marlow8 Jul 2011, 1:39 PM PST0
Below is the recently released teaser-trailer for the Margaret Thatcher biopic, “The Iron Lady.” The Weinstein Co’s film comes out in January 2012 and has Oscar-bait written all over it. We don’t see Meryl Streep (as Thatcher) for over half
by Alexander Marlow8 Jul 2011, 10:53 AM PST0
One news item that was mostly lost in the holiday weekend shuffle was that the Los Angeles Police Department has solicited celebrities to use twitter to spread the word about the closure of a prominent freeway. The story was already
by Alexander Marlow7 Jul 2011, 4:48 AM PST0
Latest strategy: x-ray Bachmann’s ass to prove it’s real. Comedians are free to joke about what they want, but does anyone else find it creepy that David Letterman, of all people, is making sexual jokes about a sitting congresswoman? After
by Alexander Marlow6 Jul 2011, 11:59 AM PST0
Many on the left would have you believe that the world hates America, but I humbly disagree. An alternative school of thought–one to which I subscribe–is that the world’s left hates America. That’s a lot of people, to be sure,
by Alexander Marlow5 Jul 2011, 4:13 PM PST0
To understand if a person or group is on the left or the right, look no further than what outrages them. If you’re offended by how much tax revenue is squandered year after year, you’re probably on the right; if
by Alexander Marlow16 Jun 2011, 11:15 AM PST0