CNN’s Howard Kurtz grilled director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong on their depiction of Gov. Sarah Palin in the HBO film “Game Change.” The filmmakers defended their portrayal, stating their sources went beyond Mark Halperin’s and John Heilemann’s book,
A lot has been written lately regarding the upcoming HBO movie, “Game Change.” based on a book written in 2009 with the same name. Feeling the heat, HBO released a statement last week: “HBO’s ‘Game Change’ is a balanced portrayal
Back in another millennium, when radical left-wing blog queen Arianna Huffington was still a “conservative columnist” and wearing dowdy Republican elephant broaches, I was employed as her researcher. From 1997 to 1999, I worked with Arianna on her twice-weekly column,
CNN’s Howard Kurtz got petulant with The Daily Caller’s Vince Coglianese over the Caller-led Media Matters for America investigation, insinuating that their use of anonymous sources debunks their credibility. Kurtz asked, “How would you feel if I wrote a story
The best thing about this clip is that Howard Kurtz doesn’t actually catch that the contributor is being sarcastic.
CNN’s Howard Kurtz stretched the definition of “conservative” when he introduced his Daily Beast colleague Andrew Sullivan as one on “Reliable Sources.” Sullivan went on to explain to Kurtz that he is the true conservative compared to the Republican Party
Howard Kurtz to Politico’s Jonathan Martin: You had to make a go or no-go decision. I think that at a lot of news organizations an editor would’ve said, ‘You have done some terrific reporting here, you’ve got some great leads
– Is Wikileaks fading? But many others were wondering if it was one more indication that the WikiLeaks movement, which changed the face of journalism and the entire informational ecosystem, could be in doubt as well. Although stateless and seemingly
—– In the segment above, it’s fascinating to watch Howard Kurtz and his two guests, Glynis MacNicol and Paul Farhi, agree 100% with one another. This, of course, is how the MSM creates their own reality, how they intentionally create
From Breitbart.tv: For the record, Mr. Schultz stated that he regretted the error of including a deceptively edited video clip of Gov. Perry. He never apologized for the racist implication he made with the severely edited clip. A media watchdog
This disingenuous position put forth by Friedman is really the best strategy to keep President Obama in the White House. Journalist Howard Kurtz didn’t point out the fact that a 3rd party challenge would most certainly benefit President Obama’s re-election.
Recently ousted NBC News host Cenk Uygur tells CNN’s Howard Kurtz why he thinks he was replaced by Rev. Al Sharpton. You can write-off Uygar’s criticism as sour grapes, but after watching Sharpton’s appearance a few months ago on 60
Now that Congressman Anthony Weiner has admitted to sending out the infamous tweet, it is time to demand explanations from members of the “mainstream press” who, inexplicably, failed to ask the simplest of questions during “WeinerGate.” It took Weiner calling
**UPDATE: I missed this earlier, but in another tweet, Kurtz offered the Clinton sex scandal–the one Kurtz’s Newsweek attempted to kill–as an example of unbiased media coverage of a Democrat sex scandal! The hubris is breathtaking. Kurtz also suggests that
On CNN’s Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz discussed the shameful post on Wonkette that attacked Sarah Palin’s son with Down Syndrome. But, Kurtz barely mentions the #TrigsCrew movement on Twitter that shamed Wonkette into removing the post and inspired advertisers
Evidently, the newspeak definition of ‘misinformation’ is actually ‘opinions with which I don’t agree’. According to Media Matters for America that is, as The Right Sphere points out. They use an example given in Howard Kurtz’s article “Partisan Organizations Use
Please excuse my manners – I will postpone formally introducing myself to a later occasion, but time is precious. As of now, you likely know me as “Ibrahim Kasaam” from the recent undercover videos released by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
And apparently, the folks at Media Matters are very angry at CNN’s decision. So angry that they featured this video on their site. Thanks, guys!
Cooler heads. And honesty. Let’s be honest: Journalists often use military terminology in describing campaigns. We talk about the air war, the bombshells, targeting politicians, knocking them off, candidates returning fire or being out of ammunition. So we shouldn’t act
Chatting with Howard Kurtz on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Richard Stengel claimed that irrespective of the harm these released documents did to America’s national security, “Our job is to publish and be damned”.
CNN’s Howard Kurtz highlights the Drudge Report’s influence on American journalism.
Howard Kurtz recently interviewed former President Jimmy Carter on CNN’s Reliable Sources. Unless there is some significant portion of the interviewing missing from the video, it has to do down as one of the most glaring oversights in the history
It’s amazing to me that liberals can’t assume responsibility without pointing at Fox as though Fox has anything to do with Olbermann’s insubordination. Howard Kurtz this weekend: [youtube hEIiAUPr8Xc nolink] “Well if you look at Fox News you have some
You can’t make this stuff up. From the Washington Post, the employer of the most ethically challenged bunch of pundits and bloggers this side of Pravda: This is a contest aimed at people who’ve read a column in a newspaper
