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MSNBC's Maddow Reports Internet Spoof Story as Fact

In their zeal to slam Sarah Palin, Christians and conservatives, MSNBC and Rachel Maddow reported a story from a satire website called ChristWire.org. It doesn’t take too much research to discover that the site is like “The Onion” and everything

MSNBC's Maddow Reports Internet Spoof Story as Fact

In their zeal to slam Sarah Palin, Christians and conservatives, MSNBC and Rachel Maddow reported a story from a satire website called ChristWire.org. It doesn’t take too much research to discover that the site is like “The Onion” and everything

Credit Where It's Due: Howard Kurtz, Rachel Maddow

Cooler heads. And honesty. Let’s be honest: Journalists often use military terminology in describing campaigns. We talk about the air war, the bombshells, targeting politicians, knocking them off, candidates returning fire or being out of ammunition. So we shouldn’t act

Ferlinghetti Isn't the Only One Waiting

I am waiting for Ezra Klein to eat a copy of the Constitution and tell us if it’s binding and I am waiting for 60 Minutes to wind down and I am waiting for a presidential debate moderator to crack

Christmas Presents for One and All

Oh, the spirit 0f giving is in the air— With that thought we take a sneek peek under the tree of those who lead this great nation through perilous times—–gifts deserved, gifts needed. JANET NAPALITANO– Binoculars. High powered. Aimed at

Open Thread: WaPo Says Save Obama, Primary Him

Oh my. But there is a real way to save the Obama presidency: by challenging him in the 2012 presidential primaries with a candidate who would unequivocally commit to a well-defined progressive agenda and contrast it with the Obama administration’s

Keith Olbermann Returns… With Thank Yous?

Olbermann is back with two clips courtesy of Mediaite. Olbermann vies for the self-effacing guffawing “aw shucks you really love me” but it’s odd to see him not snarling about Fox for more than a minute. In one of the

Olbermann Demanded MSNBC Apology

The details of the Olbermann – MSNBC slapfight are still emerging, but one thing we’re hearing now is that one of Olbermann’s conditions for returning to air was for MSNBC to apologize for the ordeal. And it looks like his

Sunday Night Open Thread: Will Olbermann Return?

Especially now that we know his dismissal came by way of his refusal to apologize on air? BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Network sources tell Playbook that Keith Olbermann was suspended because he refused to deliver an on-camera mea culpa, which would

Would Rachel Maddow Rather Walk to Work?

I don’t regularly watch MSNBC, but curiosity got the better of me tonight. For no special reason, I found myself wondering what THE Place for Politics–I can’t bring myself to use the network’s new slogan–would say about the midterm elections

MSNBC Leans Forward And Pukes On Its Shoes

Working as a reporter for the election night coverage on Glenn Beck’s Insider Extreme webcast the other night, I spent five solid (and painful) hours tuned in to the cable network that uses the word Progressive so often that one

Diversity Problems on the Left

Here’s one example of race hustling via liberal commentator Alicia Menendez delivered where else but MSNBC: [youtube eugGUG9HFEE nolink] Another example is MSNBC’s election night panel which consisted of hosts Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews. As

Maddow Retracts and Apologizes… Sort Of

As noted here at Breitbart.tv and at Big Journalism on Tuesday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow lied to her audience about a congressman getting advanced notice of the Oklahoma City bombing in order to scare her viewers. Last night, Ms. Maddow corrected

Foreign Contributions: Investigating Obama

It took years, but there is something I finally agree with Barack Obama and Al Franken on. Obama and his propaganda machine in the mainstream media, not to mention his party of corruption, are calling for an investigation of “foreign

Maddow's Softball Love-Fest with Rep. Pete DeFazio

Rachel Maddow also interviewed Rep. DeFazio’s rival in a chaotic and riveting segment. Watch it here. During Rachel Maddow’s chaotic and riveting “interview” with GOP congressional candidate Art Robinson she continually insisted that she had “already interviewed (Democratic Congressman) Pete