Some viewers have asked me to explicitly define the fabled “elite media” and so I will try with some illustrations and examples. New York Times writerFrank Rich (search)continued his savage attacks on“The Passion of the Christ” (search)movie, Sunday. Even though most who have seen the film — including the head …
Read More »Naming Names
I have a big beef with an all-too over-used expression in my business: “Sources say.” Naturally, I want to know, “What sources?” Who said that? I need names. Now, sometimes, as a journalist, I can understand some people can’t speak on the record. More than a few CEOs and politicians …
Read More »Fox 411: December 2003 Columns
12/31/03: Jacko’s Scorned Manager Starts Blabbing12/30/03: Whitney, Bobby Spend Christmas Apart12/29/03: Nation of Islam Leader Monitored Jacko Interview12/23/03: Exclusive: Jacko CBS Special a ‘Go’12/22/03: Beyonce’s Follow-Up Scuttled for Destiny’s Return12/21/03: Exclusive Report: Jacko’s Neverland Rally12/19/03: Yoko Edits Herself Into John Lennon’s History12/18/03: Fox 411: Jackson Charges Will Be Difficult to …
Read More »Tara Reid's Breast Intentions
Tara Reid | Oscar Buzz | Celeb Sightings Tara Reid’s Breast Intentions Somehow actress Tara Reid has become Public Enemy No. 1. On Thursday night, Reid suffered the indignity of having a breast pop out of her dress as she walked down the red carpet at Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ …
Read More »Update on a Clinton Pardon
And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it! Pardoned by President Clinton in 2001 Remember Glenn Braswell. He is that California businessman who was pardoned by President Clinton for his 1983 fraud conviction involving a bogus hair growth …
Read More »Is O'Reilly a Cry Baby?
Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. The hits just keep on coming. Am, I, your humble correspondent, a cry baby? That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Syndicated columnist Liz Smith, whom we respect, writes this today. “Doubleday Broadway Publishing has had to go …
Read More »Supreme Court Slashes Freedom of Speech
Dissenting Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia called it “a sad day for freedom of speech.” And so it was, because the Court’s decision upholding theMcCain-Feingold campaign finance reform (search)presages more assaults on our First Amendment rights. Let’s be clear about what a slim majority of the nation’s highest tribunal approved: …
Read More »News Reports Debut on Iraqi TV
And now the most interesting two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Baghdad Broadcasts Nightly U.S. news reports debuting this week on what once was Iraqi TV will include all of the major networks’ evening newscasts, …
Read More »Hill Shows Little Interest in Reforming State Department
WASHINGTON – No other agency in Washington seems to have taken as many hits as theState Department (search)these days, but despite the swings the department appears to be standing tall. Criticism of State has ranged from letting terrorists into the country to causing a diplomatic breakdown among the United States …
Read More »Remarks For Breakfast
And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Remarks For Breakfast Democratic presidential candidateHoward Dean (search)now says he, ‘misspoke’…the other night when he told theAFL-CIO (search)he does not favor raising the retirement age. …
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