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The lawyer for former Fox News vice president of communications Brian Lewis sounded off in a statement on Tuesday, stating that he was “still plotting our course of action.” He added, “two things are very clear to me. First, Brian

The most-watched program on Al Jazeera America (AJAM) during its first week of operation only drew 54,000 viewers. The Wrap reports that some of the programs last week even had Nielsen numbers that were “too low to accurately report.” According

On Monday, Time ran an explanation by Mark Thompson why President Obama could “strike Syria unilaterally.” “For better or worse, there’s also very little doubt that President Obama – should he choose to do so – can retaliate against Syrian

On Wednesday, The New York Times ran an op-ed that surely would have brought scorn and rage from the left had it been written during the Bush years. Its title: “Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal.” Written by Professor

The Associated Press (AP) is echoing Mexican authorities’ characterization of cartel violence as something “they onlydo to each other,” implying victims have ties to the violent drug trade without offering compelling proof.  The latest individuals hit by this assumption are

ABC News, trying desperately to reinforce the impression that Barack Obama has a coherent foreign policy, attempted to defend Obama’s indecision about his policy toward Syria and his unwillingness to give his term “red line” any real significance. ABC News

On Tuesday, internet guru Matt Drudge tweeted a controversial question about America’s vague foreign policy in the Middle East: The al-Qaeda-backed opposition in Syria may receive open Obama administration support in the form of military strikes this week. Meanwhile, the

Last week on The Five, I observed that the race card had been replaced by race poker. I see your “Trayvon Martin” and I raise you a “Delbert Belton.” (I don’t dare play poker–I’m too terrified–but I assume this comparison

I don’t think any of us were expecting this.   Julian Assange has appeared in a rap video wearing a mullet wig that makes him look like an albino Billy Ray Cyurus.  He sings a WikiLeaks-themed parody of the hit rock

Keith Olbermann premiered a new sports show on ESPN2 last night. During one segment, he declared that “Reporting is dead” and went on to attack the New York Daily News for a recent report on the New York Jets: Reporting

AdWeek is reporting that The Daily Beast could lose as much as $12 million dollars this year. The article focuses on the Beast’s enigmatic leader, Tina Brown, and speculates about what her next move will be after the disastrous acquisition

After the announcement by the now-convicted Wikileaker Bradley Manning that he is a transgendered person named Chelsea, the Associated Press and The New York Times have decided they will refer to Manning to as “she” in all further news reports. The

On Meet the Press on Sunday, discussing the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s American Dream speech, host David Gregory asked a panel including Sheryl WuDunn, David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Al Sharpton, “Is the American Dream still what

Fox News channel media analyst Howard Kurtz commented on President Obama’s recent interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo about how some Republican congressman had told him they were “worried about what Rush Limbaugh is going to say about me on the radio”

Canadian journalist Lori Welbourne was interviewing Walter Gray, Mayor of Kelowna, about whether it was legal to go topless in public. Welbourne took a pro-topless position with the mayor and then asked him to hold her microphone and undid her

Call him “Captain Obvious.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes has a firm grasp on what everyone in the universe knows: his show is tanking in the ratings.  In a fawning puff piece about MSNBC in this month’s New Yorker magazine, Hayes admits

Washington Post correspondent Abigail Hauslohner asserted that the ouster of former Egypt President Mohamed Morsi was not simply a coup but a “widely popularly supported coup” on Sunday’s broadcast of This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Hauslohner was in Egypt near pro-Morsi encampments

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7 PM to 10 PM EDT, Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will be joined by Breitbart’s Sonnie Johnson, who will co-host the program that will focus on

In a long article bemoaning the fact that the new CEO of the New York Times likes to keep his eye on the newsroom, an interesting anecdote reveals executive editor Jill Abramson has a special vacation destination when she wants

Much ink has been spilled over the last few months on the fate of the Rush Limbaugh radio program. While claims of flailing contract talks and rumors of its imminent demise abound, Limbaugh himself reports that all the gossip is

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded publication National Catholic Reporter a $2.3 million grant to provide publicity for a leadership group of Women Religious who are known for their “far-left” feminist views that are not in keeping with the Church’s

Al Gore, who has permanently ratcheted the rhetoric up to “11” when discussing global warming, drew wide ridicule last week for his claim that the federal government was creating a “Category 6” for measuring hurricanes. In an interview with the Washington

Last night the great David Webb filled in for Sean Hannity on Fox News. Webb put on Allen West and Juan Williams to talk about urban malaise. The visuals at Fox must have been too much for Rachel Maddow, because she put

The assault on America’s churches has begun, with commentators like Dylan Matthews of the Washington Post and Matthew Yglesias of Slate calling on the government to tax churches. “Whichever faith you think is the one true faith, it’s undeniable that

Only hours before his fatal car accident, journalist Michael Hastings allegedly told a neighbor he thought his car had been tampered with. Hastings was killed on June 18 when the Mercedes he was driving slammed into a tree in Los