Ash Wednesday Flashback: Turner Mocks Christian CNN Employees
February 6th, 2008 5:36 PM
Something from what I like to call the forgive but never forget file. From the MRC.org CyberAlert archives, March 7, 2001: Ted Turner insulted attendees at Bernard Shaw’s retirement party, asking those on Ash Wednesday with a smudge on their foreheads if they were "a bunch of Jesus freaks," FNC’s Brit Hume reported Tuesday night.Hume revealed during his "Grapevine"…
Hillary Accepts Fox News Debate Invitation
February 5th, 2008 7:58 PM
She wouldn't debate on Fox News before her nomination was considered inevitable.However, now that the supposed heir to the throne, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), is in the fight for her political life with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill), FNC doesn't look so bad. Maybe Hillary thinks there are a lot more conservatives like Ann Coulter that will support her if Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) wins the GOP…
Hypocrisies Galore from Olbermann and Kurtz on ‘Reliable Sources
January 27th, 2008 1:37 PM
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann was Howard Kurtz's guest on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, and unfortunately, viewers were treated to a litany of hypocrisies from both media personalities, so much so that it seemed like a lengthy advertisement for the controversial "Countdown." Although Kurtz did present his guest as being mostly liberal and decidedly anti-Bush, he never once mentioned "Countdown's"…
Bring Mika the Head of John Gibson
January 24th, 2008 10:29 AM
The woman who got her big break on network TV thanks to the firing of Don Imus now apparently wants another host to lose his job over some tasteless remarks.Morning Joe is the show that took over MSNBC's early-morning time slot after Imus was bounced for his offensive observations about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Mika Brzezinski, a regular member of the Morning Joe crew, has now left…
David Letterman, John Edwards Bash Fox's O'Reilly
January 23rd, 2008 3:19 PM
"I like how you think, senator," cooed "Late Show" host David Letterman in agreement with John Edwards's charge that "most of what" Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly says "is crap." Letterman had asked the former senator about his "feud" with O'Reilly over Edwards's charge that the Bush administration is failing to care for military veterans to the extent that hundreds of thousands are winding…
Olbermann Bashes O’Reilly in First Blog Post at Daily Kos
January 15th, 2008 11:14 AM
It really was just a matter of time before one of the most hate-filled and vitriolic press members, whose material relies so strongly on reports from Clinton front organizations Media Matters for America and Think Progress, would start posting articles at one of the most hate-filled and vitriolic liberal websites on the Internet. In fact, it's really a perfect fit, dontcha think? As such, when…
Playboy Seeks Keith Olbermann Lover to Stem Tide of Hate Mail
January 14th, 2008 10:50 PM
TV Newser reports that reader reaction to the Playboy magazine interview in which MSNBC star Keith Olbermann wackily claimed that Fox News was more dangerous than al-Qaeda was so bad, Playboy went looking to recruit a positive letter-writer for balance. [A]n anonymous emailer directed TVNewser to BloggingOlbermann.com, a fan site of Olbermann's. Becky, who runs the site, tells the story of how…
