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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Dead Sara Will Set Your Stereo On Fire (In A Good Way)

    A few weeks ago I was perusing the Billboard Rock Songs chart, which at present shows a genre in crisis—its ranks are split between the staggering dinosaurs of the nu-metal era, a few poppier rock outfits like Gotye and fun., and a bunch of bands that sound like slight variations on the old-ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Mike Wallace, Deceased, Leaves Behind This Commercial for Golden Fluffo

    Renowned 60 Minutes cast member and respected journalist Mike Wallace passed away this past Saturday at the age of 93, after over 50 years as a TV journalist.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Ron Paul Has Been Abandoned!

    Ron Paul is a lonely, lonely man. At least when it comes to the media. Politico reports that NBC, the last network to keep an embedded reporter on the Texas gyno/congressman's campaign trail, has decided to remove the journalist from this post. So nobody is following him. How sad! Now, you could ... More >>

  • Film

    February 29, 2012

    Patriocracy

    Ron Paul is a lonely, lonely man. At least when it comes to the media. Politico reports that NBC, the last network to keep an embedded reporter on the Texas gyno/congressman's campaign trail, has decided to remove the journalist from this post. So nobody is following him. How sad! Now, you could ... More >>

  • Film

    February 1, 2012

    Save the Humans! Actors and Whales Trapped in Big Miracle

    Ron Paul is a lonely, lonely man. At least when it comes to the media. Politico reports that NBC, the last network to keep an embedded reporter on the Texas gyno/congressman's campaign trail, has decided to remove the journalist from this post. So nobody is following him. How sad! Now, you could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    What We Talk About When We Talk About SOPA

    SOPA, the Stop Internet Piracy Act, is the latest congressional move to put an end to the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material. The basic idea of SOPA -- now considered in the House of Representatives -- and its Senate analog, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, purportedly aims at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Dr. Keith Ablow: Misinformer Of The Year On LGBT Issues

    ​Media Matters says that in 2011, Fox News' Dr. Keith Ablow "brought a toxic mix of homophobia and pseudoscientific anti-LGBT talking points to new lows. "The 'Fox News Medical A-Team' member has been a prolific source of anti-LGBT misinformation, disguising his animosity toward gay, lesbian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2011

    Free Fleshlights Given Out At Fleshbot Awards

    ​ A Fleshlight looks sort of like a flashlight, except it unscrews to reveal a simulated vagina that you ... well, as Joan Crawford said to Christina, "You figure it out!" And since Fleshlights sponsored the Fleshbot awards for sexy pop culture, held at the Highline Ballroom on Friday night, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Jay Shells, Etiquette Sign Artist, Says He Wanted to Make One Saying 'Fox News Lies' (on Fox News)

    Via our friends at Animal NY, here's a rather hilarious, slightly awkward video of Jay Shells, the artist behind the "Metropolitan Etiquette Authority" signs peppering the streets of NYC with messages like "Pull Up Your Pants" and "Clean Up After Your Horse." He recently went on Fox News to talk ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Why Is Bill O'Reilly Not Calling Out Mike Huckabee's Gangster Glorification?

    ​"You may remember a couple years ago that Pepsi hired gansta (sic) rapper Ludacris as a commercial pitchman. [I] objected, saying major American corporations have an obligation not to reward people who harmed society...Unlike Ozzy Osbourne, who curses, or Britney Spears, who's an immature ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Homophobic Preacher Sues Rachel Maddow for $50 Million, Claims She Overstated His Homophobia

    Bradlee Dean, at right in his usual outfit, and his lawyer Larry Klayman​Michele Bachmann's favorite preacher, Bradlee Dean, is suing Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, and NBC universal for $50 million, alleging that Maddow defamed him on her TV show. Dean claims Maddow injured his reputation and fundrai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Casey Anthony Fans Send Her Money in Prison; She Buys Cheese Dip

    ​Fear not for the demonized Casey Anthony, who has gotten her fair share of death threats, sure (and will be changing her name and donning a disguise upon her release from jail). Because despite all that, she has lots of friends. Friends who send her money to spend on makeup and ponytail holde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Ilonko Krauss, Holocaust Survivor, Hit by Minivan

    ​The local Fox News television reporter puts it like this: "To survive the worst of the worst -- a Nazi death camp! -- and then 70 years later, you're crossing this little street in Queens and you get struck by a car... Well, that's what happened this morning." Basically. Ilonko Krauss was hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Anthony Weiner's Puny Career

    ​As surely as the camera adds inches, Anthony Weiner was always bigger on screen than in person.  Weiner's plan to stage his resignation this afternoon outside of a Jewish women's center in Sheepshead Bay, where he launched his loud if inconsequential political career, was surely intended ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Semen Stains Identified in Rape Case DNA Test

    ​DNA tests identified semen on the accuser's clothes from the alleged attempted rape of a hotel maid in Manhattan by the former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The NYPD reportedly told authorities in France about the findings today, indicating that Strauss-Kahn's team will indeed be forced to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    George W. Bush Was Eating Souffle When Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

    ​Appearing at an event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas this week, former President George W. Bush shed some light onto what he was doing at the time of the Osama Bin Laden raid. When he heard of Osama Bin Laden's death, ABC News reports, Bush said he "was eating souffle at Rise Restaurant with La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Katie Couric Out at CBS News; Engadget Crew Ditches AOL For SB Nation

    ​Every time we turn around there's a switch-up at the newly Arianna Huffington-helmed AOL and Huffington Post hybrid, with the boss simultaneously cleaning house and sprucing up, by kicking AOL-ers to the curb and hiring up a handful of big names. The Huffington reign has left a large number s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Rupert Murdoch's Kid Coming to NYC: James Murdoch Named News Corp. COO

    ​It's always been the plan for one or a few of Rupert Murdoch's children to eventually take control of his vast News Corp. empire, the third largest media conglomerate in the world, which includes newspapers everywhere, 20th Century Fox, HarperCollins, Fox News, and so on. Today, Murdoch's you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Is Glenn Beck Leaving Fox News?

    ​That's the idea put forward in David Carr's Media Equation column on Monday, titled "The Fading Power of Beck's Alarms." Beyond being a very fair look at Beck, six months after his "Restoring Honor" rally peak, Carr also gets to be the first big voice to tease a break-up between Beck, the "co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Olbermann to Current TV, Which Is Apparently a Channel That Exists

    ​Last we heard from Keith Olbermann, he was leaving his MSNBC show Countdown, in something of a hush-hush move that probably had something to do with Comcast pushing him out. He was contractually barred from talking about it. Today, Olbermann is expected to announce that he is joining Current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Rabbis vs. Glenn Beck in Wall Street Journal Ad

    ​Nevermind the fact that Glenn Beck is bullying a 78-year-old professor, inciting death threats against her. That offense doesn't even make the newspaper today as Business Insider points us to a full-page Wall Street Journal ad demanding Fox News and Roger Ailes "sanction" Beck. It comes via t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Alec Baldwin Is Not Replacing Keith Olbermann

    ​Jack Donaghy is a fictional NBC executive on the show 30 Rock; Alec Baldwin is the actor who plays him. Neither is going to replace Keith Olbermann as the host of Countdown or any other show in the 8 p.m. slot on MSNBC because that would be ridiculous, despite a report from Popeater's Rob Shu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    New York Times Opens Hangover Rooms, Goes WikiLeaks; Rupert Murdoch Babies His Kids

    ""recoverycouch.jpg" via​It happens: some mornings you get to work without having been home the night before and you pull a freshly starched white shirt from the bottom drawer of your desk, you brush your teeth under the fluorescent light of the men's room with one of those little things you p ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 24, 2010

    The Goo Goo Dolls

    ""recoverycouch.jpg" via​It happens: some mornings you get to work without having been home the night before and you pull a freshly starched white shirt from the bottom drawer of your desk, you brush your teeth under the fluorescent light of the men's room with one of those little things you p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    MSNBC (or New York Times!) Now Just Completely Full of and/or Eating Shit.

    This is fun. An earlier draft about the suspension of Chris Hayes from MSNBC before he even went on the air tonight, as reported by the New York Times: ​ The draft that's there now: ​ MSNBC has yet to get back to "bloggers'" -- or at least, this one's -- initial request for quote. [F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2010

    Zach Galifianakis Sparks a Joint on Real Time With Bill Maher

    In a few days, California voters will decide on Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana and allow the local government to regulate and tax the drug. The federal government has warned that no matter what the voters decide, federal law will remain the same and smoking marijuana will be a probl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Making Fun of Hipsters Now More Unfunny Than Ever (Video)

    ​Even using the word "hipster" is a slight in and of itself, in some regard: it shows the need to pigeonhole a group of people who may have very little in common under one generally misanthropic label. That obviously hasn't stopped anyone -- certainly not us -- from using it, but the "making f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2010

    'Craigslist Killer' Found Dead in Jail

    ​The tabloid-favorite Boston University medical student, accused of murdering a woman he found through Craigslist, was found dead in his cell on Sunday, NBC News is reporting. Last April, Philip Markoff, 24, pleaded not guilty to shooting Julissa Brisman, who he allegedly met online, and robbi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    This Is How Fox News Reports on Ground Zero: By Faking It

    Via barthel.tumblr.com.​As you can imagine, there are plenty of TV cameras and reporters in the vicinity of Ground Zero right now, reporting on the story that Al Qaeda is now allowed to open a Church of Satan/NYC-themed shake-a-snow shop on top of the exact spot the Muslims started a war with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Fox News Poll Blames Barack Obama for Blaming George W. Bush

    ​Fox News took a poll, and according to the results, 66 percent of Americans think that President Obama should start taking responsibility and stop blaming the Bush administration for things. That's more than three times as many as the 21 percent who think it's right to continue to blame the ... More >>

  • Film

    April 13, 2010

    Documenting Our Crooked Educational System in The Cartel

    ​Fox News took a poll, and according to the results, 66 percent of Americans think that President Obama should start taking responsibility and stop blaming the Bush administration for things. That's more than three times as many as the 21 percent who think it's right to continue to blame the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Conservatives Enraged By 2007 Sesame Street Episode Get Apology from PBS

    ​As often happens in the madhouse that is the rightwing blogosphere, a conservative recently got mad about an old TV show: Big Hollywood denounced Sesame Street for a 2007 episode in which Oscar the Grouch said, "I am watching 'Pox' News. Now there is a trashy news show." The episode actually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    White House Attack on Fox: Everybody W(h)in(e)s?

    ​A cynical person might ask how much Rupert Murdoch is paying the White House. This weekend Communications Director Anita Dunn told CNN "Fox News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," that the network is "undertaking a war against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    More Bits of the Walter Cronkite Memorial Service

    ​Buzz Aldrin approves of Cronkite's coverage of Apollo 11, "explaining each procedure so that the waking world knew what was coming next." Andy Rooney, who memorably choked up at the original service, plays it safe with a taped tribute from his 60 Minutes crank-desk. He referred to his own s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    What the Hell Is the "Hello Cow" Song?

    In the seedy underbelly of the internet that is Google's Hot Trends--"Vanessa Hudgens pictures leaked" (leaked?), "steven tyler dead," "lady gaga hermaphrodite picture," etc.--now comes "Hello Cow," a song that's been tearing up Google's charts all day, despite no real identifiable information abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Weird Photos of Michael Jackson's Legs

    ABC News has uncovered these upsetting pix of Michael Jackson's legs at a rare moment when they weren't moonwalking. What the shots uncover is a bunch of discoloration and needle marks suggesting IV usage. And these were from 2002! Discuss.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Pilot Dies Mid-Atlantic Flight, "First Officers" Flying It to Newark (UPDATE: Plane Lands Safely)

    A transcontinental Continental Airlines flight, the pilot of which died in mid-flight and which is being piloted at present by its two first officers, in due shortly at Newark Airport. The plane left Brussels at about 4 a.m. and its 61-year-old pilot died sometime thereafter. Newark says it will giv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    I'm Gonna Be On Match Game Live!

    I just got a press release saying I'm a celebrity panelist on a live game show, so I guess it's really happening. In fact, I'm pulling together my best Brett Somers wig and Charles Nelson Reilly pants suit (or vice versa) as we speak! Here's the release:

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Zogby Poll Says Internet, Fox "Most Trusted"; Hoax Suspected

    I just got a press release saying I'm a celebrity panelist on a live game show, so I guess it's really happening. In fact, I'm pulling together my best Brett Somers wig and Charles Nelson Reilly pants suit (or vice versa) as we speak! Here's the release:

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    What's Round at the Ends and BAM in the Middle?

    I just got a press release saying I'm a celebrity panelist on a live game show, so I guess it's really happening. In fact, I'm pulling together my best Brett Somers wig and Charles Nelson Reilly pants suit (or vice versa) as we speak! Here's the release:

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Why The NY Post Has It In For Olbermann

    I just got a press release saying I'm a celebrity panelist on a live game show, so I guess it's really happening. In fact, I'm pulling together my best Brett Somers wig and Charles Nelson Reilly pants suit (or vice versa) as we speak! Here's the release:

  • Voice Choices

    October 8, 2008

    BYE-BYE BUSH

    Imagining our country without Dubya

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Nas Makes Fox News Look, Go Back to Eating Lunch

    Imagining our country without Dubya

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    People I Hate...

    Imagining our country without Dubya

  • News

    May 16, 2006

    Pledge Your Saturday Night to Al Gore

    Nearly 100,000 promise to see 'An Inconvenient Truth'

  • News

    April 19, 2005

    TV Blesses the New Pope

    Beatification begins for Benedict as soon as the cameras start to roll

  • Art

    August 10, 2004

    Tune in to Discover the Unlikely Superstars of the New Games

    Beatification begins for Benedict as soon as the cameras start to roll

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    Smoke Signals

    Koppel Says Yes to Military Censorship in Iraq

  • NYC Life

    April 9, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Koppel Says Yes to Military Censorship in Iraq

  • Theater

    November 10, 1998

    The Dobie Brothers

    Koppel Says Yes to Military Censorship in Iraq

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