ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith might be the latest high-profile person to be fooled by "The Onion," but he certainly isn't the first one to publicly an...
Ms. Forsheim's book includes sections such as "Your Dinner Isn't More Important Than My Child's Need To Express Boredom," and Yes, I Realize You Were Here First, But If You Didn't Notice, I Have A Child With Me."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect to see fewer "newsy" online advertisements hawking acai berry diet pills. Federal regulators announced settl...
Jay Z and Beyonce have triumphantly followed their basic biological directives, resulting in the birth of Homo Sapiens number 108,249,347,846. Proud ...
Some folks like to say the media is biased. Yep, it is -- towards anything that sensationalizes the news. Every good local news journalist knows th...
You can fool some of the people some of the time and it's surprisingly easy to get the media to fall for anything. There are usually six ways that...
(Doha, Qatar) - In the latest twist to the wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, demonstrators have overthrown the Al Jazeera television ...
When some news events transpire, they seemed inevitable. Others seem outlandish or improbable. But others are simply impossible, and the very idea lau...
I've been mulling over both my take and my stake in regards to the Rally to Restore Sanity and the recent and related Tea Party March on Washington, n...
The phenomenon of TV personalities throwing their own "rallies" certainly breaks new ground in both the political arena and the entertainment world -- politics has truly become indistinguishable from show business.
For a purveyor of fake news, Jon Stewart has been recognized as one of the most trusted newsmen in the country. This may prove all the more true following his announcement of a Rally to Restore Sanity.
Over at his eponymous blog, Julian Sanchez performs an essential service for all of us living in the Age Of The Ground Zero Terror Mosquerade, by outl...
By Michael Grabell, and Sebastian Jones, ProPublica President Obama’s push for electronic medical records has faced resistance from those who...
The bottled water industry, fighting back against accusations that they are a significant contributor to environmental degradation, has released this magical video of glorious greenwashing.
Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.
It strikes me as downright surreal that Stewart and Colbert, and not the 'real' anchorpersons, seem to be the people on TV who actively adhere to concepts like fairness, primary sources and facts.
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 roster of fake death reports that have gone megaviral includes Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise and now Goldblum; all fell to their death in New Zealand. I contacted the man behind the electronic curtain.
Baby Back Securities: Melt in your mouth, not on your balance sheet. These choice, succulent, tainted assets are smothered in Tim Geithner's own secret recipe sauce (just watch it trickle down!) then slow-grilled to perfection.
Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.
Progressive standard bearers such as DailyKos have been showing signs lately of stifling dissenting opinions and promoting crazy rumors usually associated with the right.
