Vieira Lets Ego - But Not Liberal Politics - Show in 'Today' Debut

In her Today show debut this morning, Meredith Vieira gave a flash of her ego - but not of her liberal politics. There was the obligatory opening love-in with co-host Matt Lauer in which Vieira claimed "I feel like it's the first day of school and I'm sitting next to the cutest guy." But then there was an interesting exchange that might presage conflicts to come. In what is apparently a Today…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Henry Payne's Katie Couric Cartoons

Tim Graham
 

Cha-Cha Conservative Carlson Survives His Dance With the Stars [With V

As the Dancing With the Stars host said, Tucker Carlson - host of the MSNBC show of the same name - "has braved some of the most perilous situations in the world, but now [for] his most intimidating assignment - dancing the cha-cha-cha on national television."It was Tucker's turn to shine on tonight's episode of Dancing With the Stars. Carlson's professional dance partner Elena Grinenko did her…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Hardball: 'Moderate, Bi-Partisan' Chafee vs. 'Hard-Line Conservative

Mark Finkelstein
 

Campaign Finance Censorship Begins

In national politics, most in the business will tell you that things don't get serious until after Labor Day. That's when many Americans who normally ignore politics will start tuning in.That's true this year as always, but the '06 election cycle also brings a new problem: the political censorship of advertising which even peripherally dares to mention a politician. Jacob Sullum has more on this…
Matthew Sheffield
 

One of Letterman's Suggested Couric Sign-Offs: 'Putting the 'BS' in CB

Brent Baker
 

Cut And Run

Edward L. Daley
 

Bozell Column: Clinton and Reagan and TV Movies

Brent Bozell
 

On 'Sunday Morning' Katie Couric Features The 'Jersey Girls

Michael Rule
 

Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Radical Christianity is Just as Threatening as R

Rosie O’Donnell, the new host of "The View," restrained herself for exactly one week before letting fly with her extreme liberalism. On the September 12 edition, in response to fellow co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s comment that militant Islam is a grave threat, O’Donnell stated that "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America." The comedienne also…
Scott Whitlock
 

CBS: Rights Of Muslims Trampled Since

CBS’s "Sunday Morning" claimed the rights of Muslims in America have been trampeled since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. "Sunday Morning" ran a story narrated by Elizabeth Kaledin, a reporter who normally discusses health issues, that featured three Muslims complaining about American policy since 9/11 and offered no voices of Muslims who disagree. One of the three, Mohammed el…
Michael Rule
 

Maciulis of MSNBC: 'Wrong' Is a Relative Term, So I Won't Go There

Mark Finkelstein
 

Today Show Invites on 'Legendary' Jane Fonda to Promote New Radio Netw

Geoffrey Dickens
 

NY Times Takes Negative Spin on Gulf Oil Discovery

Reporter laments 'lost' revenue in oil royalties, once falsely compared taxpayers to shareholders in government's oil wealth.
Ken Shepherd