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Taboo Alert: The Real -- And Most Disturbing -- News In the Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud

David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Msnbc, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Journalism Independence, General Electric, 60 Minutes, Richard Wolffe, Thomas Friedman, The Insider, Media News
David Sirota

The real story in the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud is the heavy-handed intervention by the CEO of General Electric effectively forcing MSNBC's news team off a crucially important set of stories.

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The State of Play of "State of Play"

William Bradley | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Morrissey, Bbc, Michael Mann, Alan J. Pakula, John Simm, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Macdonald, Paul Newman, State of Play, Journalism, Sally Field, Al Pacino, Blackwater, State of Play Miniseries, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Warren Beatty, 24, Blogging, Life on Mars, Body of Lies, L.A. Confidential, The Insider, All the President's Men, Lowell Bergman, The Parallax View, Jeffrey Wigand, Absence of Malice, Dustin Hoffman, Doctor Who, Entertainment News
William Bradley

State of Play is a political thriller wrapped inside a journalistic thriller that works better as the latter.

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Best Movies By Farr -- Celebrating Pacino and De Niro

John Farr | Posted 04.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Academy Awards, Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon, Part 2, Midnight Run, Mean Streets, Donnie Brasco, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, This Boy's Life, The Deer Hunter, Ronin, Carlito's Way, Francis Ford Coppola, The Untouchables, The Godfather, Righteous Kill, Taxi Driver, Heat, Angels in America, Sea of Love, Insomnia, Raging Bull, The Insider, Robert De Niro, Serpico, Entertainment News
John Farr

Ultimately, it's tough to call just who is the finer actor, or bigger star. Personally, I give the edge to De Niro.

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The 10 Best "Abuse of Power" Movies

John Farr | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Roger and Me, Paths of Glory, The Insider, All the King's Men, Sarah Palin, All the President's Men, Point of Order, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, The Last King of Scotland, No End in Sight, Movies, Downall, Ponzi Scheme, Entertainment News
John Farr

It seems we never learn the right lessons or take the right actions to protect the majority of the populace who time and again end up taking the hit for the folly of an elite few.

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Pat O'Brien Fired From "The Insider" Over Staff E-Mail

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Pat O'Brien Fired, Pat O'Brien, Lara Spencer, Pat O'Brien Lara Spencer, The Insider, Media News

He said he'd "get killed for this" — and he was apparently right. Pat O'Brien was fired from "The Insider" following his e-mail to the show's s...

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Pat O'Brien: "The Insider" Viewers "Want To Vomit" Watching Lara Spencer Pick Out Accessories

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

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Pat O'Brien, 60, who's spent most of his career covering sports and hosting tabloid TV shows, is suddenly worried about poor people and the unemployed...

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Lara Spencer Signs Contract To Become Sole Host Of "The Insider" — Pat O'Brien To Be "Special Correspondent"

Variety | John Dempsey | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

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CBS TV Distribution has signed a new contract with Lara Spencer that validates her unofficial role as sole anchor of "The Insider" since February. Sp...

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Backwards Day! Wherein We Call Out The Celeb Media For Referring To A Fact As A Rumor

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Chelsea Clinton, Video, Monica Lewinsky, Pimped Out, The Insider, Dan Abrams, Chelsea Clinton Press, Breaking Media News, Chelsea Clinton Media, Laura Spencer, Evan Strange, Breaking Politics News, Chelsea Clinton Monica Lewinsky, Rachel Sklar, Chelsea Clinton Lewinsky, Chelsea Clinton Campaign, Clinton Lewinsky, Media News

Is a rumor still a rumor once it's been videotaped, replayed on network and cable news, reported everywhere, debated furiously on cable news and in the press and been picked up all over the blogosphere?

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Report: "Insider" Dropping Rehab-Prone Pat O'Brien In Favor Of Donny Osmond

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Don' expect scandal-ridden TV talkbox Pat O'Brien to go back on the air any time soon. Sources told Page Six the twice-rehabbed host is being dropped ...

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The Top 10 Movie Characters That Made A Difference

TakePart.com | Gina Telaroli | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: The Giving Life, Normae Rae, All the President's Men, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Vera Drake, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Insider, Waking the Dead, Living News

Movies can do a lot of things, they can entertain us, they can educate us, they can take us somewhere new and now and then they can inspire us - they ...

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