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Gawker's Fox News Mole Destroys Career for $5,000

Gawker's Fox News Mole Destroys Career for $5,000

Joe Muto, a former producer on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” was fired today, less than 24 hours after Gawker revealed that it had a mole within the Fox organization. What’s even more incredible: Gawker paid only $5,000, as Jeff

Fox News Returns Fire: Newt 'Auditioning for CNN'

Fox News Returns Fire: Newt 'Auditioning for CNN'

As we saw yesterday in the bloodless efficiency with which Fox News quickly hunted down and terminated Gawker’s mole, the number one name in cable news is never one to be shy about public battles, especially battles others choose to make public. Today, Fox

NPR Lies Again About Zimmerman

NPR Lies Again About Zimmerman

Earlier this week, NPR lied to its listeners, telling them that “[George] Zimmerman pursued [Trayvon] Martin after police, responding to Zimmerman’s 911 call, told him not to.” Today, it repeated the lie at the top of its hourly news broadcast. The

Stossel Slams ABC News: 'It Sucked There'

Stossel Slams ABC News: 'It Sucked There'

John Stossel doesn’t mince words when asked why he left ABC News in 2009: “Because it sucked there.” The bestselling author and Fox Business Network host spoke at The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday about his new book, “No, They Can’t: Why

Democrats Declare 'War On Moms'

Democrats Declare 'War On Moms'

Hilary Rosen, a partner at SKDKnickerbocker, the PR firm of former Obama communications director Anita Dunn, charged that Ann Romney “hasn’t worked a day in her life” and suggested that Ann Romney can’t possibly understand economic issues because she’s a

Matt Lauer: Editgate Segment 'Sloppy,' 'Not Acceptable'

Matt Lauer: Editgate Segment 'Sloppy,' 'Not Acceptable'

So what if “the most powerful face in news,” Matt Lauer, was steering widely-viewed “TODAY” show coverage when it racially inflamed a nation by using a manipulatively edited recording of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting incident?  He looks good reading

Toure: Obama Makes White People Violent

Toure: Obama Makes White People Violent

Toure, the self-proclaimed racial expert, has a new column at Time today in which he explains that the election of Barack Obama has made white people violently mad. “Historically,” he writes, “after a surge in black power there is a

'Texts from Hillary' creators meet Clinton

'Texts from Hillary' creators meet Clinton

The creators of “Texts from Hillary,” a spoof blog featuring photos of a sunglasses-sporting Hillary Clinton that quickly went viral, met the US secretary of state Tuesday. The blog on the popular Tumblr platform imagined Clinton engaged in amusing text

Now NPR Joins the 911 Call Fantasists

Now NPR Joins the 911 Call Fantasists

On this morning’s hourly news broadcast (10 am EDT / 7 a.m. PDT), National Public Radio joined those who have distorted key portions of George Zimmerman’s 911 call in order to assign him culpability and/or racist motives in the shooting