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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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. -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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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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 » -
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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
feuds
Olbermann vs. Maddow: It's On!
Did Keith Olbermann create a monster when he got Rachel Maddow her own show on MSNBC? More » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
jobs
Chris Matthews Settles For Less Than Olbermann
Barely four months ago, MSNBC nearly doubled Keith Olbemann's annual salary to $7.5 million. Now the network says Chris Matthews has re-upped without much of a raise. Ouch. More » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 »




















































