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Jack Mirkinson is the Media Editor of The Huffington Post.

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'Fox And Friends' Anti-Obama Video Could Double As GOP Ad [UPDATE: Fox News Issues Statement] (VIDEO)

(23859) Comments | Posted May 30, 2012 | 1:59 PM

"Fox and Friends" aired a remarkable four-minute video on its Wednesday show.

The video, which the hosts of the show advertised as taking a "look back" at President Obama's four years in office, could easily be mistaken for a Republican attack ad. It was aired multiple times throughout the show....

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Jake Tapper Presses Jay Carney On Obama's Expansive Definition Of 'Militants' (VIDEO)

(887) Comments | Posted May 30, 2012 | 8:33 AM

ABC's Jake Tapper pressed White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday about President Obama's expansive definition of who counts as a "militant" in the drone strikes he orders.

One of the more startling revelations in Tuesday's blockbuster New York Times story about the president's so-called "kill list" of...

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Business Insider's Henry Blodget: 'Why Do Some People Hate Jews?'

(2056) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 1:55 PM

In one of the more bizarre recent examples of "just putting it out there" Internet journalism, Business Insider editor Henry Blodget raised some eyebrows on Tuesday when he wrote a post with the arresting headline "Why Do People Hate Jews?" (UPDATE: Blodget later apologized for the post. See more below.)

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Chris Hayes Apologizes For Saying He Feels 'Uncomfortable' Calling Killed Soldiers 'Heroes' (VIDEO)

(13707) Comments | Posted May 28, 2012 | 11:38 AM

MSNBC's Chris Hayes sparked controversy and debate on Sunday when he said that he felt "uncomfortable" calling soldiers killed in action "heroes" because the term can be used to justify potentially unjust wars. He later apologized for the statement. (See apology below.)

Hayes spent a large portion of his Memorial...

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Pentagon Contractor Admits Orchestrating USA Today Smear Campaign

(153) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 1:03 PM

In a conclusion to one of the more bizarre anti-journalist smear campaigns in recent memory, the co-owner of a Pentagon defense contractor admitted on Thursday that he had targeted two reporters from USA Today.

A statement on the website of Leonie Industries, said that Camille Chidiac, a minority...

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Chris Matthews And Newt Gingrich Talk Snakes, Other Stuff (VIDEO)

(137) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 5:52 PM

Chris Matthews and Newt Gingrich were united at last on Thursday's "Hardball." It was an undeniably entertaining session between the two, with big voices, big ties -- Matthews' blindingly bright red number stood out to us -- and big heads (we mean that literally).

Matthews was like a kid in...

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New Orleans Times-Picayune Faces Deep Cuts, Will End Daily Publication

(568) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 8:04 AM

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cuts and will end its 175-year history of daily publication, the paper announced Thursday. The move will leave New Orleans as the biggest city in the...

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BBC's Jeremy Paxman: Piers Morgan Told Me How To Hack Phones

(113) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 12:26 PM

Piers Morgan told top BBC anchor Jeremy Paxman how to hack into a cell phone, Paxman claimed in testimony at the Leveson inquiry on Wednesday.

Morgan, who testified before Leveson in December, has long seen his name pop up at the fringes of the ongoing phone hacking scandal....

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NATO Summit: Journalists Arrested, Injured Covering Protests (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

(422) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 1:28 PM

Several journalists were arrested and injured while covering the protests against the NATO summit in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday.

As thousands of anti-NATO protesters met thousands of police officers in the streets, photographers found themselves repeated targets of the CPD.

On Sunday, Getty photographer Scott...

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Rush Limbaugh Ratings Drop In Several Big Markets

(5724) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 9:33 AM

Rush Limbaugh's ratings have dropped sharply in several major markets following the firestorm over his comments about Sandra Fluke, Politico reports.

Limbaugh called Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" for her birth control advocacy, sparking condemnation from President Obama on down and causing many...

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Geraldo Rivera Sharply Criticized By Trayvon Martin Lawyer Benjamin Crump: 'You're Embarrassing Your Son Again' (VIDEO)

(1393) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 8:20 AM

Geraldo Rivera doubled down on his new controversial comments about Trayvon Martin during his Sunday show -- only to get a fiery reprimand from the lawyer for Martin's family.

Rivera -- who caused a firestorm in March for saying that Martin's hoodie was as much to blame for...

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Mitt Romney Brings Cookies To Reporters Day After Campaign Trail Scuffle

(384) Comments | Posted May 18, 2012 | 9:55 AM

Mitt Romney is trying to win over reporters days after his campaign had a notably public scuffle with some of them.

Journalists on the campaign trail started tweeting on Thursday that the presumptive GOP nominee, who is not known for his chumminess with the press, had appeared at the back...

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Mitt Romney Campaign Tries To Physically Prevent Reporters From Asking Questions (VIDEO)

(7866) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 10:12 AM

Reporters covering Mitt Romney's campaign sent out a volley of tweets on Wednesday, complaining that they had been prevented from asking the presumptive Republican nominee questions at an event in Florida.

Trouble between the campaign and the press apparently started at the beginning of the day. Sara Murray, a Wall...

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Rachel Maddow: Fox News Creating 'Alternative Reality Scandal' To Attack Obama (VIDEO)

(1553) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 8:30 AM

Rachel Maddow accused Fox News on Tuesday of inventing a scandal out of whole cloth to help Mitt Romney's campaign.

In a segment that took up nearly half of her show, Maddow dissected the burgeoning furor on the rival network over what Bill O'Reilly described as the "political...

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Rebekah Brooks Charged Over Phone Hacking, Faces Trial For 'Perverting The Course Of Justice' (VIDEO)

(1916) Comments | Posted May 15, 2012 | 6:08 AM

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper wing and a key figure in the phone hacking crisis, is to face criminal charges over the scandal, it was announced Tuesday.

The Crown Prosecution Service said that Brooks "conspired with her husband, Charles Brooks, and others to...

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Robin Roberts On Her Obama Marriage Interview: 'I'm Getting Chills Again' (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 8:26 AM

"Boy do you know how to make a splash!" George Stephanopoulos joked with Robin Roberts as Thursday's "Good Morning America" began.

It was rather an understatement; Roberts had just returned from what was undoubtedly the biggest moment of her career, after she was chosen personally by the White...

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Robin Roberts On Her Obama Marriage Interview: 'I'm Getting Chills Again' (VIDEO)

(405) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 8:26 AM

"Boy do you know how to make a splash!" George Stephanopoulos joked with Robin Roberts as Thursday's "Good Morning America" began.

It was rather an understatement; Roberts had just returned from what was undoubtedly the biggest moment of her career, after she was chosen personally by the White...

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Shep Smith: President Obama 'Now In The 21st Century' On Gay Marriage (VIDEO)

(3556) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 3:11 PM

Fox News' Shep Smith seemed to strongly endorse President Obama's newly announced support of same-sex marriage on Wednesday.

Amidst much hype and bated breath, Obama told ABC News' Robin Roberts that he has completed his so-called "evolution" on the issue and now believes that same-sex couples should be...

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Rush Limbaugh Ad Boycott Cost Cumulus Radio 'Millions,' CEO Says

(4655) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 7:37 AM

The head of one of the biggest radio companies in the country said Monday that the advertiser boycott of Rush Limbaugh cost him "millions" in 2012.

Lew Dickey, the CEO of Cumulus, was speaking to financial analysts about his companies' results. The boycott -- which saw

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David Cameron Texted Rebekah Brooks To 'Keep Her Head Up' During Height Of Hacking Crisis, New Book Claims

(43) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 7:12 AM

British Prime Minister David Cameron has been drawn back into the phone hacking scandal once more, as a new biography claims that he texted former News International chief Rebekah Brooks during the week that she stepped down from her post over the crisis.

The Times of London --...

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