
Matt Lauer was once one of the most popular hosts of the Today show, but two months after NBC execs fired co-host Ann Curry, Lauer’s “Q Score” has taken a major hit. Since last year, Lauer’s Q Score has fallen
by Warner Todd Huston21 Sep 2012, 3:07 AM PST0

James Murdoch, son of famed media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is poised to take over News Corp’s U.S. Television holdings just as a new report in Britain criticizes his stewardship of holdings in the UK. It has been reported that James
by Warner Todd Huston21 Sep 2012, 3:00 AM PST0

As the Middle East erupts in flames and as his foreign policy scheme is burned up with it, President Obama refused a meeting with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and instead went on the David Letterman show. One might think the President’s
by Warner Todd Huston20 Sep 2012, 10:45 AM PST0

by Warner Todd Huston19 Sep 2012, 4:50 PM PST0

One of the biggest hit series on the science fiction cable channel SyFy is “Warehouse 13,” a show where federal agents traipse about the country recovering “artifacts” that have dangerous, other worldly powers. The show’s latest installment indulged a few
by Warner Todd Huston19 Sep 2012, 12:44 PM PST0

As more and more newspapers turn off their printing presses for good and more journalists are fired or laid off, expect to see more universities and colleges following Emory University’s lead by closing down journalism programs. Claiming the move was
by Warner Todd Huston18 Sep 2012, 11:46 PM PST0

The National Football League seems to have done it right. For last Sunday’s Saints vs Panthers game, the NFL pulled a referee from the game because they were alerted to his Facebook page that showed he was a big fan
by Warner Todd Huston17 Sep 2012, 7:24 PM PST0

NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro doesn’t stand for our national anthem and won’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Why? Because he places his position as a “journalist” above love of county. But, one wonders, does Shapiro understand that without
by Warner Todd Huston15 Sep 2012, 7:39 PM PST0

The Environmental Protection Agency has been indulging its inner propagandist by spending at least $3.5 million to float a newspaper that is purportedly “reporting” on the EPA’s pet issues. Unfortunately for the readers of this newspaper, the fact that the
by Warner Todd Huston15 Sep 2012, 11:48 AM PST0

Just before the crowd in Cairo, Egypt erupted in violence against the U.S. embassy there, CNN’s cameras were in the capital interviewing protesters who said that the main purpose for their protest was to have Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman (known as
by Warner Todd Huston14 Sep 2012, 2:47 AM PST0

According to the Real Clear Politics averages, Mitt Romney now the leads the presidential race in Virginia for the first time since the beginning of the year. RCP also finds that Obama’s poll numbers have been sliding steadily in the
by Warner Todd Huston13 Sep 2012, 11:31 PM PST0

As our embassies burn and our foreign officers are being murdered overseas, TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein is desperate to change the current narrative of Obama’s major failures in the Middle East. So, in his latest piece, Klein wants to go
by Warner Todd Huston13 Sep 2012, 1:09 PM PST0

Along with the rest of the Media establishment, Washington D.C.-based newspaper Roll Call attacked Mitt Romney for criticizing the Obama administration for its failures in the Middle East. The criticism came after our embassies in Egypt and Libya were attacked
by Warner Todd Huston13 Sep 2012, 5:14 AM PST0

When “journalists” confront conservatives, typically every claim, statistic, or assertion is challenged, but when talking to kindred spirits, reporters allow any manner of claim to pass by unchallenged. Such is the case with NBC’s interview of spokesmen for CAIR who,
by Warner Todd Huston13 Sep 2012, 4:54 AM PST0

According to the Census Bureau, income for the middle class fell 8 percent to its lowest level since 1995. The New York Times severely understates the case saying that this “poses a challenge” for Barack Obama as he vies for a second
by Warner Todd Huston13 Sep 2012, 4:53 AM PST0

Huffington Post contributor Sharmine Narwani took the occasion of the murder of our ambassador to Libya to launch into an anti-American diatribe that culminated in her asking why she is supposed to care about Ambassador Chris Stevens’ death or that
by Warner Todd Huston12 Sep 2012, 2:33 PM PST0

Aside from the 11th anniversary of 9/11, there was no bigger story on Sept. 11, 2012 than the attack made upon the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. But for half the day on Tuesday, MSNBC didn’t mention the incident. A
by Warner Todd Huston12 Sep 2012, 12:05 PM PST0

NPR’s Morning Edition gave a very warm welcome Tuesday to Michael Lewis, whose interviews of Barack Obama are soon to debut in the October issue of Vanity Fair. On NPR, Lewis’ interviews were called “compelling narratives” and his every utterance
by Warner Todd Huston12 Sep 2012, 5:15 AM PST0

NBC News gave the Democratic National convention 25 percent more coverage than the GOP convention the week prior, a media study shows. The analysis reveals NBC dedicated 121 minutes to coverage of the Democrat convention but only 97 minutes to
by Warner Todd Huston11 Sep 2012, 9:56 PM PST0

Here on the 11th Anniversary of the attacks that took some 3,000 American lives on September 11th, 2001, a pair of Maryland State Democrats are throwing fundraisers. If that isn’t bad enough, one of them even said it is “patriotic”
by Warner Todd Huston11 Sep 2012, 11:37 AM PST0

In a Sept. 7 piece, Slate’s Dave Weigel wrote that conservatives had set the agenda for the coverage of the Democrat convention on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 4 and 5, through “trolling” (otherwise known as reporting). This was most obvious when
by Warner Todd Huston9 Sep 2012, 11:00 PM PST0

Friday morning’s Today show on NBC did its best to paint the most rosy scenario possible on Obama’s latest dismal jobs report. Attempting to inoculate Obama from this economic downturn, host Matt Lauer said that analysts he had “been reading”
by Warner Todd Huston9 Sep 2012, 4:47 AM PST0

On Sept. 4, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made a startling assertion saying that Obama circumvented the law when he summarily waived the work requirements in the welfare law. Perhaps not as shocking, few news outlets seem interested in the
by Warner Todd Huston9 Sep 2012, 4:40 AM PST0

Gawker.com, a left-leaning and sometimes profane general interest website, posted a story that makes excuses for child rape, calling it an “orientation” instead of a crime and stating that raping children is “a sexual relationship,” as opposed to the violation
by Warner Todd Huston9 Sep 2012, 12:30 AM PST0

Several journalists have reportedly used fake names to buy Obama campaign merchandise inside media-only areas of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC. Politicker author Hunter Walker recounts that a seller at a souvenir stand revealed the practice when he declined
by Warner Todd Huston6 Sep 2012, 11:03 PM PST0