Bill Press

Where Is Current TV Headed?

Tom Athans | Posted 04.06.2012

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Tom Athans

If Current has hopes to evolve away from being the fringe network that it is and connect with a larger mainstream audience, firing a talented pro like Keith and replacing him with a non-professional broadcaster like Eliot Spitzer was probably a bad move.

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Limbaugh Flap Is Latest Proof of Talk Radio's Political Influence

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.20.2012

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Sandy Goodman

With talk radio almost uncontested, too many of today's conservative talkers take advantage of the fact that if you tell a lie big enough, people will believe it. Is it any wonder that large numbers of Americans still think the president is a Muslim or a foreigner or worse?

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Current TV's Newest Show

Posted 05.05.2012

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Political commentator and talk radio host Bill Press announced on Monday that he will be joining Current TV. The progressive news network will air "Th...

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Toxic Talk Breeds Toxic Actions

Bill Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Press

Aesop never wrote a clearer fable. If Major Hasan were driven to violence by the hate speech of Anwar al-Awlaki, then surely other unstable people could be driven to violence by the hate speech of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck.

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Fox's Six Tricks: How to Spot the Next Sherrod

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Green

Fox 'News' is different. Journalists who say that Fox and MSNBC are just mirror equivalents of each other are wrong. Let's decode Fox's parlor tricks in its relentless effort to create news and advance the conservative agenda.

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WHY Are We in Afghanistan? And Other Pressing Questions of Our Time

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lisa Solod

Bill Press had a discussion on the "war" in Afghanistan on his radio show this morning. I put the word "war" in quotation marks because it remains d...

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Jason Linkins

Bill Press Show Plays Hilarious Phone Prank On Hill Reporter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently, one of the problems that the producers of the "Bill Press Show" face on a daily basis is that one of the phone numbers for their studio is...

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Sam Stein

Bill Press Becomes Intern For Bernie Sanders

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Radio talk show host Bill Press has become an intern for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-V.T.), the liberal commentator told the Huffington Post on Tue...

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Bill Press: Glenn Beck 'Ticking Time Bomb' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Radio host Bill Press called Glenn Beck a "ticking time bomb" that will explode in Fox News chief Roger Ailes' face. Appearing on the "Reliable Sourc...

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Sam Stein

Dorgan: Ed Schultz Is 'Not Going To Run' For My Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Outgoing North Dakota Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan predicted on Thursday that MSNBC host Ed Schultz would not run for the seat he will soon vacate....

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Sam Stein

The Wrong Reporter Asks Obama A Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The chance to ask a question during a prime-time presidential press conference is treasured real estate in the world of journalism. So when the Presid...

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Markos Moulitsas Warns Harry Reid: Franken Win Takes Away Your 60-Vote Excuses (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Daily Kos, and Bill Press, a syndicated radio host, were guests on "The Ed Show" tonight to discuss the political imp...

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What Can You Ask Chelsea Clinton? Rachel Sklar on MSNBC's "Verdict" With Dan Abrams

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost media editor Rachel Sklar joins Dan Abrams on his show, "Verdict," to discuss Chelsea Clinton on the campaign trail and whether she's fair ga...

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"Pimped Out" Resurfaces On MSNBC

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On "Verdict with Dan Abrams" Wednesday night the infamous phrase "pimped out" returned during a discussion of Chelsea Clinton. The panel — whi...

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Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan Finally Called "White Supremacist" On-Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's so much fun to be had playing with the race card! And our media is only now getting around to the most fun games, like say the one that start...

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Carlson: Obama Campaign's Targeting Of Young Voters Has "Khmer Rouge Quality To It"

Media Matters For America | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the October 10 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, while discussing the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and its targeting of young voters ...

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