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aftermaths
Newt Gingrich Promises to Tweet Harder Next Time
Last night we kinda took Newt Gingrich to the woodshed for a grammatical abortion of a tweet he posted to his Twitter account yesterday. Apparently Newt took note of our criticism, as did MSNBC's Contessa Brewer. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: Typoes? Is that like tomatoes? And,Cajun, excuse me, but where the fuck is my star? You can see my belly button... 17 Responses | Other threads
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cable news
Phallic Vegetables Will be the Undoing of MSNBC
Today on MSNBC David Shuster and Tamron Hall did a story on the "longest cucumber in the world," which was a bad idea right from the start. More »
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Comment by uncivily obedient: That's freedom of the press for you! I think I read that in Iran vendors are not allowed to even... 5 Responses | Other threads
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america's mayor
Why Is Everyone So Mean to Republicans Who Cheat, Rudy Giuliani Innocently Asks
Hah. So Mika Brzezinski complained about the old sex scandal double standard, and then when she had Rudy Giuliani in the studio to talk about Mark Sanford, she forgot to ask him about his own business. More »
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By PareeneComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I honestly think Spitzer (a Democrat) got it worse than anyone. Edwards (a Democrat) was a close second. I'm always... 11 Responses | Other threads
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tv news
No AMC on MSNBC Tonight
Aw. Non-MJ-mourner and celebrity Twitterer Ana Marie Cox will not host The Rachel Maddow Show tonight, because MSNBC is devoting all its primetime programming to the still-classified 2004 CIA report into interrogations and detentions. Ha ha, just kidding.
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By PareeneComment by The-Littlest-Hobo: Hey, she just made a Unrest reference! Teenbeat Records! The 90s! Yay! On another note, she really is pissed off about... 1 Responses | Other threads
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audiuhoh
The Rant that Explains Why Dylan Ratigan Left CNBC
Dylan Ratigan's new MSNBC show launches next week. To judge by this audio, sent by a tipster, of Ratigan berating a producer during a commercial break, his new colleagues must be thrilled to have him. More »
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By John CookComment by resipsaloquacious: To listen to this guy ask a question requires a Job like patience. He cannot stop talking long enough to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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foreign affairs
Neda's Family Evicted From Their Home, Denied Her Body, as Iran Turns Bloodier
With the whole Mark Sanford thing going down today it was not hard to lose sight of other, more important things going on in the world, like, oh yeah, Iran! And that situation just gets more and more depressing. More »
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Comment by lakk: Did it ever come out how old Neda was? Just curious. 3 Responses | Other threads
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videuhoh
Great Moments in Unprofessionalism: Covering Mark Sanford
So a live, rambling, out-of-left-field admission of adultery by a sitting US Governor is big news, and it is just the sort of thing our 24-hour news networks should love. Except Fox, which cut the feed. More »
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By PareeneComment by katekate is squared: What the fuck is up with people saying how they admire this guy for admitting he cheated? I don't... 5 Responses | Other threads
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media jobs
Dan Abrams Is Looking For Fresh Meat
Dan Abrams is soon launching Mediaite, his very own "Drudge meets Huffington Post," which he'll certainly use to promote clients of his endlessly shady PR firm. He's now looking for contributors who, like him, have no qualms about selling out. More » -
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Revolution In Iran
Joe Scarborough: Obama's Egypt Speech Forced Ayatollah's to Fix Iranian Election
MSNBC's token Republican Joe Scarborough appeared on a guest on Meet The Press this morning and essentially gave credit to Barack Obama for setting the stage for revolution in Iran with his recent speech in Cairo. More »
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Comment by quatrevingtquatre: And this sort of intellectual honesty is one of the reasons we like Joe Scarborough. What? 6 Responses | Other threads
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gawker never forgets
Surprise! Mancow Wasn't Telling the Truth When He Blamed Cops for His Waterboarding Hoax
One of the strangest explanations Chicago shock jock Erich "Mancow" Muller gave for why his publicist had called his waterboarding "a hoax" was that he risked arrest if she said otherwise. For real? Like Mancow's original stunt, that's a fabrication. More »
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By John CookComment by 7states: Why does Gawker still care about this story? No one else on the planet does. Waterboarding is torture. This stunt,... 4 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Joe Scarborough on Jon Stewart: "The Angriest Guy I've Ever Met"
If you watch the Daily Show you've seen Jon Stewart taking some shots lately at Joe Scarborough and MSNBC's Morning Joe. Today Scarborough fired back, going so far as to say that Stewart's raging persona is "kinda like Bill O'Reilly!" More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: Hmm. Joe S. seemed a little drunk right there. OK, here's the real "angry" test: Can you imagine angry sex with... 17 Responses | Other threads
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how things work
Joe Scarborough's 'Team' Asks for, Receives Special Treatment from Newsweek
Newsweek interviewed MSNBC morning host Joe Scarborough last week, and prominently mentioned when Scarborough defended the murderer of an abortion doctor. That didn't go over well in Scarborough country, so Newsweek editor— and frequent Scarborough guest—Jon Meacham changed it. More »
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By John CookComment by ElizabethNarballs: I interviewed Joe Scarborough yesterday about his book. All my questons were about subject material in his book, except for... 4 Responses | Other threads
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law and order
Joe Scarborough Once Defended the Murderer of an Abortion Doctor
Dr. George Tiller wasn't the first abortion doctor to be murdered by a pro-life jihadist. In 1993, Dr. David Gunn was shot and killed in Florida by Michael Griffin. Who was Griffin's attorney? MSNBC morning host (and Starbucks lover) Joe Scarborough!
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By John CookComment by howYOUdoin: It's a misnomer that those who are "against" another individual's health choices are "pro-life". A better term would be... 10 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Osama bin Laden Reduced to Political Pundit
On Morning Joe this morning, NBC News' Chuck Todd offered his analysis of the Osama bin Laden audiotape released this morning: It's a standard political "prebuttal." Does that mean we've won the war on terror? More »
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By John CookComment by Colonel Mustard: These Osama productions have really gone downhill since the original showrunners left the team. Remember the musical one? ... 2 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Oh, Keith
Keith Olbermann devoted a good deal of time on his show tonight to our reporting on Erich "Mancow" Muller's fake waterboarding escapade. He says we're conspiracy theorists. We never said anybody conspired with anybody to do anything, but his puzzling, false, and hysterically paranoid response makes us wonder.
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By John CookComment by Tremonius: I am not convinced at anything by this "report" other than the weird vendetta of Gawker againt Olbermann, weirder still... 9 Responses | Other threads
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sad old men
Pat Buchanan Knows 'That Woman' Is Keeping Down the White Man
Pat Buchanan, valiant defender of the White Man and his interests, knows that there is hostility and bigotry toward white men who voted for Pat Buchanan. And it's all because of that woman, Sonia Sotomayor. More »
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By PareeneComment by IamnotStarJones: Can't Pat Buchanan do better than playing the race card? 4 Responses | Other threads
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spelling
MSNBC's Limbaugh Obsession Starting to Affect Their Spelling Abilities
Rush Limbaugh recently accused MSNBC of "trying to build its ratings on [his] back"—they could build a 747 on your back, Rush!—and TVNewser points out that Rush's name came up 39 times on the network yesterday. But they still can't spell it. More »
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By John CookComment by ribex: Well, Gawker has problems of its own. See the preceding article entitled "Sarah Palin Reveals Top-Sercret Colbert Report Iraq... 2 Responses | Other threads
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cable news
Are You Watching, Anderson Cooper?
Rachel Maddow is gay, a fact that she's rendered uninteresting, unremarkable, and normal by casually dropping details about her private life on her show, as she did again last night. More »
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By John CookComment by The Real JR: I was watching this live and I comment on this to my son after she said it. I remarked at how... 10 Responses | Other threads
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mysteries
Why is Norah O'Donnell Laughing at Michael Steele?
Today Michael Steele laid out his vision for a teabaggy Republican future. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell covered the speech and either found something extremely funny about Steele's words, or someone on the set, ugh, broke wind. More »
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Comment by obfuscator: Does anyone really need a specific reason to laugh at Michael Steele? 2 Responses | Other threads
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untouchables
Who's Afraid of Steve Rattner?
If there's anyone who'd want to take Steve Rattner—the media-savvy financier-cum-auto-czar who is embroiled in a pay-to-play pension scandal—down a notch, it would be fearless Wall Street bulldog Eliot Spitzer, right? Wrong. More »
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By John CookComment by ae38: I was going to post about how tired it was that people keep referring to Spitzer as a disgraced ex-gov... 2 Responses | Other threads
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tv news
Keith Olbermann's Ego Trumps the Truth
Oh man, Keith Olbermann took to his nightly airwaves to try and shame CityFile, Wonkette and us for raising questions about his unexplained vacation last April. We're not sorry. More »
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Comment by jkinatl2: Seriously? When my dad died, I turned out to be the strong one in the family, and I was a... 11 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Olbermann vs. Maddow: It's On!
Did Keith Olbermann create a monster when he got Rachel Maddow her own show on MSNBC? More »
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By John CookComment by Tremonius: Something happens to the sound during the toss. Always has. Audio is more subdued somehow for Rachel. You notice that?... 7 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Was Keith Olbermann Jealous of Rachel Maddow's Ben Affleck Booking?
Keith Olbermann is denying a report from CityFile that he threw a hissyfit last month and called in sick for three days because Rachel Maddow booked Ben Affleck, and Olbermann wanted him all to himself. More »
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By John CookComment by Pope John Peeps II: "Many sad logistics" = "I had to finish that huge bowl of potato salad that was part of the spread... 3 Responses | Other threads
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nerdfight
Rachel Maddow, Peter Thiel Show Why Gays and Lesbians Can't Get Along
What a fight! In one corner, Rhodes scholar Rachel Maddow, the liberal lesbian MSNBC commentator. In the other, arch libertarian chess master Peter Thiel, the gay Facebook investor. Best of all, they've squared off before. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Tremonius: Hey, she's already had on the top strategist for the Repugnants, Meghan McGoon, so why should she compete with Faux... 12 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Use an iPhone App to Prove Something
Julia Allison thinks she has something to prove, Zillow CEO Rich Barton thinks he personally brought down AT&T, and MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall think she's a neutral vessel for news. Other delusions of the Twitterati: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Tammany_Fall: I haven't been around for a while, so I assume that you guys have already had a field day with... 1 Responses | Other threads
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reconciliations
Chris Matthews Savages Arlen Specter for His 'Bro' Keith Olbermann
If Chris Matthews had run for senate he would have become a pandering "toady" like Arlen Specter, so he would like to obsequiously thank former nemesis Keith Olbermann for welcoming him back to MSNBC. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by BxgrlJeri: Specter has already jumped party lines and now jumped back. He's just a "Whose in power? I'm with THEM." kinda... 6 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Glenn Beck Calls Kettle Black
Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly have had it with parent companies getting involved with the content of cable news! They are talking, of course, aboutNews CorporationGeneral Electric. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Almostbanned: Ummm... ok another correction here. GE is going after government contracts, and possibly bailout money. It can be reasonably concluded... 13 Responses | Other threads
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teabagging
Oh ... That's What That Means: Fox News Learns the Definition of 'Teabagging'
Foxnews.com has published a screed taking the mainstream media to task for their "orally charged" coverage of the tea parties: Namely, the repeated use of the term "teabagging" for giggles. More »
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By John CookComment by Colonel Mustard: This may be the funniest development yet in this whole teabagging ordeal. This schoolmarm snipping about propriety from FOX... 23 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Alec Baldwin Picks Fight with AOL for Saying He Picked a Fight
Today in his Huffington Post column, Alec Baldwin delivered an important lecture about how to practice good, proper journalism. First lesson: Don't mess with Alec Baldwin. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by belltolls: AOL will not die until the last old person with dial-up passes on: that should be soon. 6 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Get a Free Lunch from the MSM
Twitter is the ideal medium to express your own idiocy. Dan Abrams denounces the mainstream media which gave birth to his career, a Google-enriched entrepreneur eats its free lunch, and Alan Meckler discovers Twitter: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by kolacek: The only thing gayer than Twitter is an article about Twitter. [...and STFU, twaggots. I live in San Francisco and my... 2 Responses | Other threads
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juvenile humor
Best of Rachel Maddow's 'Teabagging' Jokes
OK, Rachel Maddow is officially the last person in the world allowed to joke about the dumbly-named Republican Teabagging parties, as the MSNBC host did last night, at great length. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by gawkimo: I consider myself to be quite liberal, social conservatives would hate me because I support gay rights, single-payer health care,... 9 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Diamond-Encrusted Somali Pirates Overcharge the Twitterati
Why gripe in your cubicle when you can "cc:" the entire Internet? That's what a Daily Show producer, a Chicago Tribune columnist, and a Time critic did on Twitter: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by The Tipping Pint: I prefer to think of hedge funders as our country's pirates. more » | Other threads
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media wars
The Enemies List Behind Fox News' Paranoid Rage
Your typical liberal wimp likes to do a little yoga in the morning, maybe some positive visualization. A Fox News broadcaster, meanwhile, likes to punch himself in the face, repeatedly. Here's how. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by cdmunch: Bill, I think you caught syphilis from the same loofah that Glen Beck did and it's eating away at your... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Everyone's Real Fake on Twitter
How do you know all those tweet-happy celebrities are the real deal? 50 Cent, Keith Olbermann, Christopher Walken, and Britney Spears are just a few of those with questionable Twitter identities. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by smecktacular: No one actually lives their life 140 characters at a time. This is probably the most profound statement I've ever... 2 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Sweetbread Piccata iPhone App Makes the Twitterati Go Chris Brown
Why isn't there, like, an iPhone app that does all your actual work so you can spend your day chatting with friends on Twitter? TourĂ©, Courtney Hazlett, and Kurt Andersen puzzled over similar questions: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by l'analogie: When I read the headline, I read "Sweetbread Picatta" as an exclamation, e.g. "cool" or "awesome", and it amused me... 1 Responses | Other threads
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sycophants
Rachel Maddow Severely Testing the Meaning of 'Smackdown'
Maddow's plucky enthusiasm for boring things is part charming (stimulus!) and part annoying (card check!), but her unhinged fervor last night for a supposed Barack Obama's smackdown of Dick Cheney was actually sort of creepy. More »
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By John CookComment by safi: OK, maybe it was a bit hyperbolic, but I'm all for any and every Cheney smackdown - her glee is... 4 Responses | Other threads
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jobs
Chris Matthews Settles For Less Than Olbermann
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tv
Is CNN Planning to Tack Left as a Last Resort?
CNN is flailing, trailing even sister network Headline News this month. With Campbell Brown about to go on maternity leave, are they preparing to quit the "No Bias, No Bull" posturing? More »
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By John CookComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: "Tack Left"??? To what? Appalachian State Professor-style Marxist Feminism? 9 Responses | Other threads
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parody
George Clooney's Andy Rooney Impersonation
George Clooney is, uh, video blogging for MSNBC — sure, why not? — and there's not much to add to his pitch-perfect imitation of Andy Rooney, except that it came none too soon. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by lobstr: gah, i am certain any Chadian person would love to have the "accommodations" he just showed us versus a refugee... 9 Responses | Other threads
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pundits
Laughing At Keith Olbermann's Head, With David Letterman And Rachel Maddow
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has been on a tour of late-night shows, where the Rhodes Scholar explains the massive flaws in our political and economic systems. Another common duty: Answering questions about Keith Olbermann. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I just remember Olbermann and Matthews mooning over the possibility that the murderer, Ted Kennedy, might make an appearance at... 22 Responses | Other threads
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