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Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy AP: A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was

MSNBC Echo Chamber: When Leftists 'Debate' Movies

Here’s MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Vanity Fair’s Michael Wolff, and WaPo critic Paul Farhi discussing “The Blind Side.” And how illuminating for the “Hardball” audience to hear such a broad diversity of cinematic opinion ranging from hard left to harder left.

Reason.tv: 3 Reasons Not to Sweat Citizens United

No recent Supreme Court ruling have evoked more liberal fury than Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a campaign-finance case involving government censorship of a political documentary called Hillary: The Movie. The Federal Election Commission prevented the anti-Hillary Clinton film

Researching for Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow had a real zinger on Thursday night when she slammed the GOP for having newly elected Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell give the Republican response to the State of the Union. How ridiculous! He’s been in office just eleven

Retraction Request: MSNBC's David Shuster

[youtube Or-_ARBMDC4 nolink] In an interview with Andrew Breitbart last week on MSNBC, David Shuster asserted that Mr. Breitbart hired the private investigator who uncovered the dumped documents outside of a San Diego ACORN office (exchange begins approximately 4:30 into

Is the 'Age of Conservatism' Imminent?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy David Sanger: “For Mr. Obama and his successors, the effect of those projections is clear: Unless miraculous growth, or miraculous political compromises, creates some unforeseen change over the

Garry Wills: How the Bomb Changed the Presidency

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Garry Wills writes: “George W. Bush left the White House unpopular and disgraced. His successor promised change . . . [but] the momentum of accumulating powers in the

Rep. Murtha in Intensive Care

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC: Democratic aides tell NBC News that 19-term Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha (D) is hospitalized after complications arose after scheduled surgery to remove his gallbladder. Murtha is currently

Education Secretary Apologizes for Katrina Remark

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Hill: Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday apologized for saying that Hurricane Katrina was the “best thing that happened” to education in the New Orleans school system.

Corrections Request: The Huffington Post

UPDATE: HuffPo corrected the post but did not post an update aknowleding a previous version of the story contained false information. Moments ago the Huffington Post published an article by Lila Shapiro that requires a correction: On Monday night, conservative

Top 5: True-Crime Reality Shows

Other than “The Sopranos,” scripted television and I parted ways many, many years ago, and it was an ugly break up, as well. When someone has only three reasons to live and one of them is prematurely yanked off the

Correction Request: NY Daily News

In James Gordon Meek’s article “ACORN prankster, James O’Keefe, arrested for incident at Senator Mary Landrieu’s office” of January 26th, 2010, Mr Meek twice referred to an attempt to “bug” Sen. Landrieu by James O’Keefe and three other conservative activists