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Hanks, Streep Honor Ephron at Memorial

NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) — Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Martin Short paid tribute to the late writer-director Nora Ephron at a memorial in New York’s Alice Tulley Hall Monday. Ephron died June 26 of complications from

The Obama Vulnerability Cycle

The Obama Vulnerability Cycle

Trend lines in the past few weeks have conservatives feeling upbeat about the fall election.  Romney has been disciplined and steadfast, and has amalgamated his base already.  Obama meanwhile has been beleaguered with a slowing economy, critiques from his own

2012: The Twitter Election

2012: The Twitter Election

(AP) Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaignBy BETH FOUHYAssociated PressNEW YORK(at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not. Candidates, strategists, journalists and political

Will MSNBC's Maddow Excuse Occupy Bomb Plot?

Will MSNBC's Maddow Excuse Occupy Bomb Plot?

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow repeatedly tried to smear the Tea Party movement with the allegation that it caused violence. See this NewsBusters report—or this Mediaite item for two of the many, many times she pushed the theme. In the latter case,

Cable Loses Three Million Subscribers to Streaming

Cable Loses Three Million Subscribers to Streaming

The rise of streaming television is something I’ve been covering rather obsessively on my Daily Call Sheet for going on a year now. Not because I have any kind of inside information or data, but because if you connect the

Letterman: Maddow 'The Smartest Person'

Letterman: Maddow 'The Smartest Person'

Renowned genius David Letterman thinks MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the smartest person in all of broadcasting and journalism. Really. Introducing her on his Late Show on Monday,  he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, our first guest is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster,

O'Donnell Smacks Down Maddow On Bogus Contraception Claim

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow claimed on her prime time show that multiple states have laws requiring churches to provide contraception to employees that are far stricter than President Obama’s recent mandate. Less than one hour later, Maddow’s colleague Lawrence O’Donnell blew

Big Labor Plans Super Bowl Chaos

On Wednesday, after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed into the Right To Work law, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow squirmed in her chair with excitement as she showed the Super Bowl Village being invaded by Big Labor activists. [see update at

MSNBC Wears Out Its Race Card During Primary Coverage

Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton filled their Florida primary coverage with endless attacks on Newt Gingrich for his “racist” concession speech, attacking him for mentioning President Obama’s singing. “Newt Gingrich brought back the ‘food stamps President’ thing —

Who Is Rachel Maddow?

Participants on the game show Jeopardy were shown a picture of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and asked to identify her. All three contestants sat in silence until the buzzer.

Sununu Carpet Bombs MSNBC Election Team

Gov. Mitt Romney’s man in New Hampshire, John Sununu, seemed to have a great time ripping apart the entire team (except Rachel Maddow) on MSNBC while the Romney victory party went on in the background.