Ever since Tina Brown took the helm at Newsweek she has been courting controversy. The magazine, acquired for a dollar last year, has been shrinking in physical size, circulation and relevance since Brown took over. If there’s one thing she
A new poll from The Hill: A full 68 percent of voters consider the news media biased, the poll found. Most, 46 percent, believe the media generally favor Democrats, while 22 percent said they believe Republicans are favored, with 28
“I was like, WHOA!” Former TV host Cenk Ugyur claims he was canned from MSNBC because Washington types now run MSNBC’s newsroom. Apparently, his “aggressive body language and overall demeanor” made it difficult to book guests. If by “overall demeanor”
“It’s a wonder that lightning just doesn’t strike people dead on the spot when they say stuff like that.” [youtube ovFvytdct3g nolink]
“When you go write your stories …”
From Breaking News moments ago: Congressman Wu is a Democrat. Wu is currently embroiled in allegations of an “unwanted sexual encounter.” Not long after they deleted their Tweet and posted a new update, identical to the last except for the
From … MSNBC. TA DA! Also, media types need to stop presenting Marcus Bachmann’s clinic as Gayz Awayz R Us. It’s a clinic that offers therapy, period. An individual sought out help specifically to stop being gay. A therapist at
Bless his heart. Some dude who voiced commercials for an insurance company, and was once apparently an extra in some movies, is still angry that he was canned after leaving a rage-filled voicemail with FreedomWorks in a one-consent state. (Before
Who knew MSNBC had standards? It appears that their strategy of throwing wet noodles at the wall hasn’t worked because the long-winded incoherent one slid back onto the floor. Cenk Uygur talks like Keanu Reeves and says “whoa” a lot
This morning CNN gave a platform to John Boyd, President of the Black Farmer’s Union, so he could claim that Michele Bachmann’s criticism of Pigford fraud is based on racism, not fraud. “Do you feel that she’s racist?” asked the
Comedy gold: the link goes to this satirical post.
Inspiring protesters and supplying them with propaganda to recite. Nothing about the Media Matters’ body count from Mr. Cheese: Media Matters’ Body Count? Awaiting Eric Boehlert’s Apology Your taxpayer-funded Media Matters at work! Take action: Media Matters Declared War, Let’s
Q. “How does it work politically to say that we won’t raise taxes on billionaires?” A. “Why is it that compromise always means increasing taxes today and doing cuts ten years from now?”
“My children are grown, so …” “What about your grandchildren?”
From Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Obama Department of Treasury showing that the Obama administration, contrary to its repeated denials, attempted to
This morning Joel Pollak wrote how emails between UMSL administration show how the university was preparing to go after student whistleblower Phil Christofanelli. Background of UMSL story is here. Now we know that the publicly-funded university and its labor studies
Chris Matthews on Rupert Murdoch. I’ve never seen a media entity talk so much about its competition.
It’s no surprise that the tax-exempt Media Matters regularly features publishes proven-false propaganda pieces as “news,” and it’s no surprise that the site, led by Eric Boehlert, came out hard to spin and defend on behalf of SEIU. What Media
Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift: Except, oops! It was already admitted a year ago that that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were responsible, admitted by one of the very architects of the disaster: For years, Frank was a staunch supporter of Fannie
In probably the best thing to happen to his fledgling, part-time radio career, talk host Ben Ferguson is receiving criticism for his feeble attempt to create a news bit of Mitt Romney’s religion on his local station. [youtube WCbn3fmKBqw nolink]
Our buddy Kyle Smith points out that the Daily Beast has made a laughably pathetic attempt to gin up some controversy over a line from the movie “Horrible Bosses,” which is in theaters today. From NewsBeast’s Ramin Setoode: In the
Just a small glimpse into the past week’s “new tone” rhetoric from President Obama, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Joan Walsh, Tina Brown, and Josh Marshall.
