Martin Eisenstadt

Castellanos CNN Scandal: Confessions of a Balloon Boy Pundit!

Dan Mirvish | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Alex Castellanos, Martin Eisenstadt, Cnn, Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene Balloon, Pundit, Wolf Blitzer, Donna Brazile, Media News

CNN pundit Alex Castellanos was "revealed" by Media Matters to be working with the health care industry on their ad campaign. Everyone seems "shocked!" Why is it surprising?

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Obama to Send Gay Brigade to Afghanistan: Everyone Happy!

Dan Mirvish | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama, Martin Eisenstadt, Gay Rights, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Comedy News

According to one Department of Defense adviser, the Obama administration has found a creative way to both pacify the gay rights community and placate hawks who'd urged him to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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Sarah Palin vs. Dan Brown: Battle of Bestsellers Turns Ugly (VIDEO)

Dan Mirvish | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Martin Eisenstadt, Twitter, The Lost Symbol, Going Rogue, Dan Brown, Amazon, Sarah Palin, Bestsellers, Comedy News

By now, everyone's heard that Sarah Palin's new book Going Rogue: An American Life has upended Dan Brown's supremacy atop the bestseller lists. But the army of Brownies is not taking this lying down.

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Sarah Palin Book that's Twice as Rogue-y, Half the Price, 2 Weeks Earlier!

Dan Mirvish | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Martin Eisenstadt, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Books, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Comedy News

Martin Eisenstadt's book is as promised: a very funny history of Republican ineptitude over the last 40 years, and a bitter satire of media foibles along the way.

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Source of Sarah Palin's $150,000 Wardrobe Comes Clean?

Dan Mirvish | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: David Shuster, Howard Kurtz, Martin Eisenstadt, Sarah Palin Wardrobe, Sarah Palin, Media News

In a classic case of burying the lead, a newly posted promo for a campaign tell-all book has a bombshell buried deep within.

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Does Sarah Palin Fear Upcoming Book Revelations?

Dan Mirvish | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Shannyn Moore, Media, Vanity Fair, Martin Eisenstadt, Satire, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Resignation, Media News

Palin's frustration with "the media" is one of the reasons she cited for resigning, so it stands to reason that she's craving to craft her own lasting legacy.

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The Few and the Proud? A Red-Band Marine Recruiting Video

Dan Mirvish | Posted 06.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Marines, Martin Eisenstadt, Afghanistan, Humor, Satire, Military Recruiting, Iraq, Warren G. Harding, US Navy, Comedy News

At a time when we are reconsidering every decision made during the Bush/Rumsfeld era, from torture to the invasion of Iraq to the speculation of addin...

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You Won't Believe What Martin Eisenstadt Said At The White House Correspondents Dinner

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

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TIME.com followed several members of the "elite Twitterati" as they attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the ballroom of the Washington ...

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Ben & Jerry's Cloning Hoax Backfires

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Ben & Jerry's Backlash, Martin Eisenstadt, Newspaper Layoffs, Ben & Jerry's, Cyclone Dairy, Diane Tucker, The Daily Show, Journalism, Cloning, Newspaper Industry, Ethics in Journalism, Pet Cloning, MSNBC Martin Eisenstadt, Overstock CEO, Vance Lehmkuhl, Investigative Journalism, William K Wolfrum, Media News

With journalism migrating to the internet, it's important readers can trust what they read -- at the very least from companies like Ben & Jerry's that position themselves as concerned about our welfare.

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Filmmakers Behind Fake McCain Adviser Discuss Tricking The Media (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.31.2008 | Media

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Dan Mirvish and Eitan Gorlin appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources to discuss how they tricked the media by creating a fake McCain adviser named Martin E...

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Don't Get Fooled Again: How To Spot An Internet Hoax

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Salon.com, John McCain, Martin Eisenstadt, Hoax, Sarah Palin, The New Republic, Los Angeles Times, David Shuster MSNBC, Wall St. Journal, Crooks and Liars, Washington Institute, Diane Tucker, William K Wolfrum, Media News

Today we know there's no such person as Martin Eisenstadt. He was nothing but a hoax. The truth was established way back in June, thanks to good sleuthing by a blogger.

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Campaign Ad or Ad Campagin?

Aemilia Scott | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Karl Rove, Mccain, Martin Eisenstadt, Steve Schmidt, Advertising, Applebee's, Palin, Campaign, Palin Nafta, Sarah Palin Post-Election, Political Ads, Mccain-Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, False Advertising, Sarah Palin Rumors, Applebee's Restaurant, Vice Presidential Candidates, Politics News

To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.

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