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'Today' Host to Marry Longtime Democrat Operative

'Today' Host to Marry Longtime Democrat Operative

Monday morning, NBC’s “Today Show” engineered one of those warm “family” moments that producers hope will help rescue the declining morning show from its recent ratings fall. The warm fuzzies were everywhere as “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie announced on-the-air that

Time's Joe Klein Walks Back Obama/IRS Criticism

Time's Joe Klein Walks Back Obama/IRS Criticism

Looks as though Joe Klein is back on the Narrative Plantation. After blistering the Obama Administration over revelations that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, today Klein took his marching orders from Ezra Klein and publicly walked it all way

Newseum Reverses Decision to Honor Hamas-Linked Journalists

Newseum Reverses Decision to Honor Hamas-Linked Journalists

The Newseum’s public relations debacle continues: The Newseum announced Monday that it will not honor two cameramen killed while working for Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV, reversing a Friday decision to include them on a memorial for fallen journalists following pressure from

Terminal Spying Began On Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Watch

Terminal Spying Began On Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Watch

It is like something out of a sci-fi/horror film. A huge corporation gets over 300,000 computer terminals into the offices of the most powerful people in the worlds of finance, politics, media, and even the Vatican. Then this huge corporation

WaPo's Jackson Diehl Is Wrong on Benghazi

WaPo's Jackson Diehl Is Wrong on Benghazi

Jackson Diehl, who writes about foreign affairs for the Washington Post, is no Obama administration shill. He has taken on the White House on several occasions, notably on the issue of human rights, where he has been willing–as few others

Bloomberg Admits To Snooping

Bloomberg Admits To Snooping

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

Report: Bloomberg News Snooping Included Bernanke, Geithner

Report: Bloomberg News Snooping Included Bernanke, Geithner

According to The New York Times, the snooping done by Bloomberg News reporters to subscribers of the 300,000-plus Bloomberg terminals that provide instant financial news to executives and staffers of Wall Street clients such as Goldman Sachs, was so systemic

Barbara Says 'Bye-Bye'

Barbara Says 'Bye-Bye'

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

Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

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

Kristol: Stop Attacking Hillary on Benghazi

Kristol: Stop Attacking Hillary on Benghazi

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who told Republicans in late 2012 to cave on higher taxes to President Obama, now thinks Republicans should stop attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her role in American failures before, during, and

Mom of Rescued Girl: Best Mother's Day

Mom of Rescued Girl: Best Mother's Day

After nearly a decade of Mother’s Days without her daughter, Nancy Ruiz is finally celebrating with her child by her side.         Her daughter, Gina DeJesus, was among the three girls recently rescued from what is being

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

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

Dowd On Benghazi: Clinton-Era Déjà Vu

Dowd On Benghazi: Clinton-Era Déjà Vu

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

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

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