Meghan McCain spoke out about some of the hateful backlash she received after criticizing the Republican party in a new column published on Sunday.
McCain caused a small uproar on Thursday when she lamented the "the popularity of Michelle Malkin and Andrew Breitbart," and said that many...
(2979) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 8:51 AM
Meghan McCain claimed that many Republicans treat her like "a freak" and "a mutant" while speaking on MSNBC on Thursday.
She spoke out about the backlash during a segment about ideological divisions within the GOP. McCain said that many people do not consider her a true conservative because she...
(356) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 5:43 PM
CNN is fighting back against Rush Limbaugh's attack on its coverage of the country's shifting racial demographics.
On Monday, CNN.com published an article about new Census figures that show minorities represented over half of U.S. births last year. Limbaugh alleged that the story was intended...
(1555) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 12:26 PM
The Daily Caller is taking a slightly different tack to attract email subscribers: giving away free guns.
The conservative news site will be giving one gun every week until Election Day on November 6. Each firearm is engraved with the Bill of Rights. The Daily Caller announced...
(604) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 7:09 AM
Katie Couric wants to interview Sarah Palin again, she said on Monday.
The former "CBS Evening News" anchor extended an invitation to Palin while previewing her upcoming daytime talk show "Katie" in Orlando, according to The Orlando Sentinel.
"She has an open invitation to come talk...
(5) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 12:15 PM
On Wednesday's "The View," Joy Behar disclosed how old she and Barbara Walters were when they each lost their virginity.
The co-hosts were talking about Lolo Jones, the 29 year-old Olympic athlete who recently revealed that she is a virgin and is waiting until marriage to have...
(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 8:45 AM
Anderson Cooper was so disgusted by a guest that he kicked her off his daytime show on Tuesday.
Cooper was speaking to Sarah Burge, a British woman who has reportedly spent $500,000 on plastic surgery and calls herself the "human Barbie." Burge prompted outrage when
(1773) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 8:45 AM
Anderson Cooper was so disgusted by a guest that he kicked her off his daytime show on Tuesday.
Cooper was speaking to Sarah Burge, a British woman who has reportedly spent $500,000 on plastic surgery and calls herself the "human Barbie." Burge prompted outrage when
(1923) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 1:29 PM
Several reporters were prevented from asking Vice President Biden questions at a campaign event in Ohio on Thursday.
Biden spoke to a packed parking lot at the Staffilino Chevrolet dealership in Martins Ferry on Thursday morning. BuzzFeed reported that four reporters went up to Biden as he...
(193) Comments | Posted May 15, 2012 | 12:11 PM
Barbara Walters deeply regrets missing out on the opportunity to have President Obama make his gay marriage announcement on "The View."
Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage in an exclusive ABC News interview with Robin Roberts last Wednesday. Shortly after, a top administration official...
(25) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 6:58 PM
For just the second time since September, Anderson Cooper will be hosting his CNN show from another country on Monday night, as he reports from the border between Syria and Turkey.
Since last spring, Syria has been embroiled in a violent conflict between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and insurgents demanding...
(1997) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 2:58 PM
President Obama dropped some words of presidential wisdom on Barnard's class of 2012 on Monday. Chief among them was this nugget: don't listen to the media.
Obama advised graduates to persevere, and spoke about the women in his life who have inspired him. Before that though, he...
(8306) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 3:16 PM
MSNBC's Tamron Hall handily shut down guest Tim Carney on Friday, in an exchange so fiery that she immediately began trending on Twitter.
Hall asked Carney about Mitt Romney's testy reaction to a reporter asking about marijuana on Thursday. Before addressing the question, he alleged that she...
(203) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 4:58 PM
President Obama had reportedly intended to announce his support for gay marriage in an upcoming appearance on "The View" on May 15, according to a source for CNN.
On Wednesday, the president endorsed same-sex marriage in an exclusive ABC News interview with Robin Roberts. Obama...
(59) Comments | Posted May 8, 2012 | 1:55 PM
New York Times staffers made another demand for the paper to end the dispute over their contract in a new video released on Monday.
The video features Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Kevin Sack, Dan Barry and Amy Harmon urging the Times to give in to staffers' proposed contract...
(20) Comments | Posted May 3, 2012 | 3:58 PM
Anderson Cooper's report about Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest, was censored in China on Thurday.
Guangcheng sought protection at a U.S. embassy with the help of American diplomats, and later went to a hospital. He said that officials backed out on their promise to...
(421) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 10:21 AM
An ethics watchdog group is calling on the FCC to revoke Fox's broadcasting licenses in the wake of the bombshell phone hacking report released on Tuesday.
The Guardian reports that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (Crew) has written to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski asking that he withdraw...
(82) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 2:52 PM
UPDATE: The Associated Press has corrected its initial report, clarifying that Fox News did not receive an envelope containing white powder. News Corp. received two letters, at least one of which was addressed to The Wall Street Journal.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Wall Street Journal and News Corp. headquarters received...
(159) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 8:34 AM
UPDATE: Jeff Himmelman defended his reporting to Politico on Monday. He hit out at Woodward's claim that he omitted a 2010 interview with Bradlee that undercuts the premise of his article.
Himmelman told Politico, "I do not think what Ben said in 2010 negates his doubts in...
(3127) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 12:56 PM
Fox News pundit Monica Crowley apologized to Sandra Fluke for a controversial remark about her recent engagement on Friday.
On Thursday, Crowley reacted to news of Fluke's engagement to her longtime boyfriend by tweeting, "To a man?" She was roundly criticized for the offensive remark, with people...

(955) Comments | Posted May 27, 2012 | 12:48 PM