Tag Archives: media

The Foxhole: Diana Mutz, political psychologist, opens up about her love-hate thing with Bill O’Reilly

There he is – again! – that act you’ve known for all these years: the one and only Bill O’Reilly, my Fox News colleague, best-selling author and occasional tormentor as host of the “The O’Reilly Factor,” the top-rated political talk…

ABC’s Stephanopoulos gave $75G to Clinton Foundation without disclosing it, apologizes

ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos got deeper in hot water Thursday with his network, which revised upward to $75,000 the amount of money he contributed to the Clinton Foundation without full disclosure to the network or viewers — while…

Morgan Freeman: ‘We are indeed all bigoted’

Morgan Freeman stars with Diane Keaton in the new love story “5 Flights Up” about a couple married for 40 years, who come to learn a lot about each other as they get ready to move out of their longtime…

Story Behind the Song: Spandau Ballet’s 1983 hit single ‘True’

NEW YORK – “Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said. I know this much is true.” Those lyrics from the hit Spandau Ballet song “True” have made their…

Blues Traveler’s John Popper talks about band’s new album

Blues Traveler took an unusual approach to their new album “Blow Up the Moon,” which features collaborations with artists from several genres including Hanson, Jewel and Thompson Square. The band would meet these fellow musicians at their locations, then write…

Hillary’s Chipotle campaign: How the press is subsisting on scraps

The headline was tongue in cheek, I guess: “Hillary Clinton Eats Food.” Her world-famous stop at Chipotle is a metaphor for utter absurdity of the coverage as she rolled to Iowa in a van, which was treated as the most…

Reporter’s Notebook: Let’s cover a candidate, not a celeb

NORWALK, IOWA – The now infamous video of the media circus at Hillary Clinton’s first official campaign event, with reporters chasing Hillary Clinton’s van “Scooby” like paparazzi, should be an early wake-up call about the 19 months ahead. Most of…

Congress first asked Hillary Clinton about personal email use in 2012, letter shows

Hillary Clinton ignored questions from congressional investigators in December 2012 about her use of a personal e-mail account while secretary of state. The latest revelation comes days after Clinton announced her candidacy for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. The announcement…

Ted Cruz: Thanks to liberal media candidate will soon have new name… ‘Extremist’

It didn’t take long for the major media to attack Senator Ted Cruz. In fact, they started before his Monday announcement that he’s running for president. On Sunday, “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd teased an interview with California Governor…

Violence on Television: Women’s lives matter except in primetime

In this image released by The CW, Gina Rodriguez appears in a scene from “Jane the Virgin.” Rodriguez and America Ferrera, of “Ugly Betty” have more in common than being the only Latina women to have won Golden Globes for…