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Roger Ailes: Jon Stewart Told Me He's a Socialist

Rob Quinn — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:29:07 CDT

Ever wonder what would happen if Jon Stewart and Roger Ailes went for a beer? According to Ailes, the two actually did meet in a bar once—and the Daily Show host "basically admitted he's a socialist," said Ailes. The Fox News chief, speaking at his alma mater, Ohio University,...

Cory Booker Learns to Backpedal

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:16:00 CDT

New Democrat darling Cory Booker made headlines yesterday when he hammered President Obama's ads attacking Bain Capital as "nauseating," and it didn't take long for him to make a sudden recovery. Hours after his comments, Booker posted a YouTube video clarifying his position. "Let me be clear: Mitt Romney has...

MSNBC Flub: Sarkozy a 'Prostitute'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:48 CDT

As if Nicolas Sarkozy wasn’t already having a bad enough day , now he’s been accidentally dubbed a hooker. Mediaite and the Huffington Post spotted the flub by MSNBC, which previewed a report on Sarkozy’s defeat with video of the soon-to-be former president speaking. Except the chryon that appeared over the...

Stewart Flips Out Over Chair Interview

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:28:17 CDT

After watching Lawrence O'Donnell angrily interview an empty chair Monday night after George Zimmerman's lawyer bolted from the interview, Jon Stewart could barely contain his glee. "He's grilling the chair! No, the chair doesn't have medical records to show you, it's a chair !" Stewart said last night . "You know, I...

O'Donnell Interviews Chair After Lawyer Bolts

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:17:56 CDT

Lawrence O'Donnell was set last night to interview Craig Sonner, the "courageous defender" of George Zimmerman, and he wasn't going to let a little thing like a "terrified" Sonner bailing at the last minute deter him. Instead, the furious MSNBC host shouted his questions at the empty chair where Sonner...

Graham Sorry for Doubting Obama's Faith

Kevin Spak — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:12:56 CST

Franklin Graham has apologized for comments he made on MSNBC 's Morning Joe last week in which he seemed evasive about whether he considered President Obama a Christian. "I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr....

MSNBC Boots Pat Buchanan

Rob Quinn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:17:00 CST

Pat Buchanan is leaving MSNBC after a decade, an apparent victim of the network's swing toward the liberal and a backlash against his Suicide of a Superpower book, in which he warns of "the end of white America." Buchanan had been suspended from the network for four months, and MSNBC...

Media Snubs Herman Cain's SOTU Speech

Kevin Spak — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:46:52 CST

If you're hoping to watch Herman Cain deliver the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union Address tonight, you're going to have to do it online , because none of the three major cable news networks tell the Atlantic Wire they plan to carry it. "We don't plan...

MSNBC Bleeps Out Ann Coulter

Matt Cantor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:21:05 CST

Anne Coulter’s lips moved quite a bit on Morning Joe today—but you couldn’t hear most of what she was saying. MSNBC censored her discussion of the GOP race, and she appeared confused by the move, Mediaite reports. “What did I say?” she asked on-air after the bleeping. “Oh, I...