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Bob Costas on Gun Control Commentary: 'Entirely Appropriate'

Bob Costas on Gun Control Commentary: 'Entirely Appropriate'

NBC Sports host Bob Costas said it was “entirely appropriate” to exploit Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide last December to push for gun control during halftime of NBC’s broadcast of “Sunday Night Football” the day after the tragedy. “This

HuffPo: 'Howie Kurtz Should Be Ashamed of Himself'

HuffPo: 'Howie Kurtz Should Be Ashamed of Himself'

A little of what Hot Air’s Allahpundit might describe as Blue on Blue violence. Apparently, HuffPo’s Vicky Ward was negotiating for a “Vanity Fair” interview with Jill Kelley, one of the women swooped up in the Petraeus scandal. She refused

Howard Kurtz Worries Media Will Give up Anti-Gun Push

Howard Kurtz Worries Media Will Give up Anti-Gun Push

Note that Kurtz is concerned only with gun control and says nothing about school safety. But this is how the media game is rigged… You have a left-wing media pushing left-wing politicians to pass gun control, and should that fail, as back-up

Time's Person of Year: Barack Obama

Time's Person of Year: Barack Obama

Kind of a no-brainer pick for “Time,” but check out this slobbering love affair of purplish prose oozing from the pores of editor Rick Stengel: Obama is the first Democratic president since FDR to win more than 50% of the vote

NYT Slams, Kurtz Defends Post's Subway Death Cover

Ths morning the New York Post ran a huge cover photo of a man about to die — literally. Pushed off a New York subway platform, the photo captures Ki-Suck-Han seconds before an oncoming train is about to barrel down on

Howard Kurtz Defends Comics for Ignoring Obama

Howard Kurtz Defends Comics for Ignoring Obama

The shingle on Howard Kurtz’s office reads “media critic,” but these days “palace guard” is a more accurate moniker. Kurtz, who toils for both the liberal Daily Beast and left-leaning CNN, is defending today’s comedian class for dereliction of duties. Namely,

New Biography: Walter Cronkite Biased, Unethical

New Biography: Walter Cronkite Biased, Unethical

A thorough new biography of Walter Cronkite by Douglas Brinkleyreveals that he was not the unbiased journalist his supporters havealways claimed him to be. In fact, he was a liberal who used his positionas America’s top anchor to promote the

Fox News Mole: Yep, I'm A Weasel

Fox News Mole: Yep, I'm A Weasel

Joe Muto sat down with CNN’s Howard Kurtz for an interview that will air tomorrow morning on Reliable Sources. Photo: JEFF BACHNER FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Media Matters Lays Low After Insider Expose

Media Matters Lays Low After Insider Expose

Over a month after the Daily Caller began exposing Media Matters’ internal workings, including funding from left-wing allies, bizarre office hijinks, anti-Semitic employees, backdoor payoffs to former lovers, and connections with the Obama Administration, the organization remains largely silent. The