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Layoffs Cost Time Inc. $100 Million

Layoffs Cost Time Inc. $100 Million

There’s Time Warner, the multi-billion dollar multi-national; and then there’s its subsidiary, Time Inc., the publishing arm responsible for somewhere around 130 magazines, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and People.   Time Inc. has been downsizing for years now, including

Dick Morris Out at Fox News

Dick Morris Out at Fox News

The next in a line of recent Fox News departures is on-air contributor Dick Morris whose contract, it has been announced, will not be renewed. The departure was reported early on Tuesday and not long after Fox confirmed that it

Post Office Ceasing Saturday Delivery Bad News for MSM

Post Office Ceasing Saturday Delivery Bad News for MSM

Starting in August, the United States Post Office will cease Saturday delivery of first class mail. Though packages and prescriptions will still be delivered; letters, fliers and newsweeklies will sit until Monday. Because the media is in as bad of

CNN: Christie's So Fat He Could Die In Office

CNN: Christie's So Fat He Could Die In Office

From a mile away, a blind man could have seen this coming … at night … in sunglasses. That the media would turn against New Jersey governor Chris Christie as soon as he stopped beating up John Boehner and being

The Media's Curious Lack of Outrage at the Assassin-In-Chief

The Media's Curious Lack of Outrage at the Assassin-In-Chief

Comparing waterboarding — which is so harmless journalists have volunteered to do it — to assassinating American citizens is like comparing a Nerf ball to an uzi. Comparing involuntary detentions at Guantanamo Bay — where the greatest threat to prisoners

BuzzFeed Plays Nice with Rubio, Attacks Once Back Turns

BuzzFeed Plays Nice with Rubio, Attacks Once Back Turns

You know the story: frog carries scorpion across river. Frog tells scorpion, “Don’t sting me or we both drown.” Scorpion stings frog. Frog asks scorpion why. Scorpion says, “It’s my nature.” Senator Marco Rubio sits down with Ben Smith of

Rove Surprised at NY Times Betrayal

Rove Surprised at NY Times Betrayal

Karl Rove’s appearance on Fox News’ Hannity was a straightforward and well-intentioned attempt to walk back damage done to American Crossroads by Saturday’s New York Times article, which placed Rove in direct opposition to the Tea Party. “This is not

Big Three Networks Favor Obama Gun Ban Campaign

Big Three Networks Favor Obama Gun Ban Campaign

A new study of coverage by the big three networks of President Obama’s anti-gun crusade shows an overwhelmingly positive slant toward the President’s policy ideas at an 8 to 1 ratio. The study conducted by the Media Research Center reviewed

Heckle-Gate: Dana Milbank Goes Full-Orwell

Heckle-Gate: Dana Milbank Goes Full-Orwell

Just when I’m pretty sure I couldn’t be happier with the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple and his righteous refusal to let the media off the hook for lying about Heckle-Gate, Wemple calls out one of his own, the Post’s Dana

Imperial City: Why the Media Doesn't Care About the Poor

Imperial City: Why the Media Doesn't Care About the Poor

This isn’t an excuse. The media is intentionally protecting Barack Obama at all costs (see: cover up, Libya), and the media is populated by hive minds terrified of what might happen should they jump off the Narrative Plantation and actually report

Nobody Wants to Talk About CNN's 'Ethnic' Problem

Nobody Wants to Talk About CNN's 'Ethnic' Problem

Last week, a bomb went off in the news media. But the media’s own version of the Blue Wall of Silence held together again, which allowed the media to pretend nothing happened. Some in conservative media noticed and reported on

Warming to Senate Bid, Geraldo Slams GOP

Warming to Senate Bid, Geraldo Slams GOP

Geraldo Rivera recently announced on his radio show that he was considering a run as a Republican for the Senate from the state of New Jersey. But as is Geraldo’s wont, he’s already criticizing the very party whose blessing he seeks.

Steve Capus Oversaw 'Erosion of Journalistic Values'

Steve Capus Oversaw 'Erosion of Journalistic Values'

“The Baltimore Sun’s” David Zurawik doesn’t mention the acts of outright journalistic fraud committed under Capus’ scandal-plagued tenure as NBC News president (which ended Friday), but he does at least nod to the elephant in the room: Ending a tenure

Media Matters Throwing Menendez to the Wolves?

Media Matters Throwing Menendez to the Wolves?

The far left-wing advocacy organization Media Matters for America has not written a single post defending New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez since this reporter broke the sex scandal that’s crashing down on him in early November. A search of

MacArthur Foundation: $100k for Ideas to Make Government Bigger

MacArthur Foundation: $100k for Ideas to Make Government Bigger

The MacArthur Foundation, which broadly supports public radio and other public interest initiatives, is billing its latest initiative as “$100,000 in Prizes for Fresh Ideas on Democracy.” A closer look at the multimedia “Looking@Democracy” contest reveals that MacArthur is primarily

Politico Questions Menendez's Survival Chances

Politico Questions Menendez's Survival Chances

Politico is now openly wondering whether New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez will “survive” in his senate seat. The website ran a lead piece Sunday night with a headline asking: “Can Robert Menendez survive?” While the piece quotes several Democrats

Left Uses Kyle Murder to Push Gun Control

Left Uses Kyle Murder to Push Gun Control

The editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, Clara Jeffery, has gotten herself into hot water on Twitter by using the death of Navy Seal Chris Kyle as a weapon to argue for gun control. Kyle, the most celebrated sniper in the armed

Feb. 2013: Newsweek Goes All-In for Hillary 2016

Feb. 2013: Newsweek Goes All-In for Hillary 2016

The cover of the current Newsweek magazine has a picture of Hillary Clinton grinning ear to ear, captioned, “The Most Powerful Woman in American History.” The message is clear–Clinton is the candidate of choice for 2016 and she has earned

Noam Chomsky: Obama Like an Old  'Moderate Republican'

Noam Chomsky: Obama Like an Old 'Moderate Republican'

On January 30, professor Noam Chomsky, famed linguistic scholar and long-time anti-American activist, said on Current TV that if President Obama were in office a few decades ago, he would have “basically” been considered a “moderate Republican.” Chomsky made his