If anyone wonders why CNN is in such a downward spiral, they only need to look at this article to get an idea of why: Oil slick awaits New Orleans’ 1st white mayor in decades The first white mayor of New Orleans in more than 30 years steps into his first challenge as soon as […]
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University has just released a comprehensive report on the differences between the two sides of the political blogosphere and the approaches and technologies they embrace. The entire report is worth a read (58 page PDF), but this graph sums it up very nicely: (click for larger […]
When polls ask about Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 she fares very poorly. People attend her speeches, but so many seem to go to see a star, not because they consider her a serious force in American politics. Well the lack of seriousness in Sarah Palin has now run over into her television […]
Last night Glenn Reynolds posted this little tidbit about Fox pulling the plug on Hannity’s show from the Cincinnati Tea Party: ANOTHER UPDATE: The Cincinnati Tea Party folks tell me that they had no deal with Hannity — he had a deal with the University of Cincinnati, and they had a deal with the University […]
Well this is certainly going to leave some tea baggers in tears: FoxNews commentator Sean Hannity has cancelled his appearance and broadcast at a Tea Party rally at Fifth Third Arena. Hannity planned to tape his television show from the event, which starts at 6 p.m. at the University of Cincinnati. Organizers of the rally […]
Last week Rupert Murdoch said that FOX shouldn’t be promoting the Tea Party. I guess FOX missed that memo. All day FOX has been broadcasting from the Tea Party in D.C. and then tonight you get this: Jessica Brown reports from outside Fifth Third arena, where the Tea Party rally/Sean Hannity show taping will be […]
This display by Chris Matthews and his gushy, gooey love fest over the Palin/Bachmann rally is, well should I say not ethical, moral or professional?
Mediaite has obtained an email from MSNBC boss Phil Griffin to a viewer who was upset over Shuster not being on the air. Here’s what Griffin said: From: Griffin, Phil (NBC Universal) Sent: Wed 4/07/10 11:16 PM Sorry, but this is a business and I need team players. He was not moral, ethical or professional […]
Glenn Beck earns roughly the same as all of us: Just how handsomely does it pay to be one of the most controversial men in America? For Glenn Beck, $32 million. Beck, who became a household name in 2009, pulled in the shocking sum through a revenue stream that includes books, radio, TV, digital media, […]
Last night I noticed something rather interesting. Before the breaking news email alerts went out of the suspected “shoe bombing” aboard United Flight 663 the right side of the blogosphere jumped into action. It was like watching a seed turn into a tree in some cartoon where they put some sort of Acme Super Grow […]