[CONTENT WARNING: This post contains harsh language.] On Wednesday night, Quentin Tarantino was roasted at the New York Friars’ Club. Some of Hollywood’s most famous and talented stars were on hand, many of who did the actual roasting. Among them
by Alexander Marlow3 Dec 2010, 7:54 AM PST0
Stay with me here: The Boxer campaign has acknowledged that the letter we posted earlier on Boxer campaign letterhead soliciting teachers to recruit student volunteers is authentic… but they weren’t really soliciting teachers to recruit student volunteers… but they are
by Alexander Marlow27 Oct 2010, 8:28 PM PST0
For some reason, many people still contend that Politico “has no politics” or is “politically neutral.” If that’s the case, someone please point out its right-of-center equivalent to Ben Smith. The JournoListo über-blogger is back at it today trying to
by Alexander Marlow15 Oct 2010, 4:47 PM PST0
Two weeks ago the U.K. Guardian gleefully reported that the self-proclaimed “skeptical environmentalist” Bjorn Lomborg, the best-selling writer on the environment, professor, and director of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank, had made a serious acquiescence to the global warming climate
by Alexander Marlow17 Sep 2010, 9:06 AM PST0
Two weeks ago the U.K. Guardian gleefully reported that the self-proclaimed “skeptical environmentalist” Bjorn Lomborg, the best-selling writer on the environment, professor, and director of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank, had made a serious acquiescence to the global warming climate
by Alexander Marlow17 Sep 2010, 7:17 AM PST0
Newsbusters reports that Morning Joe brought on Terry Jones, the Gainseville, Florida pastor now famous for the Koran burning hubbub, so that he could be lectured on Christianity by departing Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. So far this is all SOP
by Alexander Marlow10 Sep 2010, 1:17 PM PST0
A couple of weeks ago at a press conference for her new movie The Switch Jennifer Aniston said, “Women are realizing it more and more knowing that they don’t have to settle with a man just to have that child.”
by Alexander Marlow26 Aug 2010, 2:21 PM PST0
Yesterday on This Week, Chritiane Amanpour discussed the state of the Ground Zero Mosque with Daisy Khan, wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and one of the principal backers of the planned Islamic community center. A highlight: AMANPOUR: Is America
by Alexander Marlow23 Aug 2010, 5:52 PM PST0
While more discouraging (if not downright frightening) economic news continues to roll in, making the Obama administration look increasingly incompetent, and while a federal judge unilaterally declares we’ve been misinterpreting the Constitution for nearly 225 years, and while a sitting
by Alexander Marlow12 Aug 2010, 6:09 PM PST0
Earlier this week, Left-Wing Gentlemen’s Quarterly (aka GQ) landed a big scoop that was destined to alter the shape of the 2010 elections, if not American politics as we know it: an anonymous source said Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul
by Alexander Marlow11 Aug 2010, 3:13 PM PST0
Raw footage of CBS News anchor Katie Couric recording voice-overs for news segments about Gov. Sarah Palin on the day she was named as John McCain’s running mate: [youtube oNorlsJOw_o nolink] What’s newsworthy here isn’t merely that Couric mocked the
by Alexander Marlow4 Aug 2010, 1:11 AM PST0
In Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother increased chocolate rations from 30 grams per week to 25 grams per week. You read that right. There are no objective facts; there is only the word of the Ministry of Truth. The 21st century
by Alexander Marlow3 Aug 2010, 12:49 PM PST0
[youtube KfqzH5tNkgc nolink] In the early stages of the Shirley Sherrod controversy, the media began to craft the narrative Shirley Sherrod was the embodiment of the term “post-racial.” Then on July 22nd on Anderson Cooper 360, this happened: SHIRLEY SHERROD:
by Alexander Marlow30 Jul 2010, 3:15 PM PST0
[youtube KfqzH5tNkgc nolink] In the early stages of the Shirley Sherrod controversy, the media began to craft the narrative Shirley Sherrod was the embodiment of the term “post-racial.” Then on July 22nd on Anderson Cooper 360, this happened: SHIRLEY SHERROD:
by Alexander Marlow30 Jul 2010, 3:11 PM PST0
She was likened to a modern day Rosa Parks or Nelson Mandela, but the former Ag official, according to the Washington Post, was not interviewed on a single major Sunday morning talk-show following a week that can only be described
by Alexander Marlow25 Jul 2010, 2:08 PM PST0
She was likened to a modern day Rosa Parks or Nelson Mandela, but the former Ag official, according to the Washington Post, was not interviewed on a single major Sunday morning talk-show following a week that can only be described
by Alexander Marlow25 Jul 2010, 1:31 PM PST0
JournoList hit number two from the Daily Caller gives us this far-from-shocking revelation: JournoListers hate Fox News. Highlights below. The Daily Caller has also published a handful of excerpts from the JournoList, many of which have been redacted. One major
by Alexander Marlow21 Jul 2010, 6:41 AM PST0
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had just about enough of this nonsense: Transcript from Newsbusters: KURTZ: Let’s start with the obvious question. Why did you not ask Eric Holder in that interview about this former Justice official’s allegation
by Alexander Marlow19 Jul 2010, 11:15 AM PST0
A memo obtained from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence indicates the Washington Post is preparing to “publish articles and an interactive website that will likely contain a compendium of government agencies and contractors allegedly conducting Top Secret
by Alexander Marlow16 Jul 2010, 12:51 PM PST0
A memo obtained from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence indicates the Washington Post is preparing to “publish articles and an interactive website that will likely contain a compendium of government agencies and contractors allegedly conducting Top Secret
by Alexander Marlow16 Jul 2010, 12:50 PM PST0
Yesterday, Newsbusters ran a story with this headline: WaPo Finally Runs Story on NASA Administrator Bolden: Eight Paragraphs On Page A13 From the article: In a June 30 interview with “Talk to Al Jazeera,” NASA administrator Charles Bolden revealed that
by Alexander Marlow14 Jul 2010, 8:55 AM PST0
[youtube KwC_qVwmJUE nolink] Zuckerman owns and publishes the New York Daily News and owns U.S. News and World Report. Perhaps someone didn’t pass Zuckerman the memo that if you want to be a responsible publisher and give your readership the
by Alexander Marlow13 Jul 2010, 5:39 AM PST0
The next time someone asks you to explain “the politics of personal destruction,” use this example: Video surfaces of a United States Congressman attacking a college student, grabbing him by the wrist, neck, and body, and assaulting another student’s camera.
by Alexander Marlow14 Jun 2010, 1:20 PM PST0
**Post updated with higher quality video and audio. For those you who haven’t been following our extensive coverage of Max Blumenthal’s character assassination attempt of James O’Keefe, a fringe blog called One People’s Project was the key source in Blumenthal’s
by Alexander Marlow20 Feb 2010, 2:26 PM PST0