Matt Taibbi is a left-wing writer from Rolling Stone. Today he writes in response to accusations that Glenn Greenwald is an advocacy journalist whose work is therefore suspect. It’s a long piece but here are a few highlights. And no
In a June 24 report for NBC’s Rock Center, video for a story was deceptively edited and misleading voice overs added to quotes from an Hasidic Rabbi that made it seem as if the Rabbi was insisting that allegations of
Initial reports indicated that Odin Lloyd, the 27-year-old Boston man former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been charged with murdering, was killed “execution style.” On Wednesday, the prosecution chillingly alleged that Hernandez “drove the victim to the remote spot,
America’s largest Socialist conference, “Socialism 2013” will kick off today in Chicago. According to their website, Glenn Greenwald, the left-wing writer for the Guardian, who has recently come under fire for his role in breaking Eric Snowden’s claims of NSA
Protestors in South Africa, thought to be affiliated with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, dumped raw sewage at the Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday. President Barack Obama is due to arrive in South Africa on Friday and
Talk about blue on blue violence. Sunday on “Meet the Press,” anchor David Gregory gave The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald no benefit of the doubt when he asked his supposed media colleague if he should be “charged with a crime” over
“I wonder how long real journalists from NBC like Todd are going to let themselves be debased this way by their association with MSNBC.” That is not me asking that rhetorical question; that is the Baltimore Sun’s media writer David
After a tumultuous year of embarrassing publicity surrounding her controversial departure, NBC News announced Ann Curry will return to the air waves with a prime time special. From the NBC News press release: In an Ann Curry Report: A Face in the Crowd
The latest poll from the Wall Street Journal-NBC New York-Marist doesn’t merely show disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner in the lead over competitor Christine Quinn. He now leads her by a margin of 25 percent to 20 percent among Democrats.
Sending pictures of his genitals to random women via Twitter wasn’t enough to turn the people of New York City off to former Congressman and mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, according to the latest poll from the Wall Street Journal-NBC New
Within minutes of the Supreme Court striking down a key (and outdated) provision of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday, the media was already setting its narrative against the GOP. NBC’s Chief White House correspondent, Chuck Todd, came out first and
***UPDATE: Sorkin apologized to Greenwald Tuesday, saying he didn’t mean what he said. Along with NBC’s David Gregory and Chuck Todd, you can now add CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin to the list of journalists (and NBC journalists) floating the idea
The UK Guardian‘s Glen Greenwald spoke to Michael Calderone from Rio de Janeiro yesterday. The man who broke the NSA snooping story commented on his contentious interview with NBC News’ David Gregory this past Sunday. During the “Meet the Press”
By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKGary David Goldberg, who created the 1980s sitcom hit “Family Ties” and expanded into feature films, has died. Goldberg died of brain cancer in Montecito, Calif., on Saturday, days before his 69th birthday, The New
When it comes to protecting President Obama and the left-wing agenda, we have seen the media turn against its own before. Bob Woodward felt the wrath of his colleagues after popping the balloon of Obama’s dishonest sequester narrative; and after
NBC News’ Brian Williams signed-off for the last time Friday night from his pet project, the prime time news magazine “Rock Center.” The New York Times reports there are still some bitter feelings from Williams and his staff toward the
NBC News’s David Gregory asked Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who first covered the NSA leaker Edward Snowden, if he should face criminal prosecution for aiding and abetting the whistleblower. FLASHBACK: Gregory says that the Founding Fathers wouldn’t have stood for
NBC host David Gregory of Meet the Press attacked Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian (UK) on Sunday morning over Greenwald’s reports on Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency surveillance leaks. “To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden,” Gregory
The Stanley Cup will be at TD Garden on Monday night because the Chicago Blackhawks are one game away from clinching the series–and winning the title. They defeated the Boston Bruins on Saturday night 3-1 to take a 3-2 series
Deceptive journalistic practices at NBC News show no sign of slowing down. This latest attempt to selectively edit audio/video in order to benefit Barack Obama represents the seventh such act of willful, intentional journalistic malpractice. NBC News is already being
The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged a combined 550 points Wednesday and Thursday, erasing over $120 billion of investor capital. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent stocks on a nosedive when he signaled that the Fed’s days of unprecedented printing
(AP) – Celebrity cook Paula Deen was a no-show Friday at the “Today” show, where she was scheduled to appear to answer questions about past use of racial slurs. “Today” host Matt Lauer told viewers he had spoken with Deen
The Daily Show isn’t letting up on President Barack Obama despite host Jon Stewart’s summer vacation. This week, fill-in anchor John Oliver torched Obama’s visit to Germany, daring to compare the president to a flailing, failing broadcast network. Oliver noted
By TERRY SPENCERAssociated PressMIAMICountry singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday at a
The drama started before the game even started. During warmups, Chicago’s Marian Hossa skated off the ice and Chicago updated their roster with him as a scratch. Then Boston’s Zdeno Chara skated off after colliding with teammate Milan Lucic. Only
