Mcclellan

Jeff Gannon Returns -- As National Press Club Activist/Blogger!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

In a new article, we learn that Gannon has no full-time position at a news outlet, but as he explains, "for a single person, blogging can be profitable." He also denies all those gay escort charges.

Campaign Corner

M. and V. Sommer, D. Wyles | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


M. and V. Sommer, D. Wyles

Armed with an exciting Obama-Pelosi ticket, we get the best of possible worlds. Now the kicker: how should the campaign bumper stickers read? Obama-Pelosi? Barry-Nancy? Not bad.

Jason Linkins

Media Can't Have It Both Ways On McClellan: They Were Either Duped Or Derelict In Duty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


No one woke up Sunday morning needing Tim Russert to prove that McClellan changed his tune since leaving the White House -- McClellan had written a whole gollydarned BOOK on that very topic.

Tom Brokaw Defends War Coverage: The 'Coverup' Continues

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

What is most appalling is that it took McClellan's book to produce a debate about a tremendously vital subject. And that brings us to one of the most iconic figures of all, Tom Brokaw.

In Defense of James Frey and Memoir

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 06.07.2008 | Entertainment


Lisa Dale Norton

The function of a memoir is to make a truth about a life lived that resonates in the bones of the writer and sends out shock waves of recognition to readers.

McClellan's Inconvenient Truths: Media And GOP Flacks Pile-On

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

As we are reminded again this week: you don't get in trouble in D.C. for lying, covering up and stonewalling, but you catch hell for telling the truth-- even if it's the least-surprising truth ever.

McClellan Twenty-Eighth Person to Join 'Slow Clap,' Personal Press Machine Still Popping and Locking

Desiree Burch | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


Desiree Burch

Did everyone get the press release this morning? Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has come out (don't get too excited) as the most r...

Scotty Come Lately

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

How many times are we going to have a key Bush administration official try to wash the blood off his hands -- and add a chunk of change to his bank account -- by writing a come-clean book years after the fact instead of when it actually could have made a difference? Read More Unmasking McCain: His Reactionary Record on Reproductive Rights Many women who are avowed Hillary Clinton supporters are declaring they won't vote for Obama in the fall. I get the anger and the disappointment. But to quote SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers: Really? You'd rather vote for a man who has a 25-year history of voting against a woman's right to choose? Read More WATCH: CNBC's Business Nation Goes Behind The Scenes At HuffPost

Jason Linkins

Rove Hits Back At McClellan: 'Sounds Like A Left-Wing Blogger'; Perino, Bartlett, Fleischer Pile On

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


[UPDATED, below.] Karl Rove responded, briefly, to the charges raised by Scott McClellan in his new book, What Happened on last night's Hannity and C...

Judith Miller Comments On McClellan Revelation

Politico | Mike Allen and Michael Calderone | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Shortly after news of the McClellan excerpt broke, Politico caught up with Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper, two reporters who received information ab...