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Tower Topples Wrong Way During Demolition

NBC News: The former Ohio Edison Mad River Power Plant’s 275-foot smoke stack in Springfield, Ohio falls toward spectators and surrounding buildings as it falls the wrong way during its demolition, Nov. 10, 2010. There were no injuries reported in

WMD and Cognitive Dissonance

George W. Bush is telling the world says he was “sickened . . . when we didn’t find weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. How, I would like to know, did he feel when 550 metric tons of yellowcake were

Keith Olbermann Returns… With Thank Yous?

Olbermann is back with two clips courtesy of Mediaite. Olbermann vies for the self-effacing guffawing “aw shucks you really love me” but it’s odd to see him not snarling about Fox for more than a minute. In one of the

NY Times: Olbermann Apologizes to Viewers, But Not to MSNBC

From the New York Times’s “Media Decoder” blog: In an aggressive statement questioning the legitimacy of his two-day suspension from MSNBC, Keith Olbermann addressed his viewers Monday night, saying that they were responsible for returning him to the air following

Olbermann Demanded MSNBC Apology

The details of the Olbermann – MSNBC slapfight are still emerging, but one thing we’re hearing now is that one of Olbermann’s conditions for returning to air was for MSNBC to apologize for the ordeal. And it looks like his

When Chris Matthews Had a 'Man Crush' on Glenn Beck

As I was watching the Web News show The BCast the other day, one of the show’s hosts, Scott Baker (Managing Editor of the Blaze) mentioned that Glenn Beck was interviewed by Chris Matthews on “Hardball” a few years back.

Sunday Night Open Thread: Will Olbermann Return?

Especially now that we know his dismissal came by way of his refusal to apologize on air? BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Network sources tell Playbook that Keith Olbermann was suspended because he refused to deliver an on-camera mea culpa, which would

Reliable Sources: Kurtz Slaps ABC for Dumping Breitbart

In this clip from “Reliable Sources,” CNN’s media watchdog lauds MSNBC for rebuking Keith Olbermann, digs Breitbart with misleading information, and ultimately slaps ABC for dropping Breitbart from their election night coverage, though he notes that he doesn’t think Breitbart