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ABC, NBC, CBS Nix Obama’s Primetime Amnesty Address

ABC, NBC, CBS Nix Obama’s Primetime Amnesty Address

President Obama will be speaking in primetime Thursday regarding his planned executive action on immigration reform, but the major network TV stations won’t be airing it. CNN’s Brian Stelter reports that ABC, NBC, and CBS will not televise Obama’s speech.

NPR's Race-Conscious Project: Are We Still Funding This?

NPR's Race-Conscious Project: Are We Still Funding This?

National Public Radio has released the latest of its “race card” stories based on “six-word essays.” This one comes from Marc Quarles, a hospital technical who, NPR relates, “is African-American, with a German wife and two biracial children–a son, 15,

CNN Grills Ferguson Protester Who Shouted Down Reporter

CNN Grills Ferguson Protester Who Shouted Down Reporter

Bassem Masri, a protester in Ferguson, Missouri known for live streaming demonstrations in the area, was questioned by CNN’s Brian Stetler on Sunday about his confrontational tactics with not only media outlets like CNN but also law enforcement. Masri and

Obama Cozies Up to the Press Off the Record

Obama Cozies Up to the Press Off the Record

As Air Force One refueled in Hawaii, President Obama spoke with members of the media on the way home from his trip to Asia. According to the White House travel pool, Obama spoke to them for 20-25 minutes on the

New 'Today' executive out after brief tenure

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ESPN executive brought to NBC to take charge of the “Today” show is exiting after less than three months. According to a staff memo Monday from NBC News President Deborah Turness, she and Jamie Horowitz

NYT, Washington Post Question Obama on Immigration

NYT, Washington Post Question Obama on Immigration

Unsure how far they can go in supporting Barack Obama in his expected grant of blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants residing in the United States, the two leading liberal newspapers in the nation are hedging their bets, noting that Obama

Critics Think Internet Is Killing Religion

Critics Think Internet Is Killing Religion

Atheists and others are practically giddy at a new data analysis that shows a correlation between an increase in Internet use and a decrease in religious affiliation. Writing at Salon.com, frequent critic of religion, Amanda Marcotte, celebrates the new data.

AP: GOP Has No Right to Attack Obama on Immigration

AP: GOP Has No Right to Attack Obama on Immigration

A new article written for AP defends President Barack Obama’s expected executive order to protect illegal immigrants from GOP criticism by noting that presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush also extended amnesty to illegal immigrants.  The article cites the

CBS' Lara Logan Quarantined After Ebola Report

CBS' Lara Logan Quarantined After Ebola Report

NEW YORK (AP) — Lara Logan of CBS News is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a “60 Minutes” report that aired

Employee Morale at CNN Collapses

Employee Morale at CNN Collapses

Employee morale at the Washington offices of CNN is at a low point after another series of layoffs and buyouts. On Monday, Politico reported that last Friday, when hundreds of CNN employees lost their jobs, “people were crying all over