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Former game show host and popular internet pundit Chuck Woolery has been hired as a contributor by the Washington Times.  Exciting news @chuckwoolery will now be a contributor to the Washington Times. We are looking forward to this. — Mark

CNN reporter John King has been in the center of the storm over the past week as various media outlets, including CNN’s chief rival MSNBC, have hammered the cable news network for serious missteps during their coverage of the Boston

Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s highly entertaining “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” is planning a new PBS special on the US Constitution. In an interview with Politico, Sagal explains that he will be using the show to “educate” Americans about

Last week congress gutted key provisions of the congressional insider trading law known as the STOCK Act. The law, inspired by Breitbart News Network’s Peter Schweizer’s book “Throw Them All Out,” was considered by many to be a good first

Steve Emerson, seasoned journalist and expert on radical Islam, charged the Obama Administration with “appeasing radical Islamic groups” and tying the hands of prosecutors and FBI agents.   “You have to understand, this administration has been appeasing radical Islamic groups

Newspaper reporter is the worst job in America according to a survey by CareerCast.com.  “I had aspirations to get bigger and better newspaper jobs, but the opportunity to climb the ladder disappeared as newspapers cut back, which was very discouraging,”

Joe Scarborough gave some advice to President Barack Obama today in light of a New York Times article that claims Obama “has rarely demonstrated an appetite for ruthless politics.”   A conservative Republican television host might spend his time attacking

On Monday’s “The Five” on Fox News, Democrat Bob Beckel made a startling call for a moratorum on all student visas for Muslims.   In the Muslim communities around the world, they do not like us, I think we really

The effort in the media has begun to paint anyone voicing concern over the handling of the Boston terrorists within the ICE system as in some way “using the terror in Boston” as a means to slow “immigration reform,” and

In an effort to cut against the excrutiatingly politically correct mindset on his home at MSNBC, Joe Scarborough mocked left-wing analysts who spent the weekend looking inward at America for possible motives behind the Boston marathon terror attacks.  Citing a

Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC was an endless roundtable of navel gazing and hand wringing over the astounding weekend events in Boston. Regular panelist Mike Barnicle chastised politicians, specifically senators from South Carolina (probably not Tim Scott,) to think stop and consider

The New York Times lept to the defense of alleged terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday morning in a blistering editorial denouncing calls for the US government to consider the Chenyian-born terrorist an enemy cabatant. A press release calling for the Obama Administration

So said NRA President David Keene Thursday morning on “Mornings on the Mall” on WMAL-FM in Washington DC.  Keene was responding to President Obama accusing the gun lobby of “willfully lying” about the Toomey/Manchin/Schumer background check in a statement at the

Thursday morning, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD,) ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, appeared on “Mornings on the Mall” on WMAL-FM in Washington DC.  The Congressman discussed the latest information on the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.   He confirmed that the FBI

Joe Scarborough, MSNBC’s token Republican, has used his platform on “Morning Joe” to push for gun legislation that many believe would infringe on Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights. He has often gone well beyond merely advocating his position and instead has

There’s no doubt that MSNBC has determined who America’s Boogeyman is, and it’s the National Rifle Association.  Here’s Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” Wednesday night:   There are new developments tonight in the bombing investigation here in Boston.

The Monday cable news ratings are in and as expected, the events in Boston made viewership surge as Americans were hungry for the latest information on the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon. However, as the Hollywood Reporter notes, the

On the eve of the state funeral for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London, London’s left-wing paper The Guardian couldn’t let the moment pass without one, last socialist slam at the Iron Lady and the attention paid to the paper’s

MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid is either grossly misinformed, ignorant or just willing to lie to NBC’s audience.  In an effort to enhance her glowing praise of President Obama’s response to the Boston Marathon bombings, Reid contrasted it with her memory

Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi didn’t bomb the Boston Marathon, according to the New York Daily News.  The 20-year-old Saudi man who has been seen as a “person of interest” to authorities in the Boston terror attack remains hospitalized with injuries from

Former congressman Barney Frank appeared on MSNBC Tuesday morning and focused his remarks on the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing incident squarely at political opponents who call for a reduction in the size of government. He used the incident

New York Times columnist Nick Kristof was criticized for a highly political tweet he sent out in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The blatantly tasteless and partisan message to his followers seemed to put the blame for the terror

Former US Senator and now Fox News analyst Scott Brown (R-MA) joined Bret Baier on Special Report after the deadly bombings in Boston. Being from the Boston area, Brown was able to lend a unique perspective to the proceedings and

When cable news anchors cover a developing story like the Boston Marathon bombing, they are forced to either constantly repeat the same, limited facts over and over again; or they choose to improvise, make it up as they go, and

At Monday’s press briefing, Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry asked Jay Carney if President Obama would ask congress for new regulations on abortion clinics in light of the “House of Horrors” murder trial of Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia.   After

During Monday’s White House press briefing, Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry asked White House spokesman Jay Carney about the ongoing Kermit Gosnell murder trial in Philadelphia.  Incredibly, Jay Carney said “the President does not and can not take a position

Lanny Davis is a long time friend and supporter of the Bill and Hillary Clinton. He was the White House legal counsel during the Lewinsky years and has been a tireless advocate for the Clintons in the intervening years.  

Howard Kurtz is the media’s most diligent watchdog, just ask him. His weekly CNN program, “Reliable Sources” and his regular column at The Daily Beast, are supposed to serve as bellwethers for the most important media stories of any given week.  As

The Public Broadcasting System is funded by your tax dollars.  One of its stars, former Johnson Administration official Bill Moyers collects those tax dollars every week in his paycheck.  This week, he said this about America:   Moyers “So it shouldn‘t

Anthony Weiner is attempting a full media blitz in preparation for a campaign for mayor of New York City, and the media is doing their part in helping the disgraced congressman out.   A New York Times Magazine cover story featuring Weiner

When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked the FBI to investigate how a recording of a private meeting at his campaign headquarters in Kentucky was secretly made and then released to Mother Jones, the reaction from Washington DC political

“What if you were in love with a girl? Would you marry a girl?” That’s the question MSNBC Host Krystal Ball asked her 5-year-old daughter on the air Friday for a segment on same sex marriage.  Ball, best known for

What do “Big Rig Bounty Hunters” and “Swamp People” on History Channel have in common? They both pummeled CNN and MSNBC’s brand new shows’ debuts last week in the ratings.    CNN’s attempt to mimic Fox News’ hugely successful “The Five” with a five

The American Civil Liberties Union has some serious issues with President Obama’s attempt to institute so-called “universal background checks” on gun owners in America. Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for privacy-related issues in the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office joined me and

Maryland has just passed some of the most sweeping gun control laws in the nation. Governor Martin O’Malley has taken advantage of large majorities of Democrats in both houses of the State legislature in Annapolis and has pushed through restrictions on so-called

“They are so desperate,” Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said of the Terry McAuliffe for Governor campaign this morning on “Mornings on the Mall” on WMAL-FM in Washington DC. The GOP nominee for governor was responding to the ongoing political games