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This afternoon, I have the high honor to co-host Troopathon. The online telethon will be broadcast live here at Breitbart News from 1PM – 11PM PT, as it has been for the past five years. To understand Troopathon and Breitbart

American Bloggers Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer have been banned from entering the United Kingdom, the BBC reports. They were expected to appear at a march sponsored by the English Defense League. A government spokesman said Geller and Spencer’s presence in England was

After a tumultuous year of embarrassing publicity surrounding her controversial departure, NBC News announced Ann Curry will return to the air waves with a prime time special.  From the NBC News press release:   In an Ann Curry Report: A Face in the Crowd

TMZ cornered MSNBC’s Al Sharpton and asked for his take on the Paula Deen story. Deen, who was fired from Food Network after revelations that she admitted in a deposition that in the past she had used the “N-word,” is

Sometimes it seems like there’s an enormous disconnect between conservatives/libertarians and the left-leaning journalists who occupy the influential editorial offices and anchor desks in mainstream media. A prime example is CBS News’ sage veteran Bob Schieffer.  Schieffer used his editorial

AP Moscow Correspondent Max Seddon boarded the plane meant to carry NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden to Cuba but Snowden was not on the Havana-bound flight.  Seddon went so far as to tweet out a picture of “17A” the seat purchased

NBC News’ Brian Williams signed-off for the last time Friday night from his pet project, the prime time news magazine “Rock Center.”  The New York Times reports there are still some bitter feelings from Williams and his staff toward the

In the surest sign that the liberal/progressive journalist special forces aligned to protect President Obama and the prospective candidacy of Hillary Clinton are beginning to fear the rise of Sen. Rand Paul, founding member of Journ-o-list and darling of the “Juice Box

Rand Paul gave the keynote address at the annual Competitive Enterprise Institute dinner Thursday night in Washington DC. The sold out crowd of free market advocates eagerly awaited red meat from the Kentucky senator and they were not disappointed.   Paul began with

According to WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings reached out to them just hours before dying in an automobile accident in Los Angeles earlier this week.  Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he

CBS News’ Bob Schieffer used his commentary segment on “Face the Nation” Sunday to hammer NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.   I like people who are willing to stand up to the government. As a reporter, it’s my job to do

During coverage of the Supreme Court’s hearings on the same-sex marriage issue earlier this year, media coverage leaned to the pro-gay marriage side by a factor of 5 to 1.  This according to a new report from Pew Research Center’s

Paul Bedard at the Examiner has noticed a quick drop in coverage of the IRS scandal by broadcast news networks. It only took five weeks for coverage to go from a high 52 stories the week of May 10 to

NBA Hall of Fame Center Patrick Ewing was the beast of the Big East during his days at Georgetown University but he revealed on The Dan Patrick Show that he was almost a Tar Heel. According to Ewing, he ruled

The Guardian reporter Glen Grenwald pushed back hard at politicians who are calling for his investigation and prosecution for his involvement in the NSA snooping scandal.   Greenwald, who broke the exclusive story of whistle-blower Edward Snowden and the PRISM program that

Ann Coulter is not a very big fan of the “Gang of Eight” and the “Immigration Reform” bill making its way through the US Senate this week. She’s even more critical of Republican politicians and their insistence on moving forward

While discussing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough railed against the source of Glen Greenwald’s story exposing vast electronic wiretapping by the US government and called him “a weasel.” “Look at that guy,

News organizations often use the Associated Press style book as an un-official “bible” for punctuation, terms and grammar standards for their newspaper and internet content. In the wake of the NSA snooping story broken by The Guardian, the AP needed

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that journalists who knowingly publish leaked classified information should be held criminally accountable for their actions:Actually, if they-if they knew that this was classified information-I think action should be taken, especially on

The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, the man who broke the NSA snooping story and revealed leaker Edward Snowden to the world, appeared on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC Monday morning.   Co-host Mika Brezinski engaged in a mini-debate with Greenwald over the

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who helped bring down the Nixon presidency with the leak of the Pentagon Papers, called NSA leaker Edward Snowden “a hero.”  Blogger Trevor Timm announced on Twitter that he was with Ellsberg when the Snowden story

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) went after Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald for breaking the NSA snooping story. During an appearance on ABC News’ This Week, Rogers focused his ire on Greenwald and the (at the time, unknown) NSA leaker.  Someone did not have

Ann Coulter hammered the Obama Administration’s credibility and competence with regard to the NSA snooping scandal. In a characteristically fiery appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Coulter pointed out that the record gathering policy itself is not necessarily a problem, but in

A man in the crowd outside the “Today Show” studios took out a knife and cut himself Thursday morning.  Matt Lauer informed viewers of the incident as the broadcast commenced in studio during a segment that was originally scheduled to be live in the

Two men featured on the front page of the New York Post during the days following the Boston Marathon bombing are suing the paper for defamation according to the Boston Globe:   The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court said

Al Jazeera America has made a major hire for their new Washington Bureau. Former NBC reporter Michael Viqueira will be the new White House correspondent for the Qatar based news organization.  “Michael Viqueira is a seasoned national correspondent with deep experience

Politico Executive Editor Jim VandeHei says the Bloomberg News is the media entity that is poised to make the biggest splash in Beltway coverage in the coming years. In a Q & A with paidContent, VandeHei discussed his move from The

When NBC News granted Al Sharpton the honor of having a prime time news show on their cable outlet, MSNBC, they lauded his role as an “elder statesman” of the Democratic Party. They named the show “Politics Nation” and positioned

The Huffington Post reported that “The White House Press Corps homepage and Twitter feed appears to have been hacked early Friday” but it appears they were observing a fake site and Twitter feed that has no actual affiliation with the

The Washington Post was one of the few news organizations in Washington DC to attend the off the record briefing by the Department of Justice to address the recent concerns over the DOJ’s heavy-handed use of search warrants on reporters. According to

Say what you will about MSNBC morning host Joe Scarborough; he doesn’t suffer from a deflated sense of self. In fact, he’s quite sure that he and only he has the secret to electoral success for the Republican party. This