Skip to content

Featured Contributors

Big Journalism

Andy Rooney Dead at 92

The Wrap: Andy Rooney, the cantankerous “60 Minutes” commentator known for delivering decades of provocative opinions in a plain-spoken style, has died at 92. Rooney died in a New York City hospital of complications following a minor surgery. “It’s a

Why Is Lawrence O'Donnell Protecting Chris Matthews?

Yesterday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews exhorted his viewers to boycott major restaurant chains because, in his words, the National Restaurant Association is “protecting the secrets” of GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain. O’Donnell also asked Occupy DC activists to break the law

Media Matters Jumps on Pelosi Video, Falls Flat on Face

[youtube nzKtmPFVGic] Forget “Sixty Minutes”–it took the geniuses over at Media Matters for America (MMfA) all of about 60 seconds to pounce foolishly on the Breitbart TV video of CBS’ Steve Kroft asking a question of former House Speaker Nancy

If Rick Perry Was Drunk, He Should Drink More Often

The latest mainstream media narrative designed to push a Republican candidate out of the presidential race is the idea that Texas governor Rick Perry was somehow drunk or incoherent when he gave a stirring speech in New Hampshire a week

Why Is CBS's Steve Kroft Ambushing Politicians?

In a curious nod to James O’Keefe-style guerrilla filmmaking, Steve Kroft of CBS’s 60 Minutes turned up at Capitol Hill press conferences yesterday with surprise questions for both House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

Mainstream Media Doing Damage Control for #OccupyOakland

The mainstream media, embarrassed by the violence of yesterday’s Occupy Oakland protests, is desperately trying to save the image of the movement it has propped up as an ostensibly legitimate voice of populist support for economic redistribution and a liberal

The DeBlackification of Herman Cain

It is absolutely amazing to watch as the media continues to attempt the character assassination of Herman Cain, who is by all accounts a decent and honorable Christian family man. The most recent allegation leveled against him involves unsubstantiated claims