Newser - Mediahttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 07 Nov 2009 3:07:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medSarah Palin has accepted an invitation to speak at the Gridiron Club's winter dinner. She'll address the high-profile journalists' group at its Dec. 5 gathering; Rep. Barney Frank is the Democratic speaker. Though Palin is making a series of appearances to promote her book, Going Rogue, the Gridiron dinner is...http://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73519/white-house-warns-dems-to-avoid-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medThe Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We better...http://www.newser.com/story/73519/white-house-warns-dems-to-avoid-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medFri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medA stuffy DC city council hearing might not be most people’s idea of a romantic place to get engaged, but maybe the chance to be a YouTube celebrity made it all worth it for Andy Hertzberg and Andy Rollman. That, or they were hoping to drum up sympathy for the...http://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medFri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73500/jon-stewart-channels-glenn-beck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medJon Stewart asked the tough questions last night: Now that Glenn Beck has lost his appendix, how are we going to stop the conspiracy to harvest the rest of his organs? The Daily Show host channeled everything Beck last night, from glasses-fiddling to chalkboard to leaps of logic. “Your appendix...http://www.newser.com/story/73500/jon-stewart-channels-glenn-beck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73457/nfl-scores-ratings-touchdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medNFL ratings are through the roof this year, as the recession keeps fans on the couch on Sunday afternoons...and Sunday nights and Monday nights. Ratings are at a 20-year high, with an average 17.2 million watching each game. “The NFL and television are actually getting the so-called ‘benefit’...http://www.newser.com/story/73457/nfl-scores-ratings-touchdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medFri, 06 Nov 2009 7:41:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73338/appendicitis-takes-beck-off-air.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medGlenn Beck’s appendix accomplished today what the nasty wishes of liberals everywhere couldn’t: It took him off the air. Beck excused himself early from his national radio show; an exec at his production company confirmed the operation. “Before going under Glenn asked the doctor to draw out the surgery procedure...http://www.newser.com/story/73338/appendicitis-takes-beck-off-air.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medWed, 04 Nov 2009 18:09:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73253/becks-silent-red-phone-is-a-hotline-to-nowhere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medGlenn Beck likes to say that the red phone on his desk is a direct line to the White House, but of course it's a hotline to nowhere, just like the Fox host's whole schtick. Beck complains piteously that White House libbers won't call to respond to his issues, Thomas...http://www.newser.com/story/73253/becks-silent-red-phone-is-a-hotline-to-nowhere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medWed, 04 Nov 2009 6:01:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73242/martin-baldwin-to-host-oscars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medSteve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host next year’s Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Martin’s hosted the show twice, and though Baldwin never has, he has plenty of similar experience, hosting Saturday Night Live 14 times. That’s one less than Martin, who in...http://www.newser.com/story/73242/martin-baldwin-to-host-oscars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medTue, 03 Nov 2009 18:51:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73212/how-the-onion-writes-headlines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medThe Onion 's writers have a backward way of generating stories: They come up with the headlines first. The staff devotes the first two days of each week to rejecting headlines like “Quick and Painless Overthrow of Taliban Enters Eighth Year” in favor of “US Continues Quagmire-Building Effort in Afghanistan....http://www.newser.com/story/73212/how-the-onion-writes-headlines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medTue, 03 Nov 2009 13:02:41 CST