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CNN Names Feist D.C. Bureau Chief

May 17, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Network's political director promoted to top job in Washington

  

Isn't Describing Bin Laden's Bloody Death Photos Enough?

May 12, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Do we really need to see his "brains ... kind of draped out from the socket"?

  

Jon Stewart Rips Fox News Flap With Common ... With Rap!

May 12, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Daily Show" host spits rhymes at network; Common shows up to White House despite right-wing criticism | VIDEO

  

Jon Stewart Rips Obama for Letting Bush Steal Credit for Bin Laden Kill

May 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Daily Show" host -- who had criticized those politicizing the operation -- engages in some himself | VIDEO

  

Right Wing Back to Attacking Obama After a Pause for Bin Laden Killing

May 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Talking heads return to their talking points -- along with Bush-whining, torture-baiting, football-spiking -- after an all-too-brief respite.

  

Amazing: Obama's Visit to Ground Zero Silences Cable News for 10 Minutes

May 5, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

In a remarkable turn, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News extend the moment of silence

  

Media Braces for a Wild Weekend of News

April 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Deadly storms, birther drama, shuttle launch, White House Correspondents Dinner and Pope beatification leaves outlets already stretched thin with the Royal Wedding scrambling to cover it all

  

Jon Stewart Devotes Entire 'Daily Show' to Celebrate Glenn Beck's Fox News Exit (Video)

April 8, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Daily Show" host busts out chalkboard, glasses, warns audience of impending doom in a melodramatic way, signified by changes in seating, lighting and camera angles

  

What's Next for Glenn Beck and Fox News?

April 6, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

As the outgoing host mulls his own network, FNC is eager to fill his slot with someone (Judge Napolitano? Eric Bolling? Megyn Kelly?) who draws advertisers, but doesn't scare them away

  

TV News Ratings: Fox News Remains on Top; CNN Edges MSNBC; CBS' 'Evening News' Has Brutal Quarter

March 29, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

While FNC remains dominant, CNN tops MSNBC in primetime demo; Katie Couric's viewership plummets

  

Larry King: I Miss Being in the Hunt

March 24, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Ex-host talks about his departure from CNN -- on Fox News

  

Glenn Beck Hints He Won't Be Back on Fox in 2012

March 15, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Host addresses contract situation: "The only thing in life that is constant is change"

  

Glenn Beck's Fill-In on Fox News Draws the Same Audience as Glenn Beck

March 14, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

No significant ratings drop-off for Judge Napolitano last week while once-hot host was on vacation

  

Who's Going to Quake-Ravaged Japan? Anderson Cooper, Amanpour, Palkot ...

March 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Virtually every major news organization -- ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC -- sending staff for weekend coverage

  

TV News Struggles to Strike Right Tone on West Coast Tsunami Watch

March 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Coverage of the disaster and aftermath, like the event itself, is all over the map

  

Piers Morgan Spars With Vanity Fair Writer Over Scathing Review

March 4, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Also, CNN chooses to re-air Charlie Sheen interview Friday, bumps cast of "Take Me Home Tonight"

  

Fox News Suspends Gingrich, Santorum Until They Say They're Not Running in 2012

March 2, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

But Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee not included in suspension

  

Cable News Ratings: Fox News is 'Winning'; CNN Finds Primetime 'Magic' in Egypt

March 2, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

While FNC is in another stratosphere, the race for second place heats up

  

His Ratings Fizzling, Has Glenn Beck Lost His Mojo?

March 1, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Controversial Fox News host is down 35% this year after nine consecutive months of declines in viewers. Will the slide shiv Brand Beck?

  

Rachel Maddow Blasts Right Wing Homophobes on MSNBC (video)

February 25, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Just because you don't like my haircut or you don't like that I'm gay does not mean [it's] not true."

  

No 'Mu-Bye-Bye': Media Manic as Mubarak Refuses to Resign in Egypt

February 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford & Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Cable news, networks, 'Net and Twitter provide wall-to-wall coverage of latest drama in Cairo

  

Through the Camera's Eye - The Bloodiest Day in Egyptian Uprising

February 2, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

As uprising takes a violent turn, a roundup of coverage from CNN to Rupert Murdoch's Daily

  

World Media Watches as Egypt Explodes

January 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

From Al Jazeera to the Washington Post, outlets struggled to cover a fiery, largely Internet-less revolution

  

Lawrence O'Donnell Begins MSNBC's Post-Olbermann Era

January 24, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

"Last Word" begins new time slot after "Countdown" host's stunning exit

  

President Obama's State of the Union Set for 9 ET Tuesday

January 24, 2011 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Address to be carried live on television, radio, online

  

Will MSNBC Lean Forward or Dial it Back Without Olbermann?

January 23, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

The network is left with is a softer lineup of hosts that, while progressive, are certainly not in the kind of ski-jumper, forward-leaning angle Olbermann was

  
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