Larry O'Connor

On the “Open Channel” investigative reporting blog at NBCNews.com Dave Levinthal of The Center for Public Integrity gets to the real root of the problem surrounding the IRS scandal involving revelations that conservative groups suffered more intense scrutiny when qualifying for their non-profit status.  According

Matthew Winkler, Editor-In-Chief of Bloomberg News, admitted Sunday that his reporters had accessed proprietary trading information and used the information in their reporting. The admission was made in an article posted on the Bloomberg website titled “Holding Ourselves Accountable:” We are defined by

There was a time when Carl Bernstein was celebrated for speaking truth to power and relentlessly pursuing a president even though the rest of his colleagues didn’t join him in following a political scandal that involved a second-rate break-in at

Late Sunday night Barbara Walters took to Twitter to announce that she is retiring “next summer.” She will make the formal announcement Monday morning on “The View.” Big news – and I want to tell you first: abcn.ws/19gEaKv. (Looking forward

The media is giving oxygen to a bizarre facet of the Boston terror bombings: The strange movement of young teen girls who seem to have a Bieber-like crush on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The #FreeJahar movement on social media is gaining steam on

NBC News White House correspondent appeared on “Morning Joe” Monday morning to discuss Friday’s revelations that the IRS had flagged non-profit groups affiliated with the tea party and conservative causes for greater scrutiny.   In a telling back-and-forth with colleague

It’s clear that Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) had an aggressive strategy for his appearance on “Fox News Sunday” for a segment on the emerging scandal and cover-up surrounding the alteration of talking points for Amb. Susan Rice the week after the deadly

Did MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry really compare a North Carolina law to the kidnapping of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight in Ohio?  It sure seems like she did.   In a segment that was introduced with the dramatic 911

Victoria Toensing, attorney for Benghazi whistleblower Gregory Hicks, says Hicks is a Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primaries, and President Obama twice for President. Toensing also said that NBC News “spiked” the story this week, prior

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory played White House Spokesman Jay Carney’s now-infamous November declaration that “the White House and State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either

In the Sunday New York Times, Maureen Dowd weighed in on the Benghazi house of cards and it isn’t pretty.  Unlike most left-leaning journalists, who are just now discovering the Benghazi story because they’re collective noses are out of joint

Alex Koppelman at The New Yorker is usually a reliable apologist, if not cheerleader, for the Obama Administration. But even Koppelman seems to have had enough with spokesman Jay Carney’s transparently deceitful assertion that the White House was truthful when they maintained

Saturday, on “Fox News Watch,” former Clinton Administration employee Kirsten Powers joined Monica Crowley to discuss the media reaction to the unfolding Benghazi cover-up.  Powers was Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs and witnessed, first hand, how that White

The New York Times‘ Islamabad bureau chief has been expelled from Pakistan right before national elections. The two sentence letter delivered to foreign correspondent Declan Walsh accused him of unspecified “undesirable activities,” the Times said Friday. The ministry did not give

Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who helped rescue three kidnap victims last week, became an instant media sensation thanks to his colorful and enthusiastic “man on the street” interview immediately after the event. Unfortunately for Ramsey, within days his past

Head of the NBC News Group Pat Fili-Krushel announced late Friday afternoon that the news magazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams” would be cancelled after its final airing on June 21.   “I would like to thank Brian, Alex, David

Former DNC Communications Director and now MSNBC host Karen Finney blames Republicans in the House of Representatives for the terror attacks in Benghazi.  As a guest on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, Finney maintained that “austerity measures” were responsible for security reductions

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl expects all his colleagues on the front row of the White House briefing room to pepper spokesperson Jay Carney with multiple questions today following his exclusive story exposing the multiple revisions to talking points related to

He was the darling of the left-wing blogosphere last year when he was known as the “Fox News Mole,” but yesterday he was just another humiliated criminal in handcuffs as he agreed to a plea deal in New York:  

Over fourteen months since his untimely passing, Andrew Breitbart is alive, well, and dwelling within the heads of left-wing journalists.  The latest proof of Breitbart’s ability to continue to mess with the lib-pundit class comes in the form of a

Chris Hayes debuted his new, prime time MSNBC show, “All In,” in April. In theory, the show was poised to have a big debut as it rode the very busy news cycle with the hyper attention paid to the terror

Thursday was the first opportunity for White House reporters to ask questions of spokesman Jay Carney following the explosive hearings on the Benghazi terror attack of September 12, 2012.   President Obama was travelling to Texas to deliver a speech

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had very critical words for former Secretary of State (and potential 2016 presidential rival) Hillary Clinton this morning on “Fox and Friends.”   What I think is sad is how many people that are around the

Rachel Maddow attacked “fact-checker” Politifact Tuesday night over a story related to NBA player Jason Collins coming out as a gay man.   The controversy revolves around a statement made by tennis legend Martina Navratilova on CBS News’ “Face the