HBO's The Newsroom Mocks Breitbart, Big Government, and The Anthony Weiner Story
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom” on HBO mocked Andrew Breitbart, Big Government, and the Anthony Weiner story as tabloid journalism.

Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom” on HBO mocked Andrew Breitbart, Big Government, and the Anthony Weiner story as tabloid journalism.

This week Aaron Sorkin fired the entire writing staff from Season 1 of “The Newsroom,” save his ex-girlfriend Corinne Kinsbury. The execrable writing for this show is nowhere near Sorkin’s well deserved reputation for brilliant dialogue and has been wasting

When former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned in disgrace after conceding he had sent lewd photos of himself to women on the internet, his political future seemed doomed. Six weeks after the New York Democrat resigned, a Marist poll

Last Friday was variously described as a day of silence or a day of action for conservative bloggers hoping to draw congressional attention, as well as the eyes of the Justice Department, to an ongoing fight to quell free speech.
Politico, in full attack mode against Republicans on the eve of the Supreme Court’s likely decision to overturn all or part of Obamacare, sought out former Rep. Anthony Weiner to offer his insights on the law. Weiner claims that Democrats

Exactly one year ago today, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9) announced he would resign from his seat amid a roiling sex scandal which started, of all places, on the social network Twitter. Ten days prior, Andrew Breitbart appeared at a

A year ago I was up late packing for Puerto Rico, having given notice that I’d be offline for seven days’ vacation. My phone rang. It was The Boss, the late Andrew Breitbart. When he called, you answered, and a

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a popular Orthodox rabbi famous for his writings on sex and popular culture, has blasted White House-endorsed sex columnist Dan Savage for his attack on the Bible and Christianity in front of an audience of high school

When Anthony Weiner tweeted pictures of himself unclad to young female followers, he thought he’d get away with it. But thanks to Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner was called to account. Now, in the new edition of Breitbart’s book, Righteous Indignation,

From Politico: Two of Andrew Breitbart’s closest friends and business associates are stepping in to take over the roles he held in his eponymous media company and carry out the expansion plans he made before his sudden death earlier this
Andrew Breitbart was: “The man in the arena…face marred by dust and sweat and blood…strives valiantly, …knows great enthusiasms, …great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who…knows…the triumph of high achievement,…if he fails…fails while daring greatly…his place shall

Andrew trusted me to tell the truth about the media when he first started this web site, Big Journalism. I owe him much more than this small tribute. When Andrew first started this site and asked me to be a contributor I

A new documentary to be released later this year will illustrate the ongoing tooth-and-nail battle of one Andrew Breitbart against the mainstream media’s decades-long monopoly on disseminating information and shaping public opinion. Watch the trailer (language warning) below: From the
A new documentary to be released later this year will illustrate the ongoing tooth-and-nail battle of one Andrew Breitbart against the mainstream media’s decades-long monopoly on disseminating information and shaping public opinion. Watch the trailer (language warning) below: From the
It’s official. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who resigned in disgrace over a bizarre sexting scandal this past June, was NOT hacked. Today, eight months after the congressman first claimed he was the victim of a hacking or a prank,
A special holiday re-cap of the year’s biggest political flops, failures and outrages featuring Nancy Pelosi’s insider trading scheme, Warren Buffett’s secretary and Anthony Weiner’s well… you know.
(Note: RealClearPolitics has since updated the post in question.) In defending the media against conservative charges of bias in the Herman Cain scandal, Carl Cannon, Washington editor of RealClearPolitics, claims today that Andrew Breitbart did the same thing to Anthony
Ugh. Just when your opinion of the man couldn’t sink any lower. Anthony Weiner’s sexting mistress, Traci Nobles, is speaking out about the disgraced former congressman’s habits in a new book. Nobles is doing a publicity tour for her book,
This was a victorious week for Republicans, as Republican candidate Bob Turner defeated the Democrat, David Weprin. The vacant seat of “tweet this” Anthony Weiner was up for grabs. The 9th district of New York which typically votes Democrat spoke
In complicated times, when even the grown ups can’t get it right, Gen Y TV sat down with new media publisher and New York Times Bestselling author, Andrew Breitbart (Righteous Indignation: Excuse me while I save the world!) to gain
The ultra-liberal Huffington Post blared that President Obama: “MOVING TO AVOID POLITICAL SUICIDE”; as the White House abandoned efforts to pass his American Jobs Act and went into a maximum defensive mode to save the President’s imploding re-election campaign following
History will never be able to tell us who made the fatal error in New York’s 9th district – Barack Obama, or Anthony Weiner. Just as Weiner kept on making critical errors every step of the way as his personal
Voters in New York City and Nevada went to the polls today to fill two vacancies in Congress. The polls have closed in New York City: Polls have closed in a New York City special election that will determine a
I spoke briefly with Republican Bob Turner tonight, ahead of Tuesday’s special election in the race to replace Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th congressional district. “I”m going into this with a certain confidence and optimism,” Turner told me, “but
The Soros-funded group J Street–which claims to be pro-Israel, while frequently opposing Israel in the U.S. Congress and at the United Nations–has fallen silent as Democrat David Weprin has fallen behind Republican Bob Turner in the race to succeed Anthony
A newly released poll by Public Policy Polling confirms the 6-point lead held by Republican Bob Turner over Democrat David Weprin in the race to replace Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th congressional district. The poll, showing Turner winning 47
Remember way back in 2008 when a seat held by one party looked like it could be lost in an upset to the other party and the MSM declared it a “bellwether” — a sign that the losing party might
Republican Bob Turner holds a 6-point lead over Democrat rival David Weprin, 50-44, in the race to replace Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th congressional district, as the campaign heads into its final days ahead of the special election on
When Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress, it was assumed that whoever got the Democratic Party nomination would win the race to replace him. But you cannot assume when it comes to special elections, remember in 2009 when Ted Kennedy was
Accusations are flying in the race to fill Anthony Weiner’s vacated seat in the 9th district of New York. Republican Bob Turner, whose internal polls show a dead heat with Democrat David Weprin, claims that his staff has caught several
From The Associated Press: Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon announced Tuesday that he will resign amid political fallout from an 18-year-old woman’s allegations she had an unwanted sexual encounter with him. Within days of the allegation, Democratic leaders requested
On June 30th 2011 the US administration confirmed its recognition of the Muslim Brotherhood as an entity that we can negotiate with in Egypt. In Libya, they are our official allies in the effort to unseat Gadhafi from power. Over
The Obama administration chose the eve of the holiday marking our Nation’s birth to acknowledge publicly behavior in which it has long been stealthily engaged to the United States’ extreme detriment: Its officials now admit that they are embracing the
From the New York Post: Anthony Weiner’s wife is taking time off from her senior job with the State Department — as well as time off from the randy former representative, The Post has learned. While Weiner, 46, heads to
NPR’s Nina Totenberg joins the ranks of feminists who are prostituting themselves – excuse me, sex worker-ing themselves – for Weiner. On Friday’s Inside Washington, Totenberg had the utter gall to spew the following drivel: NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: I finally
As if what’s become known as Weinergate couldn’t get any more reckless, dishonest and irresponsible, thanks to Dan Abram’s Mediate, along comes the Daily Beast to add ignorance to dishonesty with a short item it obviously put no intelligent thought
The New York Times is reporting on a story I discussed a couple of days ago – the mystery surrounding ‘Betty and Veronica‘ – with a stunning detail; apparently Mediaite reporter Tommy Christopher was given fake IDs by a woman
From Maher’s perspective, this probably makes perfect sense.
A good catch by Jonah Goldberg, via the PJ Tatler. Reuters incorrectly identifies shamed former congressman Anthony Weiner as a Republican in its latest piece on the #Weinergate scandal: Reuters may be unaware, but Anthony Weiner is a Democrat. We
In a bizarre press conference Rep. Anthony Weiner announced his resignation today.