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A recent article entitled "Empathy Deficit Disorder: Do You Suffer From It?" documented, via testimonials from the dumbest women imaginable, a "condition" a lot cooler and less threatening than sociopathy.
A recent article entitled "Empathy Deficit Disorder: Do You Suffer From It?" documented, via testimonials from the dumbest women imaginable, a "condition" a lot cooler and less threatening than sociopathy.
Mary Lyon | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
I wonder what might have happened if the ferociousness of the Hillary movement had been in play against Junior in 2000. And would she have allowed herself to be swiftboated the way Kerry did?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
Plumbing the depths of his knowledge of auto-racing, MSNBC's David Shuster really went out of his way to stick Senator Hillary Clinton with some sort ...
Jennifer Treuting | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home
Come August, DNC female superdelegates may play the role of king- or queen-maker. Female superdelegates support Clinton over Obama by significant margins and are pledging support at a faster rate than their male counterparts, according to OffTheBus's Superdelegate Investigation.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media
On "Verdict with Dan Abrams" Wednesday night the infamous phrase "pimped out" returned during a discussion of Chelsea Clinton. The panel — whi...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media
"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday and explained the culture of fear that permeates the news business d...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarbrough welcomed recently-suspended colleague David Shuster back on their show, kidding him by asking "Hey, where'v...
Bill Maher | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.22.2008 | Media
David Shuster's now-infamous "pimped out" remark happened just two weeks ago yesterday — meaning that he returns to "Hardball" today after servi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
As is his wont, the little watched and seldom heeded Tucker Carlson continued to pursue his "hurt America" agenda last night on MSNBC, when he once ag...
Jackson Katz | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
I want to address another aspect of the David Shuster/pimp controversy: the way that what is considered acceptable discourse in a presidential race can give us insight into social norms.
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 02.17.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — Fewer than a half-million people were watching MSNBC when David Shuster made his comment that Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign had "...
Eric Deggans | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media
The presence of a black man and woman as important presidential candidates is forcing these guys to rethink how they talk about politics. And some of them are failing miserably.
Robin Gerber | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media
Both Fox and MSNBC need more Keith Olbermans and Anderson Coopers, men who aren't afraid to call sexism by its real name.
Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media
Over at TPM Election Central I just reported that Hillary had agreed to a Feb. 26th debate on NBC after threatening to boycott the network's debates ...
Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media
The Clinton campaign has just confirmed to me that contrary to expectations, she will in fact be taking part in the NBC debate in Ohio on Feb. 26th, a...
New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media
It was a little before midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 27 that MSNBC correspondent David Shuster hit the "Send" button on a curt e-mail to Republican rabble...
Bonnie Fuller | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment
Will Brad, Angelina, Halle or J-Lo raise the next Chelsea Clinton? They can only hope so and learn from Hillary.
236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media
MSNBC suspended correspondent David Shuster after comments he made about Chelsea Clinton angered the Clinton campaign. While discussing her role in Se...
Huffington Post | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media
Hillary Clinton has suggested that MSNBC has displayed a pattern of negative coverage of her campaign for President. Last night, Bill O'Reilly took t...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media
Some people thought this called for Shuster's firing, but they're wrong: It called for an examination of a pattern of behavior. At this point, Clinton and her team should know that any more is gonna smack of politics; her point has been amply, amply made.
Steve Young | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media
It's getting pretty ugly on the cable news-works. MSNBC's David Shuster found out that he wasn't ready for prime time when he "pimped out" Chelsea C...
Stephen Kaus | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
By speaking on cable television in the way that everyone regularly speaks on the Internet, Shuster gave us a preview of speech control in Hillaryland.
Dennis Perrin | Posted 02.11.2008 | Media
The "pimp" comment has worked beautifully for the Clinton campaign, allowing Hillary to once again pose as the poor victim of rampant sexism, only this time she gets to bring Chelsea on the shame stage.
Nora Ephron | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
This is the attention deficit disorder election. Everything is happening at warp speed. Everyone is bouncing around on the net and changing the channel. Everything is shifting so quickly there's almost no point in trying to keep up, but I'm trying.
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
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When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Chez Pazienza | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media