Palm meet face! Though his family woes have been quite public as of late, U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh announced Thursday that the Family Research Council Action committee has named him a “True Blue” member of Congress for his “unwavering commitment and consistent support in defense of life and the family.” Walsh, a Tea Party favorite […]
Yesterday’s outbreak of tornados that ripped through the south and left 173 people dead, with more deaths expected, is being called one of the deadliest outbreaks in American history. You wouldn’t know this though listening to MSNBC or FOX. Instead they are focused on other issues, like the royal wedding and the birth certificate. We […]
Maybe the news channels will wake up and realize what they are doing isn’t working: After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell substantially in 2010 […]
It’s no secret that Glenn Beck’s show on FOX News has been in a rapid decline in terms of content, viewers and sponsors. Now it looks like the end to Beck’s television show could be in sight: But a funny thing happened on the way from the revolution. Since last August, when he summoned more […]
After years of the right wing claiming George Soros was funding Media Matters, the billionaire decided to cave and write his first check to the website: Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war againstFox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $1 […]
Ben Smith at Politico just posted this: Washington Post Communications Director Kris Coratti emails: “Dave offered his resignation and we accepted it.” That’s following yesterday’s drama where Weigel apparently aired some frustrations regarding some right wing media types on a mailing list: FishbowlDC has obtained e-mails written by WaPo‘s conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel, that the […]
Well this should be an interesting combination: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker will co-host a new hour long CNN primetime news program starting in the fall as the nation prepares for the 2010 midterm election, the network announced Wednesday morning. The yet-to-be-named “roundtable discussion” program will […]
I never really liked Dylan when he was a guest on Morning Joe and kind of turned my nose at the thought of him having his own show. Damn I was wrong. He now has the only cable news show I try and watch everyday (I don’t even do that for Olbermann or Maddow). One […]
Following up from my previous post, I think I have figured out why people don’t watch Morning Joe (he does rank 3rd amongst the 3 cable stations). The most common demographic you are going to find during the early morning hours are people getting ready for work. They are on a limited time schedule and […]
Boehner admits that we torture: While cable news outlets and major newspapers continue to use euphemisms such as “harsh interrogation tactics” to describe the Bush administration’s approach to intelligence gathering, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) used a more succinct term Thursday: “torture.” “Last week, they released these memos outlining torture techniques. That was clearly […]