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John Nolte

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Movies are Diamonds

Courtesy of my friends at Warner Archive, two films arrived for review this week, “Loophole” (1954) and “Duffy of San Quentin” (1954). I not only have never seen these, I hadn’t even heard of them until the email announcement of

Media Ignore: Obama's OFA Manufacture Protests Against Kelly Ayotte

Media Ignore: Obama's OFA Manufacture Protests Against Kelly Ayotte

Over the past couple of days, CNN (specifically congressional correspondent Dana Bash) has joined  MSNBC’s propaganda campaign targeting/shaming a handful of senators they see as vulnerable after their vote against the Toomey-Manchin background check bill. As we reported earlier, the

Daily Beast Dumps Howard Kurtz

Daily Beast Dumps Howard Kurtz

Late Thursday afternoon, about 24 hours after Daily Beast columnist Howard Kurtz published a false Daily Beast column accusing openly-gay NBA star Jason Collins of not being completely forthcoming about a past-engagement to a woman, Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown

Daily Beast Forced to Retract Howard Kurtz Column

Daily Beast Forced to Retract Howard Kurtz Column

Media writer Howard Kurtz made a huge error Thursday in a now-retracted Daily Beast column titled, Jason Collins’ Other Secret. In it, Kurtz accused the active NBA player, who came out as gay in a self-penned Sports Illustrated cover article

Newspaper Circulation Drops 0.7% In Six Months

Newspaper Circulation Drops 0.7% In Six Months

Even with some individual newspapers seeing gains through digital subscriptions, the overall picture for the newspaper business remains bleak, especially for some of the nation’s largest newspapers. Total daily circulation for 593 reporting titles dropped 0.7% in just six months.

'Moon Nazis': Netflix Joins Left's Sarah Palin Hashtag Twitter Game

'Moon Nazis': Netflix Joins Left's Sarah Palin Hashtag Twitter Game

Twitchy reports that on Tuesday night, the left launched a Twitter game with the hashtag #SarahPalinFilms. Via a verified account, this was Netflix’s voluntary contribution: — #SarahPalinFilms “Iron Sky” nflx.it/11AZvLR twitter.com/netflix/status… — Netflix US (@netflix) May 1, 2013 — One

Bloomberg Rips NY Times Over Racial Bias

Bloomberg Rips NY Times Over Racial Bias

In defense of the NYPD’s “stop-and-frisk” procedure, a policy that has been criticized as racist by The New York Times and left-wing civil liberty groups like the NYCLU, New York Mayor Bloomberg threw the Race Card right back in their

Intolerance: Half of Staff May Quit if Kochs Buy L.A. Times

Intolerance: Half of Staff May Quit if Kochs Buy L.A. Times

Here is a fascinating look at our open-minded, objective, unbiased, not-at-all-liberal media: At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez addressed the elephant in the room. Speaking to the entire staff, he said, “Raise your

Barry Diller: Buying Newsweek was a 'Mistake'

Barry Diller: Buying Newsweek was a 'Mistake'

After 80 years in print, Newsweek announced last year that it would merge with the Daily Beast and become an online only magazine. According to Businessweek, last year, Tina Brown’s Newsweek/Daily Beast (she is founder and editor-in-chief) was set to