Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: The Media
After Rick Santelli ranted about government spending on CNBC, coverage by FOX News, conservative talk show hosts, and right-side bloggers pushed the Tea Parties to prominence.
After Rick Santelli ranted about government spending on CNBC, coverage by FOX News, conservative talk show hosts, and right-side bloggers pushed the Tea Parties to prominence.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Former Vice President Dick Cheney did his usual shtick on Fox News Tuesday night, telling host Sean Hannity that he found President Obama's approach t...
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New Y...
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media
Maybe the Salahi's will crash a Palin book signing, if they can get past the huge crowds of women who had an affair with Tiger Woods.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics
I propose an entirely new group for you to deal with -- the "deathers." These are folks like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannerty who are trying to scare us to death.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.27.2009 | Media
"Hannity" ousted "The O'Reilly Factor" as the top cable news telecast of last week. Sean Hannity's Wednesday interview of Sarah Palin averaged 4.200 ...
Dawn Teo | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
For some, Tea Parties are a reaction against a floundering Republican Party. For others, Tea Parties are a Republican Renaissance.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Now Bill O'Reilly might really be mad. After O'Reilly reportedly threw a "hissyfit" because Sean Hannity's interview with Sarah Palin would air befor...
Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology
Is there anyone quite like Sarah Palin online? At the moment, no -- not Michael Jackson, not Manny Pacquiao, not even President Obama, according to Google Insights for Search.
Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
Sarah Palin blew into Grand Rapids with all the stagecraft (and subtlety) of Lady Gaga, pulling up in a bus ensconced with the cover photo from her book, down to her glossy lips and heavenward gaze.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
Over a year after she infamously stalled on Katie Couric's question about what news sources she reads, Sarah Palin has told Sean Hannity what's in her...
Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
The Wrap's Dylan Stableford reports that Sarah Palin has caused tension inside the halls of Fox News — namely, between its two biggest primetime...
William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media
Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"
Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media
Thanks to Murdoch's recent laundry list of public falsehoods, we now know that Fox News' misinformation culture starts at the very top, inside the corner office of Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Since 2001, 195 cases of terrorism have been uneventfully prosecuted in civilian courts, with 91% ending in convictions, But this little factoid surely won't stop Republicans from exploitative political posturing.
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Never underestimate how much shear chutzpah, ambition and attractiveness can get a person in this day and age. Try at least $1.2 million.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
In a parting shot at Fox News, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn mocked the conservative-leaning network on Friday and laughed off its co...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.13.2009 | Comedy
Earlier this week, Jon Stewart did a segment on Sean Hannity's health care protest coverage in which he revealed that the Fox host had used footage of...
Chez Pazienza | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
Fox News host Sean Hannity did something many will call shocking, some will call phony and insincere, and I'll call, at the very least, uncharacteristic. He admitted that Jon Stewart was right
Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
Fox News' Sean Hannity responded to Jon Stewart Wednesday evening after the Daily Show host called out the network for using old footage from a larger...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy
The tea party protests continued last week, as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann held an anti-health-care-reform rally on the steps of the Capitol. While...
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
People who label Nidal Malik Hasan a "terrorist," like Joe Lieberman has done, literally don't understand the meaning of the word. How can they protect us from it if they don't even know what it is?
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media
If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.
Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA who became a darling among conservatives when she refused to support same-sex marriage during the Miss ...
LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...
Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics