Jay Marvin has been unable to helm the AM 760 morning show since early March due to a life-threatening health crisis we've documented in this space. ...
Politico | PATRICK GAVIN | | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
Michael Smerconish has been on the radio for years in Philadelphia, but he shot to national recognition on Aug. 20 when he broadcast his interview wit...
Ari Melber | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
After the summer of townhalls and what's shaping up as the autumn of Glenn Beck, it is hard to see things through David Brooks' bifocals.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
7. Take the time to look people in the eye, say hello, goodbye, ask "How are you" ; listen to their answer and ask a question. Remember how to communicate with people again on a human face-to-face basis.
Michael D. Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver
We should never refrain from expressing our opinions with emotions and passions for fear that the nut case will hear it wrong and act out violently.
Jackson Katz | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media
Limbaugh is successful because he not only knows how millions of white men think -- he knows what pushes their emotional buttons.
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Leaders of the liberal wing of the party -- not necessarily the elected leadership of the House -- must use their powers of persuasion and their skills in compromise to sway the debate in favor of change, most critically with progressive voters.
Nelson Davis | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
Rule number one for current talk radio success seems to be to demonize a person, his or her belief system, or an entire political party.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
We grouse about Congress people prostituting themselves all the time. If we believe in health care, we may have to do the same, as it were.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
If you want healthcare you may have to take grief from the party-insiders in the area. Tough noogies. Guess what -- the Congresspeople need political cover to get this done. Make their knees stronger.
Bob Cesca | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
The right-wing satellite of crazy has evolved from being a silly assembly of sore losers to a dangerous posse -- a rabble of misinformed cranks who have no problem targeting children.
TVNewser | Posted by Chris Ariens | 12:20 PM | CNN | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media
TVNewser has learned, and a CNN spokesperson confirms, that in his morning editorial meeting today, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein asked his show produc...
Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
One suspects, however, that behind much of the "Don't Tread On Me" rhetoric directed at Obama is a spluttering "... but, but, but, you're black!"
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Comedy
It appears now that Palin's people are doing more than just testing the waters. We have obtained exclusive footage of Sarah Palin, in the studio, recording a demo to shop to potential syndicators.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media
Hal Turner, New Jersey's top white-supremacist internet-radio show hosting lunatic is back in the news today, for pretty much the same reason he was i...
Larry Gellman | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media
We can't call ourselves civilized until we learn to disagree like grownups.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media
The onetime candidate for Congress and inveterate threatener of public officials has run afoul of the law, and will face charges in Connecticut,
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics
The fact that these conservative politicians and commentators don't even see racism unless they feel it is directed against them is precisely why we need the voices of women of color on the court.
New Majority | David Frum | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics
Conor Friedersdorf at the American Scene transcribes the following exchange from Mark Levin's radio program yesterday afternoon: CALLER: I just w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media
All is not well in the world of talk radio today, as an internecine spat is being brewed up by right-wing host Michael Savage, who today spent a porti...
Chicago Sun-Times | LEWIS LAZARE | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago
The internal memos are flying out of Kevin Metheny's office. And in them, the WGN-AM (720) program director's message to his on-air talent is crystal ...
Bob Cesca | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
Why did the Bush administration authorize torture when other methods were more successful? And why is Dick Cheney so desperate to exonerate himself and to skew the debate with trivialities?
Eric Boehlert | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media
Clear Channel's fall from business grace remains epic in its proportions. Yet Clear Channel's most famous employee, Rush Limbaugh, remains oblivious to it all.
Oliver Willis | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics
The conservative disinformation apparatus against President Obama seems to have run into the same mistake liberals made in opposition to Bush: They have been unable to settle on a line of attack.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media
Talk radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh has a much bigger obsession than President Obama. That obsession is race. He just can't seem to stay away from it.
Westword | Michael Roberts | Posted 12.10.2009 | Denver