CBS’ Charlie Rose interviewed U.S. Air Force General John Allen, who appeared optimistic about the Afghanistan situation and confidence in President Hamid Karzai, projecting a transition to Afghan autonomy by 2014. “When I look into the eyes of our troops,
HBO is “manipulating history” to “create a false narrative and attract viewers,” said SarahPAC treasurer Tim Crawford in a statement. He’s right, of course, as the 2 minute, 38 second video released by SarahPAC in a statement below. “Game Change”
Veteran actor Ben Gazzara, best known for his collaborations with director John Cassavetes, has died at 81 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. From The New York Times: Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan,
It’s almost impossible to watch ‘Pulp Fiction’ today without mentally checking off director Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic tics. Great soundtrack? Yup. Aging actors rescued from obscurity? Yes, indeed. Dialogue so quotable you could print bumper stickers from every other line in
Mitt Romney handles a light moment in tonight’s GOP debate.
Bloomberg and The Washington Post are scheduled to start trying to smear the candidates at 8pm EDT. Whomever “wins,” the GOP has already lost by allowing their enemies in the press to vet their candidates. Will the other candidates (and
Here at Big Journalism we’re pretty tough on the media when they behave badly, but we also try to offer kudos where they are deserved, even if that’s only with benefit of hindsight. Yesterday I pointed out that three high
The Republican Congressman from Michigan appeared on The Charlie Rose Show to discuss the 112th Congress.
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, blinked into her crystal ball and predicted the Republicans will pick-up only 15 House seats in November. A skeptical Charlie Rose reminded her of what “they” say. But Speaker Pelosi doesn’t seem to
Just a couple of days after the Mideast peace-threatening incident between Israeli commandos and the “peace flotilla” headed to Gaza, Charlie Rose nabbed a great “get” yesterday when he reeled-in VP Joe Biden for an exclusive one-on-one interview. Yes, Charlie
The Daily Beast: On Charlie Rose, Vice President Joe Biden lent strong support to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, saying they have “a right to know whether or not arms are being smuggled in.”
Via The Telegraph: [emphasis added] Against Hollywood typecasting, [Hopper] was also an enthusiastic supporter of the Republican Party. “I’ve been a Republican since Reagan,” he once said in an interview. “I voted for Bush and his father. I don’t tell
David Brooks is a thoughtful writer and, by all appearances, a nice fellow. But on his February 9 appearance on Charlie Rose, Brooks painfully revealed the limits of his understanding and the poverty of his vision. These failings are not
