Radio Equalizer: Levin may be on to something, especially when Leahy seems to drop the “A” in “Alito.”
Also on part one of Friday’s show: Reconciliation hypocrisy.
Award-winning director/producer John Papola discusses his pro-Hayek rap anthem.
NewsBusters: On HLN’s Joy Behar Show on Thursday, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg gave a racial explanation for Chris Matthews’ recent “I forgot he was black” remark about President Obama. Goldberg cracked that “this has been quite a year for
CNNMoney: “After reviewing the ad, which is entirely commercial in nature, our standards and practices department decided not to accept this particular spot,” said CBS spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs. “We are always open to working with a client on alternative submissions.”
Jack Cafferty: “For her part, Clinton tells PBS she is ‘absolutely not interested’ in running again for president. But in the same interview, she suggests she is a one-term secretary of state. Clinton says considering the demands of the job,
ITN: A truck travelling with its dumper raised has hit a pedestrian footbridge in Istanbul, injuring one person crossing. No one was killed.
AFP: Toxic cane toads have taken the Sundance Film Festival by storm in an irreverent new 3D documentary exploring the warty amphibians’ invasion of Australia. Director Mark Lewis hopes his film — “Cane Toads: The Conquest” — will encourage the
AP: l-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called in a new audiotape for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and other industrialized countries for global warming. In the tape, aired in part