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A preliminary hearing for Mohamed H. Dawod is set to take place Oct. 12. Now, one question remains: Will the mainstream media show any interest in the case that involves a man with a Muslim name shooting a man he

Florida Family Association reports a discouraging development in its request to re-open the investigation of the death of Fatima Abdallah, the Palestinian woman who died under very suspicious circumstances in Tampa in August of 2009. Prior articles related to this

We are all Tea Partiers now. Several months ago when I told a colleague at work that I was a member of the local Tea Party in NJ and was going to do a Tax Day speech he looked at

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is locked in a surprisingly close race in the special election for California’s 36th District. The special election is Tuesday, as in 5 days from now. Back in the early part of the last

This is funny and sad at the same time. Katie Couric is out at CBS later this year and before she heads out the door, she slaps local CBS affiliates across the face and blames them for her poor ratings.

At what point does the stress of modern living become too much to bear, so much so that it can cause a perfectly good person to snap? That question has been the focus of two of the most memorable films

NEW YORK (AP) – The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the Internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for news, a report released Monday said. Local, network and cable television news, newspapers, radio and magazines

Posted on Breitbart.tv at the time: John-david Morgan, a lobbyist and spokesman for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, was caught on tape bragging about how his union works with local news outlets to push stories that make

Seems in this weekend’s House deficit-cutting exercise, public media got a haircut – federal subsidies for PBS will end if the House budget holds sway. Not surprisingly, PBS (and all its supporters in the media, blogosphere, twittersphere and on Capitol

Last Sunday, while most of us were feasting on chips, seven-layer dip and the latest Super Bowl commercials, Arianna Huffington was announcing that progressive “news” site Huffington Post was purchased by AOL for $315 million dollars. When announcing the deal

Though Free Press outwardly expressed condemnation at the approval of the Comcast-NBC Merger earlier this month, they really got a lot of what they bargained for. After their extensive lobbying blitz – with approximately 35 different FCC communiqués, including over

So much for objectivity. One of the FCC stipulations of the Comcast – NBCU merger was the incorporation of non-profit journalism centers into NBC newsrooms. They are charged with maintaining and increasing local news coverage, the regulation based on the

On Friday, police arrested a radical forty-something male for attempting to murder dozens of state employees. Hardly a hot-headed gun wielding teenager, this man. Over the last year and a half, Martin Calvin Yarbrough, Jr. allegedly plotted and planned to

Listening to the local news on the radio recently, I heard a report about how newly elected Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz plans to save $8 million by, among other things, merging the “Office of Sustainability” with the Department of

At the end of this video montage featuring network, cable and local news anchors all repeating the exact same talking point, you will discover where they heard it first.

Is it a coincidence when reporters and anchors all use the exact same words when describing the 111th Congress in such flattering and historic language? From network anchors in New York to local news across the country, where do they

Illinois Democratic State Senator Ricky Hendon said that Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady wanted to kill homosexuals and that women should have no rights. Hendon also called Brady idiotic, racist, sexist, and homophobic. But, if you watched the Fox channel

Local news stations in Philadelphia and the Metro New York/New Jersey markets were buzzing with stories about James O’Keefe’s latest video featuring members of the New Jersey Education Association. Each newscast provided ample time for a spokesperson from the teachers’

I’m committing the unforgivable sin with my media friends here. I’m saying government should not be in the media business. I have worked for 30 years in the activist old media and I’ve always found it odd that we had

Making its way across Facebook, this parody featuring local news reporters attempts to lampoon all avenues of social media platforms.

Democratic State Senator Ricky Hendon called GOP Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady “idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic” and that he thought “gay and lesbian people need to be locked up and shot in the head”. But you wouldn’t know that by watching

Maurice Hinchey, the progressive Democrat from NY’s 22 Congressional district is acting as if the campaign pressure is getting to him. This Thursday night, he debated opponent George Phillips, before the debate, he had a nasty verbal duel with William

Here is a local news report showing how his opponent, 9-term Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott is concerned about re-election for the first time in his career. Mr. Smith wants to go to Washington. His opponent, Congressman Bobby Scott, has been

South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene (D) made a surprise campaign appearance in the middle of a local news broadcast. In the video clip, the candidate is the man in a green hat with an “A” on it and

The City of Los Angeles is so deep in red ink, they are flagrantly violating state law in an effort to generate revenue, and have been for 12 years. As I reported in an earlier column, officers from the Parking

I’m not sure which number is worse, the fact that a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll reports that MSNBC is not a very popular source for political news, or that same poll reporting that many of MSNBC’s key talking

Last Tuesday August 17, 2010, Rep. Russ Carnahan’s office was reportedly vandalized and “firebombed” at 2 AM in the morning. Hours later police arrested a suspect for the crime and held him for several hours. Of course, when the “firebombing”

Al Sharpton is a professional bigot. During his long career the Reverend has incited two anti-Semitic pogroms: the Crown Heights riot and the firebombing of the Jewish-owned Freddy’a Fashion Mart in Harlem. Each of the Sharpton-incited pogroms resulted in deaths,

Here’s what Fox local news in Chicago reports: Jurors who have been interviewed so far will not identify the juror, other than to say the juror was a female. FOX Chicago News reported that speculation is centering on juror Jo

How quickly it all happened: five years ago, and certainly ten, the idea that the daily newspaper would no longer be part of our morning routine would have seemed unthinkable to the majority of Americans. And yet, in retrospect, it

After more than a decade of sports with no score kept as not to hurt the feelings of the defeated, the banning of Tag and Dodgeball during recess, “Do Something!” state legislatures are now poised to outlaw bullying because young

Organizing for America (formerly Organizing for Obama) has a Health Reform Action page which encourages members to write a letter to the editor. After typing in your zip code you get a list of local news outlets with radio buttons

Organizing for America (formerly Organizing for Obama) has a Health Reform Action page which encourages members to write a letter to the editor. After typing in your zip code you get a list of local news outlets with radio buttons

I have often said the purpose of TV news is to “scare women 18-54 into watching the next newscast.” When I tell people that simple line it’s very interesting to see their reaction. They laugh and they get it. They

From the Daily Caller: The following was written by a well-known news anchor from a top-10, big city station: For the last 30 years, I’ve devoted the better part of my life to frightening you, trying my best to make

Just released statement from Conan O’Brien: Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the