Mara Liasson

Will NPR's Mara Liasson Defend Her Colleagues From Roger Ailes' "Nazi" Attack?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Boehlert

With his unhinged interview this week, Ailes has now raised the bar on NPR hating. Will Liasson now finally step forward and defend her colleagues from these insane attacks?

Three Reasons NPR's Mara Liasson Shouldn't Be on Fox News

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Boehlert

Given Fox News' current crusade, I don't see why Mara Liasson, who's been cashing NPR paycheck for two decades, would want to continue to work with a media outlet that now seems bent on discrediting and destroying her employer.

You Know Fox News Is Lying Whenever The Words "Global Warming" Are Uttered

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011

David Fiderer

Once again Fox News has spoken to the dumber-than-a-fifth-grader crowd, who doesn't understand that planet Earth is much bigger than the U.S., and that seasonal winter storms do not refute decades of data.

Jason Linkins

Sen. Bill Nelson Attributes Health Reform Failure To Non-Existent Pressure From 'The Left'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

I see over at ABC News's "The Note" that Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) is the latest lawmaker to preemptively and falsely assign blame for the failure ...

NPR Asked Mara Liasson To Reconsider Fox News Appearances: Politico

Posted 05.25.2011

NPR asked its leading political correspondent, Mara Liasson, to reconsider her regular appearances on Fox News, where she is a paid contributor, Polit...

Obama Has Off-The-Record Lunch With Journalists At White House

Politico | Posted by Michael Calderone 03:13 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the...

"Overexposed" Obama In Danger Of Rising Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Even if Obama has turned things around and starts posting approval numbers between 55 and 60, don't expect the media to realize that their entire "overexposed" story has been turned on its head.

Matthews' "Oh God" vs. Santelli's Rant: Which Told Us More About The Press?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Boehlert

Why did the press dub Matthews' remark a "blooper," yet Santellli's rant was crowned a "populist" "shot heard around the world?"

"Earmarks" in Omnibus Budget Bill: Not Pork, Just Obama Proving He Can Be Taught

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

M.S. Bellows, Jr.

So there's some pork in the budget, and Republicans want it out, and if some of it comes out then they can claim they made Obama blink, and maybe they'll vote for it? Wow!

Republicans: Spare Me Your Newfound "Fiscal Responsibility"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

The Republicans today are conforming to an ideology based on a myth that other Republicans created in 1997, a copy of a copy without an original.

Jason Linkins

NPR Correspondent Finds Obama's Christianity 'Ironic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Via MediaMatters comes the news that NPR's Mara Liasson can't quite come to grips with the idea of a "liberal" being "Christian." because everyone kn...

Jason Linkins

Bill Kristol Predicts Obama Veep As...Dick Gephardt?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Remember four years ago when the New York Post announced to the world that Dick Gephardt was going to be Kerry's pick for vice-president, except that ...