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Sex, Lies, and (a Subpoenaed) Videotape

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Appears Edwards's former fall guy turned out not to be so meek At long last, he's grown a set and won't turn the other cheek

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NBC May Lose Olympics As Fox, ESPN Bid For Games

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp.'s Fox and Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN plan to bid for U.S. rights to televise the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, challenging NBC,...

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Stewart Hammers Fox News For Cutting Off Obama's GOP Q&A (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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President Obama's Q&A with House Republicans on Friday was "somewhat unprecedented in our pre-staged, kabuki political culture," noted Jon Stewart dur...

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Local News Starting Early To Compete For Viewers

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Three of the four major broadcast networks have been coping with ratings declines since the start of the television season in September. But Mr. Primo...

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Idol Season 9: Auditions -- Dallas

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

American Idol finally has a breakout star this season. Unfortunately, it's not an unknown talent but the very popular TV, movie and Broadway star Neil Patrick Harris.

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Supreme Court Ruling Pins Big Business vs. Big Government in 2010 Elections

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joan E. Dowlin

I think we are on very dangerous ground here. Who's to say major corporations will not attempt to "control thoughts" of the electorate by pumping huge amounts of money into campaigns and elections?

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Conan On Fox? Fox Ready To Swoop In: New York Post

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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FOX is set to move fast to pick up Conan O'Brien for a rival late-night show, according to sources. Talks between O'Brien and Fox could start as e...

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Conan O'Brien and NBC Divorced: Our Long National Nightmare Is Over

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Charles Feldman

The past few weeks, late night television has never been funnier. Or, more vindictive. Conan O'Brien taking shots at Jay Leno and NBC. David Letterman taking shots at NBC and Jay Leno.

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Idol Season 9: Auditions -- Orlando

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

I thought Tuesday might have been a fluke, so I held off on trumpeting it. But it happened again Wednesday. Idol scored 26.1 million viewers on Tuesday and 26.7 million viewers on Wednesday.

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi For Advice on His Next Career Move!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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Idol Season 9: Auditions -- Chicago

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

One hour felt like two hours in Chicago where talent was thin on the ground. As a result, the judges were so relieved to hear people that didn't suck, they let some through that didn't deserve it.

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What's on TV, Mom?

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin

We've previewed, pored over, and pondered the latest TV offerings so we can reveal the best shows to watch with your offspring and which are the best ones to stay up for after they're tucked in to bed.

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi for career advice, and hears these words: "Think Katie Couric": The Grass Is Not Always Greener!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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Roger AIles Threatened To Quit Over Possible Obama Endorsement

nytimes.com | DAVID CARR and TIM ARANGO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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In the fall of 2008, Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, went to his boss, Rupert Murdoch, with two complaints: he had heard that Mr. Murdoch was consi...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Fox, Time Warner Settle Dispute

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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LOS ANGELES — The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable reached a programming deal in principle on Friday, after leaving millions of peop...

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Hate Speech from Glenn Beck: Likens Criticism of Fox News To Murder Of 6,000,000 Jews

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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MJ Rosenberg

By now we should all be used to the Right's use of the millions of Holocaust victims, as political footballs against Democrats. But, for some of us, getting used to it is hard.

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The Alternate Reality Decade

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

A ten year interval, where otherwise responsible citizens decided that the best way to deal with their problems was to simply ignore them, has ended.

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Fox Finally Finds Fall Hits, Up 7% In Viewers

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Fox's prime time is off to one of its best starts ever. It is poised to win the second week of the TV season in adults 18-49, and not only are some of...

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Spill O'Reilly! Sesame Street Talking Head Meets Fox News Host (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has been parodied on shows like Saturday Night Live and the Colbert Report. Now add Sesame Street to the list. Earlier th...

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No Grinch will ruin Carrie Underwood's Holiday

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Bialas

Carrie Underwood has been a busy girl. The recent host of the Country Music Association Awards, talks about recent controversy and what it's like to host her own special

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Matt Osborne

We've seen this pattern before. A non-sourced, anonymous story enters the right-wing blogosphere and gets picked up by mainstream media, allowing the right to stovepipe their insanity.

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Conan O'Brien's Pissed, But His Defensive Posture Is Wanting

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Michael Russnow

I cannot believe that if the public preferred Conan over Dave they wouldn't have switched to NBC from whatever prime-time network they'd been watching.

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Jon Meacham: Fox News Attack Makes Obama Seem More Progressive Than He Really Is

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...

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It's Crime-Warner and a Pox on Fox: Viewers Have Little Patience With Two Greedy Elephants

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Adam Hanft

Rather than keep it a private corporate battle over money, Time-Warner decided to take its argument public, hoping to win subscribers over to their side by casting Fox as the mendacious villain.

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