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Jason Linkins

Terrible Revamp Of Terrible Show To Be Even More Terrible Than Anyone Imagined

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.24.2013 | Media

Way, way back in the day, CNN used to have this show called "Crossfire," because it was cheaper than actually reporting the news. Occupying an hour of...

CNN Reportedly Bringing 'Crossfire' Back In June

Posted 04.08.2013 | Media

"Crossfire" is reportedly returning to CNN in June, according to Deadline over the weekend. The report comes after last week's reports that the ne...

Booing the Golden Rule: How Adversarial Journalism Is Hurting America

Remy M. Maisel | Posted 04.17.2012 | Media
Remy M. Maisel

Aside from creating a false dilemma between two options when many others exists, even asking the question that way implies that the fact that we will be assassinating suspected terrorists oversees is already settled, and now the discussion is just a matter of deciding on the methods.

FBI Probed Geraldine Ferraro

NYCity News Service | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics
 NYCity News Service

The FBI investigated Geraldine Ferraro after her historic run for vice president, questioning the Queens Democrat for five hours about how she financed her first election to Congress, documents show.

WATCH: '90s Toy Commercial Updated Awesomely

Posted 10.30.2011 | Comedy

Nostalgia for the 1990s has been appearing in droves, from MTV's reboot of "Beavis and Butt-Head" to Nickelodeon's '90s Nick bloc of programming to Ne...

Michael Calderone

CNN Makes Big Move In The Washington Bureau

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.17.2011 | Media

CNN executives searched far and wide for a new Washington bureau chief only to find one right back in the bureau. On Tuesday, CNN promoted network vet...

Beyond Rally To Restore Sanity: Other Defining Jon Stewart Moments

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Jon Stewart closed Saturday's Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear with remarks that took the media -- particularly cable news media -- to task for its...

Jason Linkins

Rally To Restore Sanity's Roots: Facing The Crossfire

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

For the next few days, we'll be celebrating the upcoming Rally To Restore Sanity/March To Keep Fear Alive by highlighting the ways in which "The Daily...

Note to CNN: Hand Jon Stewart the Keys to Your Failing Network

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Lee Stranahan

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is America's most trusted news anchor and if CNN wants to stay alive, they should put the Emmy winner in charge of their network for a month or so.

Brandon Flowers at the Shimmer Showroom: Solo Songs Shine Light on Fear and Fire

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
S.X. Rosenstock

The handsome singer, GQ UK's Man of the Year 2008, who makes his audience go weak in the knees, stepped modestly to the microphone and started the show.

What's Killing CNN? Live Television

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
MP Nunan

A 24-hour news channel, you see, is a good thing. Live news, more often than not, just blows.

The Exhumation of Crossfire

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Reese Schonfeld

As the creator of the original Crossfire, I think I'm qualified to comment on the new television program created for Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker. To be blunt, I can't think of a worse idea.

No News Is Bad News for CNN

Scott Blakeman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Scott Blakeman

Instead of coming up with a toned down version of the discredited Crossfire, CNN should have returned to its long forgotten roots and made the 8 o'clock hour a newscast.

Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Reese Schonfeld

Condé Nast, which sells its advertising based on the size and demographics of its subscribers, decided to go with mass instead of class, and closed Gourmet down.

Is Dr. Fox-enstein - Roger Ailes - Building Another Monster?

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Karl Frisch

For months now, Roger Ailes has been putting the finishing touches on his first monster, Fox News Channel, just as its bride, Fox Business Network, is showing signs of life.

Robert Novak, the Prince of Darkness for better or worse...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Phil Bronstein

He was called "The Prince of Darkness," not by his enemies but by his friends because of his contacts and his power to move the D.C. discussion. But that name reminds me of something very different.

Robert D. Novak Is in the Book

Scott Shrake | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Scott Shrake

Of course, Robert Novak was listed in the phone book. Or is it an "of course"? Let's break it down.

Nobody Out-Novaked Novak

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Richard Laermer

Robert Novak was disliked by many -- liberals, mostly -- but he was a soldier, veteran, and a remarkable, unceasing journalist.

Jon Stewart: Still The Most Trusted Newscaster in America

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Nancy Snow

Just last Friday we lost the most trusted man in America. This week we've anointed a fake journalist his replacement. Or so Time magazine would have us believe.

The Day the Dialogue Died: Remembering George Liston Seay

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
John Milewski

George was a practitioner of the increasingly lost art of conversation. He found his fellow humans, of all political persuasions, endlessly fascinating and used his program to learn about them.

Why Limbaugh Is Right to Oppose Obama's Economic Policies

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lee Stranahan

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh wants Barack Obama's economic policies to fail. He said it, he said it again, and he said it again at CPAC. Limbaug...

Toyota Projects First-Ever Annual Loss; Congress Disses Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.

Detroit Three's Plan Greener Future -- Too Little, Too Late?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Steve Parker

GM is promoting the non-existent Chevrolet Volt, telling Olympics viewers it will be manufactured in 2010, but that's not definite. They say its gasoline powers a "generator" which keeps on-board batteries juiced-up.

The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

Jon Stewart on Larry King Tonight: Oscars and Elections

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Tonight Larry King welcomes former host of "A Daily Show" Jon Stewart, now happily back with his writers at the revived "The Daily Show" and headed fo...