Barack Obama's campaign team, celebrated in political technology circles for its online innovations, took a high-tech jab at John McCain earlier this month with an ad that blasted the Republican…
Barack Obama spokesman Bill Burton learned the hard way today that you can't go on the air with Fox News' Megyn Kelly and talk trash about Fox News. Burton was invited on the show to respond to a…
Fox News' Megyn Kelly challenged Bill Burton of Barack Obama's campaign to explain his boss' support for banning handguns in response to new anti-Obama ads from the National Rifle Association that…
In the past decade, Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran has helped funnel $129 million in federal tax dollars to his hometown of Jackson. Take this tour, set to the Johnny Cash and June Carter…
This video mash-up served as my introduction to the "Macaca Mania" panel I organized at the 2008 Blog World and New Media Expo over the weekend. The panelists were Jane Hamsher, Jon Henke, Matthew…
At its annual conference last week, the Online News Association hosted a panel titled "Beyond Green." Environmental journalists argued that global warming is "settled science" and that reporters…
Until January, I worked for Atlantic Media, the parent company of both The Atlantic magazine and National Journal Group. It's a top-notch organization owned by David Bradley, one of the most…
I have no idea what it was on Eyeblast that got Robert of Sarasota, Fla., so worked up, but here's the e-mail he sent me a few days ago:
You are a most disgusting person. How you can look at…Tennessee Democrat Bob Clement served in Congress from 1988 to 2003. This is his empty, pork-barrel legacy in Nashville. ("Porkbusters On Patrol," Episode 1, by Cole Wakefield)
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama last week released an ad that attacks his Republican rival, John McCain, for not using a computer regularly and not knowing how to send e-mail. As it…
At the Online News Association conference in Washington, famed magazine editor Tina Brown talked about her move online. She is heading a forthcoming "mega-aggregation" site that will compete with…
Tina Brown delivered the keynote address on the first day of the Online News Association conference in Washington. She discussed her past work on magazines, her future work online, and the good…
After telling a crass joke at the expense of a student seeking job advice, famed editor Tina Brown did advise young journalists to pursue jobs where they will be "in the thick of it," not…
At the Online News Association conference, famed editor Tina Brown joked at the expense of a student seeking job advice for any sector of journalism. "Well, you're an easy lay, aren't you?" Brown…
At the Online News Association conference in Washington, Tina Brown of The Daily Beast decried the Internet myth that "forced" Sarah Palin to publicly reveal her teenage daughter's pregnancy.
After vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican convention last week, this new talking point emerged in the liberal blogosphere: "Jesus was a community organizer, and…
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., echoed a talking point of liberal bloggers on the House floor today when he compared Barack Obama with Jesus and implicitly compared Sarah Palin with Pontius Pilate.
At the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., last week, NBC shared workspace with network Al Jazeera. Was someone trying to send a message?
Lola Ogunnaike, the entertainment reporter for CNN's "American Morning," repeated as fact the Internet myth of Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin clad in a bikini and holding a…
Lola Ogunnaike, the entertainment reporter for CNN's "American Morning," repeated as fact an Internet myth about Sarah Palin and made other outlandish comments. Details here.
If the squirrels have become a nuisance in your neighborhood, just catapult them out of it! This video is for the enjoyment of anyone who has ever been annoyed by those pesky rats with furry tails…