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2010: The Year of These Things

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 01.07.2010 | Comedy


Jeff Kreisler

Since I wrote a sketch about Yemen 4 years ago, I consider myself a bona fide soothsayer. Therefore, better late than on time, here are 10 '10 Predictions.

Hand Puppet Invades CNN Broadcast (VIDEO)

Posted 01.05.2010 | Media


On Tuesday on CNN, in the moments leading up to President Obama's remarks on terrorism and airline safety, someone waiting for the president to speak ...

Jason Linkins

Ten Things That Totally Sucked About The Media In 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.01.2010 | Media


Earlier, I offered up the Ten Things That Did Not Suck About The Media in 2009. You know what's coming now! The stuff in 2009 that straight up sucked canal water! Let's hit it and quit it.

2010 Predictions: Michele Bachmann's Surprise, Tracy Morgan's Freak-Out, And Wolf Blitzer's Abs

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson, Jason Linkins, And Alex Leo | Posted 12.31.2009 | Comedy


It's New Year's Eve--a time to look ahead before passing out in a pool of your own vomit and waking up in a new year. What will 2010 hold for us? Only...

Newsmakers Roasting on an Open Fire: Your Gift Ideas for 2009's Naughty and Nice

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.25.2009 | Comedy


Arianna Huffington

Earlier this week, I asked for your ideas on what gifts we should give to some of our favorite -- and not so favorite -- public figures. You dusted of...

Wolf Blitzer Crushes On Shakira: 'I'm A He-Wolf, You're A She-Wolf... Your Hips Don't Lie' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.17.2009 | Media


Mike Barnacle, filling in for Willie Geist on MSNBC, catches Wolf Blitzer in some pretty awkward moments during his interview with Shakira. Blitzer c...

All the Porn That's Fit to Print

Whitney Cummings | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles


Whitney Cummings

I'm not saying we shouldn't be interested in naked people. That's a biological impulse over which we have no control. Boobs are what kept us alive for the first couple years of our lives.

Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


Qanta Ahmed, MD

Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

Jason Linkins

John Galligan, Hasan Defense Attorney, Target Of Wolf Blitzer's Shame Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


It goes without saying that when the available facts accrue and weigh so heavily against a defendant, like the alleged Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan, o...

Why Two White Kids Are a Senseless Tragedy but an Arab American Is Terrorism

Brian Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Brian Ross

When a couple of white kids shoot up a school, it is a tragedy. Bring on a shooting at a military base that involves an Arab-American though, and the media does everything it can to shout "terrorism."

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Jessica Yellin Discuss Marijuana (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Things got a little personal for CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jessica Yellin during a report about Congressman Barney Frank partner's bust for possess...

NJ Law Enforcement Appear to Contradict Dobbs' Version of Gunfire Incident

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


Isabel Macdonald

New Jersey state police appear to be contradicting CNN Host Lou Dobbs' account of a gunfire incident near his Sussex County, New Jersey, house.

Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media


For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

Can You Really Get the "News" From Watching TV?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media


John W. Whitehead

Truth is often lost when we fail to distinguish between opinion and fact, and that is the danger we now face as a society.

News

Norman Horowitz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

News as defined by dictionary.com is the presentation of a report on recent or new events [intelligence; information] in a newspaper or other periodi...

Reality TV Makes People Do the Darndest Things!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


Andy Ostroy

Reality television is a stain on our society and an insult to culture. It's dumbed-down television at its worst, lowest common-denominator.

Castellanos CNN Scandal: Confessions of a Balloon Boy Pundit!

Dan Mirvish | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Dan Mirvish

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?

Arianna Discusses Afghan War And Huge Wall Street Profits On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Huff TV

Arianna appeared on CNN's The Situation Room Monday, along with Gloria Borger, Joe Johns and Ben Stein. She discussed the Afghan War, huge Wall Street...

How About a Little Coverage of the Millions of At-Risk Kids Not Trapped in a Balloon (or Hiding in the Attic)?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


Arianna Huffington

Who knew the media were so "deeply worried" about the welfare of children? As it turns out, their concern only extends to children in certain circumstances -- such as when they are thought to be in a runaway balloon.

Sheriff Jim Saves Chistmas, Guns and Solves Heene Balloon Hoax

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver


Craig Alan Silverman

When Falcon let loose the truth on prime time to Wolf Blitzer, even Barney Fife could have figured it out. By his own admission, that was the first moment the light came on for local Sheriff Jim Alderden.

Jason Linkins

CNN Taking Credit For "Balloon Boy" Scoop They Blew

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


I can't help but notice that in its recent report on the "Balloon boy" incident of last week, which authorities are now treating as a staged hoax, CNN...

Balloon Boy: The Most Over-The-Top, Dramatic Coverage (VIDEO, VOTE)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver


Write it off to Thursday being a slow news day if you want, but the wall-to-wall coverage of Colorado's 'Balloon Boy' by the national media was a bit ...

The Irrelevancy of Network News

Judith Ellis | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media


Judith Ellis

Arianna was right to question the networks about their "balloon boy" coverage. Does anybody really wonder why old media is becoming more irrelevant, while new media continues to pave a new path?

Jason Linkins

Pardon The Interruption: CNN Drops Afghanistan Discussion For Serious Breaking News About Rush Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


So, it's half past six or so on a Wednesday evening and I am watching that evening's edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer and the Chamber of Situations, wher...