Yes, the Colmes-Hannity team on Fox News is splitting up.
And it’s so, so sad… or perhaps it would be if I cared. I don’t watch the show, and rarely the network, and, to me, Colmes was little more than an overwhelmed punching bag with no punch of his own, the perfect “liberal” for Hannity and [...]
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Filed under: Fox News, Michael Stickings
So you know that ugly, Fox/Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a ‘B’ cut into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM?
Well — surprise, surprise — it was all a hoax. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now.
The woman, Ashley Todd, [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Fox News, McCain-Palin '08, Michael Stickings, Racism
Want another reason not to watch Fox News? And another reason not to take it seriously?
It has hired Judy Miller as an analyst.
That would be Judith Miller, former New York Times reporter, Scooter Libby buddy, Ahmed Chalabi confidante, and Iraq War cheerleader. As the WaPo’s Howard Kurtz puts it, nicely, “she is nothing if not [...]
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Filed under: Fox News, Iraq War, Media News, Michael Stickings, N.Y. Times, News Media
John Kerry had at it with Bill O’Reilly on The Factor last night (h/t News Hounds) on the issue of the economic crisis. Watch it here:
This afternoon, Kerry held a press conference to outline the urgency of passing comprehensive economic legislation to avoid the collapse of Wall Street from hitting families and business across the [...]
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Filed under: Bill O'Reilly, Congress, Credit Crisis, David Brooks, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, Fox News, House of Reps, In The Blogosphere, In The News, John Kerry, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Small Business, Treasury, Wall Street
Former Bush White House Press Secretary, Tony Snow, died today. He was 53. Tony Snow spent 17 months as the Bush White House Press Secretary, before a recurrence colon cancer ”interrupted his tenure.” The N.Y. Times reports, Snow was “was quite public about his battle, saying he wanted to offer hope to other cancer patients.”
His message to them, [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Conservatives, Fox News, George W. Bush, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans
“Oh no they didn’t,” says Joan Walsh tonight. Oh, yes they did… With Hillary Clinton out of the way, the media has now turned their misogynistic sights on Michelle Obama. And, honestly it was bound to happen. Walsh explains:
I don’t watch Fox News, but an alert reader saw it, and Alex Koppelman found a clip: The [...]
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Filed under: Al Gore, Barack Obama '08, Democrats, Election '08, Equality, Fox News, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Joan Walsh, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Sexism, Women's Issues
