December 4, 2008
With it all but official that NBC will choose David Gregory as the new moderator of Meet the Press, comes a tremendous opportunity to update the show, and continue to lead the field of Sunday programs. Or, the show could continue doing what it has done since Tim Russert...
Eric Boehlert | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media
Another day, another misleading headline from Politico about the Obama transition team. Hey, as long as they keep churning them out, we're gonna keep throwing the flag.
The latest: "Holder pardon makes Dems squirm."
Obviously, it's an article about Obama's pick of Eric Holder...
Gotham Chopra | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media
As many already know, my father Deepak Chopra (along with thousands of others) has taken a vow of non-violence in all his actions and words. As a result, he's unable to respond that aggressively to an article written by Dorothy Rabinowitz in Monday's Wall Street Journal critical of his...
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media
Plaxico Burress messed up big time. But the media's overreaction to his incident has been just as bad.
For the whole last week, the sports world and the New York media have been crucifying Plaxico Burress. In a city where Wall St. CEOs have run the city into the dirt,...
Huff TV | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media
Shelly Palmer | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media
The WSJ is reporting that former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller maybe purchasing Yahoo for between $28-30 billion, roughly $22 a share. Yahoo's stock benefited from the rumor, up 7% to $11.50. While the rumor mill is heating...
Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted December 4, 2008 | World
Four men, two of them are officers of Russian special services and two others are Chechens, are being tried in the Moscow District Military Court now. They are accused of organizing the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, one of the most outrageous crimes in Russia's recent history.
Who was Anna Politkovskaya?
...Huff TV | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
Arianna appeared on the "Daily Show" Wednesday night to talk about HuffPost's new book, "The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging."
Plus: Watch Arianna and Jon talk backstage before the show
WATCH:
Huff TV | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
Before Wednesday night's Daily Show taping, Jon Stewart dropped by the green room to check in with Arianna and debate the relative merits of blogging versus television. Check out this exclusive behind-the-scenes video and find out why Stewart refuses to become a blogger.
...Kerry Trueman | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
Some of my fellow Kossacks got their knickers in a twist the other day over the news that David Gregory's set to become the new host of NBC's Meet the Press. Why the outrage?...
Marshall Herskovitz | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
On Monday, Dec. 1, the UK Telegraph reported statements by doctors who examined the bodies of those killed in the Mumbai massacre. "Many of the bodies showed signs of torture," they said, one going on to explain that "of all the bodies, the Israeli victims [clarified elsewhere in the...
Timothy Karr | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
The Denver Post today urged a new Federal Communications Commission to get its mind off of "buttocks" and onto more serious issues like Net Neutrality.
The editorial board was referring to a case now before the U.S. Court of Appeals, in which the agency's top legal minds are...
Benjamin Hart | Posted December 3, 2008 | Politics
Only a few hours after the election was called for Barack Obama, his supporters (and advisors) began speaking about the moments when the result "sank in" -- when it stopped feeling like some beautiful dream and solidified into reality. For me, and I suspect for others, watching Obama on television...
Russell Simmons | Posted December 3, 2008 | Entertainment
(From Global Grind) With the rampant abuse of the planet, animals and people throughout the world, Stanley Crouch is a routine conformist. He appears to be overly content with defending the status quo. When leaders like Malcolm X spoke out against oppression in America, his words and poetry were...
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
With Bushie wrapping up his fun eight-year term as our nation's head do-gooder, he reflects with Charlie Gibson... Uh, what??? Yeah, you heard it right. Bush is getting all reflective now, and it brings up an interesting parallel between him and Nixon's legendary interview with David Frost. Yet, if Ron...
David Sassoon | Posted December 3, 2008 | Green
NBC Nightly News recently made media history when Brian Williams uttered these words while looking into the camera:
Coal. While you might have heard the phrase 'clean coal' during the presidential campaign, it's actually an oxymoron. Wishful thinking. Coal does not burn cleanly and it's hugely expensive to make it...
Monroe Price | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
We're less than 50 days away from the Mother of all Inaugurations (maybe that was Andrew Jackson's), and there is an almost unquenchable thirst throughout the country to participate, to celebrate, to possess the moment and relish it.
Is the Inaugural Committee doing enough to slake this thirst? Certainly the...
Bryan Young | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
In an effort to appeal to a crowd other than the snot-nosed, obnoxious thirteen year old market, the usual gang of idiots at MAD Magazine have been on the nose this election season with biting political commentary. (You can see the previous Huffington Post exclusives of that commentary here...
Bob Franken | Posted December 3, 2008 | Media
Most sports fans know what a "homer" is. He or she is the play-by-play announcer who is so gushy about the local team that it's hard for the listener to get a clear idea what's unfolding in the game.
We can debate whether they enhance our understanding of...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
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Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
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After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
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Al Franken's campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the Minnesota...
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Eric Schmeltzer | Posted December 4, 2008 | Media