Big Journalism

First impressions matter, and this is the first impression CNN chief Jeff Zucker has chosen to make after taking over the incredible-disappearing-cable-news-network — a full page ad in The New York Times (pictured above). While it is notable that Candy

It is a very real possibility that Fox News’ investigative journalist Jana Winter (pictured above) could face up to six months in prison for refusing to give up a source. In July of last year, Winter broke the story of

In an interview that will air on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on April 9, Gabby Giffords looks on from her mother’s porch while Mark Kelly shoots bottles and clay pots in the Arizona desert with a Glock 19 9mm. The gun

The Associated Press (AP), in its own twisted way, lauded Hugo Chavez, the former dictatorial leader of Venezuela, while slamming Margaret Thatcher, the former towering conservative leader of Great Britain, after their respective deaths. Here’s the AP on Thatcher: Combative

In a Facebook note on Sunday, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin blasted CNN for the network’s hypocrisy in potentially bringing back a show called Crossfire just two years after the network falsely implied Palin’s “crossfire”

Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin recently blistered CNN, the floundering mainstream media cable news network, and said the network’s ratings are plummeting because CNN tries to fool Americans into believing the network is objective while

Tonight, Fox News will broadcast a Hannity Special Townhall featuring more than two dozen black conservatives who will tackle critical issues facing all Americans and offer their opinions and personal solutions to those issues. The special, the brainchild of Fox News contributor

Sometimes the Internet is fun–and Breitbart’s own Brandon Darby had a ball slamming the profane Wonkette after it accused him of being a “snitch” for helping the FBI stop a domestic bombing in 2008, and claimed that Darby had lied

This Tuesday voters in Illinois’ Second Congressional District will select who will replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr; in anticipation, the Chicago Tribune has launched its final assault against Republican Paul McKinley. In doing so, the Tribune has firmly established

On April 7, CBS News’ 60 Minutes paraded the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting before Americans. This shameless politicization of an unspeakable tragedy had one objective–to build support for more gun control. The program was replete

“What if you were in love with a girl? Would you marry a girl?” That’s the question MSNBC Host Krystal Ball asked her 5-year-old daughter on the air Friday for a segment on same sex marriage.  Ball, best known for

On April 6, The Daily Beast lamented the fact that the NRA has won the day on the current gun control battle, but they claimed that the current victory will be short lived–“Wayne LaPierre may have won the week…but the

In 1982, CNN debuted a current affairs debate show titled Crossfire. The show starred Tom Braden from the left and Pat Buchanan from the right in a raucous debate on the issues of the day. The show continued until 2005

Roll Call reports that Obama has now “given up” on Republicans as partners for helping him get some “governing done” in Washington DC. Of course, the Capitol Hill newspaper fails to show when it was that Obama ever consider the

Melissa Harris-Perry, host of her eponymously named show on MSNBC, is featured in an ad for MSNBC stating that children should not belong to their parents, but instead, to the community: We have never invested in public education as much

MSNBC has been playing musical chairs with its on-air hosts. One of those moves left talk show The Cycle without a steady co-host. Now that Salon senior political writer Steve Kornacki has been pegged to helm a new weekend morning show,

VICE debuted its eponymous TV show on HBO Friday evening, and it’s a promising start. The show begins with a sequence of videos showcasing the Brooklyn-based media group’s wide range of international coverage, and declares that the intention of the

NBC is promoting a story about a 35-year-old man. Joshua Hakken, who is alleged to have kidnapped his young sons from their grandmother’s house and fled with them and his wife Sharyn, possibly by boat. What has elevated this story

What do “Big Rig Bounty Hunters” and “Swamp People” on History Channel have in common? They both pummeled CNN and MSNBC’s brand new shows’ debuts last week in the ratings.    CNN’s attempt to mimic Fox News’ hugely successful “The Five” with a five

Nathan J. Winograd wrote an extensive exposé for the Huffington Post on the history of euthanizing animals perpetrated by the supposed animal-loving group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Winograd reports that thousands of animals are killed every year,

It looks like the Sunday morning political shows got the same memo that immigration is the topic of the day for April 7. The big three networks and CNN are all hosting guests who either lean toward amnesty for illegals

Twenty prominent conservatives have joined Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell to demand broadcast networks, like ABC, NBC, and CBS cover the story of an abortion doctor on trial for murdering born-alive babies in Philadelphia.  The group is asking that the testimony of

After the Associated Press on Tuesday decided to drop the term “illegal immigrant” and expunge it from its style guide (used by nearly every journalist), activists then immediately began to demand other publications follow suit. Jose Antonio Vargas, the illegal immigrant who has gained

I’ve been a fan of Shane Smith and his VICE crew ever since their bizarro tour of North Korea, which exposed the sheer madness of the regime even within the confines of an official visit. Now VICE has a cable

Fox News contributor and Democrat strategist Pat Caddell is at it again. Over the course of more than four decades in the public eye, he has taken on everyone from Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War to Barack Obama and the