Writing at the New Yorker, John Cassidy wonders aloud if the reaction to the Boston bombing would have been much different if the Tsarnaev brothers had used rifles instead of bombs. He writes, “Imagine, for a moment, that the Tsarnaev
Jarron Collins (left), who is Jason Collins’s younger twin brother by eight minutes, had absolutely no idea his twin brother was gay until last summer, which was when Jason revealed to Jarron for the first time that he was gay.
Two high profile incidents over the weekend kept law enforcement on their toes as Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer became the latest targets in the potentially deadly tactic known as SWATting. Rogers, who is Chairman of
Jason Collins, a professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards last season, became the first active openly gay male athlete in a major professional team sport when he announced in a Sports Illustrated article on Monday that
The Free Beacon catches this jaw-dropper from CNN’s Candy Crowley on her Sunday show, “State of the Union”: CANDY CROWLEY: Here’s what I’m gathering from the show today talking to folks in office and out of office observing from an
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, comedian Conan O’Brien poked fun at CNN’s ratings woes as the cable network struggles to reclaim its identity as the leader in breaking news coverage. O’Brien said conservatives watch Fox News, liberals watch
Deceased Boston bombing “Suspect 1” Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s American born wife and young daughter were on food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children in Massachusetts during the six months he traveled to and stayed in Russia in early 2012. The Boston
(CNN) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry is demanding an apology from a California newspaper that published a cartoon that seemed to link his push for less regulations to the recent fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14.
Typical of when a Democrat is president, during a keynote monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD), the President is spared from too many mean-spirited barbs. In keeping with that tradition, TBS’ Conan O’Brien poked a lot of fun
Canadians are on their guard against the growing Islamist threat. After all, the last month alone brought the Boston Marathon bombing and arrests in Canada of suspected Iranian-linked al-Qaeda bomb-plotters targeting Canada-US passenger train routes. Add to that repeated stories
Washington (CNN) – When Democrats unsuccessfully tried months ago to persuade Republicans to replace forced spending cuts with a mix of tax and spending cuts, they predicted the GOP would come around in the spring when the reductions kicked in
CNN reported on Friday that Zubeidat Tsarnaev, the mother of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was placed on the federal government’s terror watch list in 2011. According to CNN, Tsarnaev was added to the list in response to warnings
Like a fading singer leaning on moldy hits in concert, Natalie Maines is still bashing President George W. Bush in the press. The former Dixie Chicks singer, who drew headlines while critiquing Bush during an overseas concert appearance back in
CNN: Rep. Peter King, R-New York, says he believes “there were other people involved domestically” in marathon plot.
Breaking news reveals that the Boston terrorists planned to attack New York City next. If the Obama administration continues to turn a deaf ear and shield their eyes from the radical Muslim truth your lives are likely in danger. A
Columbia University associate professor and HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill has gotten himself into hot water after tweeting his backing for infamous cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. For years, Abu-Jamal has received an incredible amount of support from the left in
One of the bright spots for the embattled CNN has been anchor Jake Tapper. During a very tough week that saw the cable news network making numerous errors during the Boston bomber manhunt, Tapper distinguished himself (along with Chris Cuomo)
A new poll taken by Huffpost/YouGov reports that of all six cable and broadcast news outlets, CNN ranked at the top of networks considered the least believable during the almost non-stop coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the intense
“Smart guns“–guns which will only fire when the trigger is pulled by the person who owns them–may be part of the next wave of gun control. President Obama began talking about them just weeks after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting,
CNN reporter John King has been in the center of the storm over the past week as various media outlets, including CNN’s chief rival MSNBC, have hammered the cable news network for serious missteps during their coverage of the Boston
The lawyer for Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, the widow of Boston bombing ‘Suspect 1’ Tamerlan Tsarnaev, issued a statement Tuesday on her behalf. It said, in part, that “she is doing everything she can to assist with the investigation.” The statement was
On CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live” Monday night New York State Sen. Greg Ball (R) Ball: “I think that I share the feelings of a lot of red-blooded Americans who believe if we can save even one American life… that they
In all of cable, not just cable news, Fox News was the most-watched channel throughout all of last week. During the Boston bombings and subsequent manhunt, the new “Most Trusted Name In News” averaged 2.874 million viewers during primetime, and
CNN commissioned an explosives expert in New Mexico to build and detonate a homemade bomb built from a pressure cooker, filming the blast in slow motion to study the damage it can cause. The demonstration, which premiered on April 22
On his Sunday broadcast, CNN’s Howard Kurtz was critical of both CNN’s and the rest of the media’s coverage of the quickly-moving story of the pursuit of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday. “What is the rush to put
