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Alex Castellanos Uses 'Conservative Bubble' Logic To Explain Gender Pay Gap
30 April 2012In a clash with Rachel Maddow on this past Sunday's Meet the Press, Republican pundit Alex Castellanos said there are reasons why women make less than men, but even while saying that he denied they actually made less. Because in Castellanos' mind, women aren't making less when his "reasons...
More False Equivalence In New York Times Article On Republican Focus On Social Issues
21 April 2012Michael Cooper writes in The New York Times: Concern in G.O.P. Over State Focus on Social Issues. In this otherwise fine article covering the potential political pitfalls for Republicans focusing on social issues instead of the economy, Cooper falls into the false equivalence trap when he ...
Limbaugh Replaced By Smerconish On Philadelphia WPHT Radio
09 April 2012Rush Limbaugh will be leaving a prominent radio station in Philadelphia, WPHT (Talk Radio 1210 AM). Limbaugh's show will be replaced with The Michael Smerconish Show which currently airs on WPHT during the evening rush-hour (5pm) time slot. Limbaugh is always in the news, but his sh...
My Take On Bob Woodward, Journalism, And The Internet
07 April 2012Mathew Ingram wrote a piece on GigaOM called Why Bob Woodward is wrong about the internet and journalism. In this piece Ingram say...
Current TV Struggles To Find Ratings, Could Be Dropped By Time Warner
05 April 2012Current TV is trying to transform itself into a independent, liberal news commentary network. Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8...
Retweet Mash-up: Angry Olbermann, Diet Drink Poison, Homo Erectus Fire, Rich Destroy Democracy, Facebook Privacy
02 April 2012Keith Olbermann’s Firing at Current TV Could Be his Ruin or his Salvation It’s hard to know whom to root for in the comin...
Well That Didn't Take Long: Keith Olbermann Fired From Current TV
30 March 2012Today Current TV fired Keith Olbermann and immediately replaced 'Countdown' with a new show hosted by former New York governor Eli...
Want A Job? Hand Over Your Facebook Username And Password
20 March 2012It has become increasingly common that your employer (or prospective employer) will search for your personal online activity. ...
The Video That Bill Maher Says Will 'Make Liberals Go Insane'
19 March 2012In the article - Biden Calls Republicans Party Of 'Privilege', Priebus Offers Bombastic Rebuttal - I mentioned the Alexan...
Netflix Via Cable Set-Top Box? CEO Reed Hastings Explores Possibility
07 March 2012Cable companies see Netflix as a threat to their entertainment business. They are afraid of a mass exodus of customers, exchan...
Why Rush Limbaugh Will Never Apologize To Sandra Fluke
02 March 2012I'm sure you've heard about Rush Limbaugh's hateful comments towards Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who w...
Maddow Skewers PolitiFact Again Defending O'Donnell G.I. Bill Ad
20 February 2012On tonight's TRMS, Rachel Maddow continued her mission against PolitiFact's nonsense. Rachel critiqued PolitiFact's "mostly...
What's The Matter With Conservatives? Cal Thomas Attacks Maddow
09 February 2012Conservative columnist Cal Thomas says of Rachel Maddow, "she is the best argument in favor of her parents using contraception...
Sean Hannity Claims Obama Did Not Want To Get Bin Laden
09 February 2012Fox News - "We Concoct, You Decide" Sean Hannity claims Obama would not have gotten Osama bin Laden if he had his w...
Late Night TV: 30 Years Of David Letterman
01 February 2012On this day in 1982 Late Night with David Letterman debuted on NBC. After 30 years and over 5000 episodes of Late Night and Late...
HBO 'Game Change' Trailer: Julianne Moore As Sarah Palin
31 January 2012Julianne Moore stars as Sarah Palin and Ed Harris stars as John McCain in the HBO film, Game Change, which will premiere...
The War Room with Jennifer Granholm Debuts 9pm Tonight - Current
30 January 2012Current TV continues to expand its primetime lineup tonight at 9pm with the debut of The War Room with Jennifer Granholm. ...
The State of the Union CBS News Poll That Wasn't
26 January 2012I felt like I was living in Bizarro World when I tweeted the following last night... @AlanColmes That CBS poll was from t...
GOP Logic: Issue Two
25 January 2012Republican Logic. It turns your brain into a pretzel. President Obama's wish to create a fair economy: dividi...
The New York Times: Newspaper Of Record?
12 January 2012If The New York Times wants to continue to be "All the News That's Fit to Print" and also be considered the newspaper of record ...
GOP Logic: Issue One
11 January 2012This is GOP Logic: Issue One for January 11th, 2012 It doesn't count when a black guy gets bin Laden. #goplogic #p2 — St...
Olbermann To Host Election Coverage On Current TV
09 January 2012UPDATE: 1/9/2011 6:21pm : Depending on how you interpret the "after New Hampshire" part of Keith's tweet it could mean after t...
Cause For Concern For Olbermann Fans?
03 January 2012UPDATE: 1/9/2012 12:36pm : Olbermann To Host Election Coverage On Current TV UPDATE: 1/5/2012 1:36pm : from The New York Dail...
Review: PAGE ONE: Inside The New York Times
30 December 2011If you are a news junkie and enjoy documentaries then add this one to your Netflix queue. PAGE ONE: Inside The New York Times ...
Balance Might Be Fair, But Does It Get Us To The Truth?
26 December 2011The Fox News slogan of Fair & Balanced is simultaneously ridiculed on the left and revered on the right. We are supposed to ...
Jennifer Granholm joins Current TV
12 October 2011Current TV hasn't wasted any time in solidifying their primetime lineup. Only weeks after The Young Turks announcement, today it...
Retweet Mash-up: Occupy, www c.1995, Kindle ads, music biz, more
07 October 2011Articles recently retweeted: Occupy Wall Street: It Worked Before—Here's Why It Won't Work Now ACT UP's 1987 Wall Street p...
Tasty Muffin Rage
30 September 2011Those better be some tasty muffins for $16 a pop! I would love to blame Fox News, conservative talk radio and right-wing pund...
Retweet Mash-up: Robert Reich, Senator Sanders, Paul Begala
21 September 2011Some notable retweets from the past week. @RBReich - Robert Reich Rs believe more money will motivate the rich to work har...
Current TV adds Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks
20 September 2011Today it was announced that Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks will be heading to Current TV with a new 7pm show. Earlier this year C...
Netflix's Duplicitous Actions
19 September 2011Two months ago Netflix announced a new pricing strategy that was met with near universal derision. The result was a 60% price hik...
Retweet Mash-up: Photo rights, Zakaria on jobs, Schweddy Balls
09 September 2011Tasty morsels discovered or shared on the twitterverse... Know Your Rights: Photographers - ACLU The ACLU has released a g...
Fox Narratives, False News
07 September 2011That Fox News has an agenda fueled by the deep-pocketed conservative movement is well, old news to liberals and progressives. Fox ...
Retweet Mash-up: Equal Pay, Rights Or Security, Marijuana & more
02 September 2011Random tasty morsels from the twitterverse: from guardian.co.uk - Duncan Graham-Rowe 2109: a life of equality – but no polar...
Retweet Mash-up for August 31, 2011
31 August 2011Not exactly daily mash-up of interesting, informative or amusing morsels on the twitterverse. ThinkProgress - Energy Secreta...
Fat Mac: New 'Sunny' Promos
08 August 2011Season 7 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia begins September 15th on FX and as usual they have some great promos for the new sea...
This Is Why I Like Rachel
06 August 2011This is why I like Rachel. She never hesitates to correct an inaccuracy previously reported on her show. At a time when we have de...
Media Responsibility
31 July 2011Those that have radio or TV "news" shows or write "news" or current events columns have a responsibility to get it right. It's i...
Stargate Universe Didn't Know Its Own Destiny
16 December 2010Today Syfy announced that Stargate Universe has been cancelled after only two seasons. Low ratings and numerous new upcoming scr...
