On this weekend’s broadcast of “Media Buzz,” New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discusses the lack of media interest in turmoil in the Middle East. Host Howard Kurtz also asks Friedman to admit President Barack Obama had a bad 2013,
Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz slammed MSNBC’s “Hardball” Chris Matthews for his ‘wiffle ball’ handling of his exclusive interview with President Obama last night…
On Wednesday, Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz said it was “stunning” that MSNBC has not disciplined host Martin Bashir for a “substantial” period of time for suggesting that someone urinate and defecate in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s mouth.
Creator of “The View,” Barbara Walters, told Fox News’ Howard Kurtz the show was never meant to be political: Walters: “The View is not Meet the Press. A lot of people do get their news from The View. But it’s
Fox News’ Howard Kurtz and Daily Show host Jon Stewart’s back and forth ponders whether or not Stewart’s comedy has a political impact on his audience of young adults.
Fox News channel media analyst Howard Kurtz commented on President Obama’s recent interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo about how some Republican congressman had told him they were “worried about what Rush Limbaugh is going to say about me on the radio”
Do women’s magazines serve as a platform for serious journalism? Howard Kurtz asks Janet Reitman & Robbie Myers.
FOX News Channel (FNC) has hired veteran media reporter Howard Kurtz, announced Michael Clemente, Executive Vice President of News for the network. He will begin in this new role on July 1st. Kurtz will anchor a version of what is
CNN Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz, who this week parted ways with Tina Brown’s Daily Beast, featured a full-on show trial of himself. The journalistic mea culpa came after Kurtz made the mistake of writing a column about NBA player
CNN media critic Howard Kurtz: “On Monday, I read the ‘Sports Illustrated’ article by Jason Collins, the first pro male-team athlete to come out publicly as gay. I read it too fast and carelessly missed that Jason Collins said he
More fallout for Howard Kurtz, the embattled media reporter unceremoniously dumped by the Daily Beast Thursday after publishing a column that falsely accused the NBA’s Jason Collins of not disclosing the fact that he — a gay man — had
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/2 include the divorce of the Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz, lefty dirty tricks and Facebook, a sick webcam hacker and a disgruntled company hacker, social media and marriage, hoax
Late Thursday afternoon, about 24 hours after Daily Beast columnist Howard Kurtz published a false Daily Beast column accusing openly-gay NBA star Jason Collins of not being completely forthcoming about a past-engagement to a woman, Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown
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
Howard Kurtz is the media’s most diligent watchdog, just ask him. His weekly CNN program, “Reliable Sources” and his regular column at The Daily Beast, are supposed to serve as bellwethers for the most important media stories of any given week. As
To his credit, Howard Kurtz came out today and agreed that the “horrifying crimes that a Pennsylvania abortion doctor is accused of committing haven’t gotten enough national media coverage.” Here’s the clip, the first 90 seconds of which are about
For weeks now, New Media and individual activists on Twitter have been calling for the national media to end the ongoing blackout of the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor currently on trial for murdering seven babies.
The Atlantic’s Elspeth Reeve sounds angry. In a Wednesday post at the Atlantic Wire, Reeve tore into Fox News’ chief Roger Ailes for the sin of agreeing to an interview with the Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz. Thus far, this is
You would think a high-profile media reporter like Howard Kurtz would hold himself to a certain standard when it comes to what he aggregates out to the world. Well, not when it comes to trashing the Catholic Church. Yesterday, without
The same Howard Kurtz who mercilessly ridiculed the idea that Fox News would hire the very successful and charismatic Herman Cain, today published a gushing love letter to the “ubertalented” Keith Olbermann that begged ESPN to re-hire him: I’m going
There is no greater danger to the left (and therefore the media) than minorities who “forget their place” and join the Republican Party. Each time this occurs, it represents a two-part existential threat. First, these apostates undermine the cherished media
Howard Kurtz just posted a new video about conservative’s strange new respect for Bob Woodward, something he finds amusing. The hook is that Woodward’s piece claiming Obama had moved the goalposts on sequester has made even Sean Hannity into a
Howard Kurtz is such a piece of work. Obama spent weeks demagoguing the sequester and blaming Republicans for the coming cuts. Except, of course, Obama was lying. Sequester was not only his idea, but he also agreed that any deal
For some inexplicable reason, Howard Kurtz likes the idea of paying a fat salary to a figurehead who gives a media institution a false sheen of accountability. Gee, can’t imagine why. I understand the financial pressures that Baron faces. But
A raging gun battle with mad-dog killer Chris Dorner erupts at Big Bear Lake in California. Two officers down, and the killer’s fate is still unknown at the moment of this writing. But the media has its priorities. Howard
