Thousands of activists for immigration reform have gone missing after only four hundred turned up at Wednesday’s rally in Bakersfield, CA outside the office of Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. Though the SEIU reported that “more than 5,000 people” had
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday as police dispersed protests in Cairo. According to a report in the Daily Star, the MENA news agency said that attackers
Funny, I don’t remember CBS having a problem repeatedly identifying Todd Akin as a Republican during the 2012 election. But CBS This Morning couldn’t quite bring itself to identify Jesse Jackson Jr. as a Democrat in its Wednesday report about
The local CBS affiliate in Cleveland reports that a new “study” by Ohio State University has found that the E. L. James smash hit erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey promotes “sexual and emotional abuse” against women. I put the word
On Sunday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told CBS’ Face the Nation that while he “applauds” President Obama “for continuing the NSA program,” he is “very critical of him for…basically he’s been silent for the last two months. He’s allowed the
CBS’s Craig Ferguson goaded Keith Olbermann into an Al Gore swipe…
(AP) TV blackouts aren’t shutting out fans completelyBy RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business WriterLOS ANGELESA week into the blackout of CBS programming to millions of Time Warner Cable subscribers, viewers are finding workarounds. Nancy Keiter, a graphic designer in New York, plans
By DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterNEW YORKA run of ethnically insensitive remarks has continued during filming for the CBS reality TV show “Big Brother,” raising questions about whether the network should be doing more to police it. One of the cast
Johnstown, Colorado’s town council has approved the construction of the USA Gun Institute, which will ultimately be the largest firearm facility in the state. According to CBS Denver, the institute will be a “100,000 square foot complex [with] a retail
CHICAGO (CBS) — Students will face mandatory testing for drugs and also alcohol this school year, at one northwest suburban high school. Concerns about underage drinking prompted St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights to add alcohol to its random
Andrew Ashcraft was one of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters who perished in Arizona fighting wildfires, but the city of Prescott will not pay his wife Juliann his lifetime benefits because they claim he was a seasonal worker. Ashcraft said
Television has been a mainstay of American life since the late 1950s, but nothing lasts forever and one CEO of a major cable company is hinting that the end of TV could come sooner than we think. In a revealing
Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on CBS’ “Face the Nation” “I think President Putin thinks he can get away with pushing around this administration.”
Sunday, on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) described Vladamir Putin in terms that are hilariously akin to Barack Obama. Schumer was answering host Bob Schieffer’s questions regarding Putin giving Edward Snowden when he said, I would urge
(AP) Time Warner blackout of CBS goes into 2nd dayBy TOM KRISHERAP Business WriterTime Warner Cable’s blackout of CBS continued Saturday, and neither side indicated a resolution of their dispute over fees is imminent. Time Warner dropped CBS Friday in
The August 2013 edition of Australia’s The Monthly has a piece by Robert Manne which attempts to prove that influential Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett was a paid KGB agent. His method is simple: take the KGB document that says so–smuggled
During an appearance on “Chelsea Handler Lately,” actress and former “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston ripped into fallen star Katie Couric. The Daily Mail reports that Handler and Couric are pals, so things apparently got a little awkward: ‘Katie Couric was
Jennifer Aniston mocked former Today show host and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric this week for becoming “tabloidy.” Appearing Wednesday on Chelsea Lately on E!, Aniston was informed by Handler, a close friend of hers, that Couric had recently asked
During the White House Press daily press briefing Mark Knoller of CBS asked Jay Carney to elaborate what President Obama was referring to by saying Washington is consumed with “phony scandals…”
NBC Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt will be overseeing the upcoming miniseries on the political life of Hillary Clinton. If Greenblatt’s name sounds familiar, then you recall another TV miniseries focusing on a past president. Greenblatt served as director of entertainment
(AP) Time Warner drops CBS, then halts decisionBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.The fee dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS Corp. took an odd turn when the cable giant announced it was turning off the broadcaster in three major cities, then quickly
With the Anthony Weiner scandal and the reemergence of Eliot Spitzer in electoral politics, CBS’s political drama The Good Wife seems quite a bit less than fiction these days. Star Julianna Margulies can’t believe her good fortune as the headlines
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who is also a Michigan football booster, committed a minor NCAA violation this weekend when he tweeted his support to a 5-star prospect who committed to the school. Because of Twitter’s popularity–athletes and recruits are constantly
Vietnam War POW and Medal of Honor recipient Col. George “Bud” Day died on July 27, according to his wife, Doris Day. According to CBS News, day was surrounded by family when he died. Day received “the Medal of
Bob Schieffer, on his weekly Sunday commentary on CBS, sliced and diced New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner for his latest scandal, calling Weiner a “new age flasher who has traded the traditional raincoat . . . for a digital
