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Lindsay Lohan Thanks Bieber, Kanye and Weiner for Keeping Tabloids Bus
Lindsay Lohan’s out of rehab, and she welcomed herself back to America by substitute-hosting E! network’s Chelsea Lately Monday.
During her opening monologue, Lohan thanked Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Anthony Weiner, and the Royal Baby for keeping the tabloids busy in her absence.
August 6th, 2013 11:40 AM
ABC Mocks 'Rattled' GOP for Objecting to Planned Hillary Clinton Minis
Good Morning America's Claire Shipman on Tuesday made no effort to hide her bias, mocking Republicans who object to planned Hillary Clinton TV movies. On CBS This Morning, Jan Crawford insisted that actress Diane Lane, who will be playing Clinton in a NBC miniseries, brings "the glitz and glamour of Hollywood" to the portrayal of the former Secretary of State. The Today show described the…
August 6th, 2013 11:39 AM
Nielsen: Twitter Can Significantly Increase TV Ratings
Social media is not only influencing politics. It's also impacting what television programs Americans watch.
A new study released moments ago by Nielsen found that Twitter activity can cause "statistically significant changes in Live TV Ratings":
August 6th, 2013 10:50 AM
Leno: Brian Williams Getting Knee Surgery Now 'Before ObamaCare Kicks
It was announced last week that NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will be taking medical leave to have surgery to repair a knee he injured years ago playing high school football.
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno marvelously said Monday, “I guess he wants to get it done quickly before ObamaCare kicks in” (video follows with commentary):
August 6th, 2013 10:17 AM
Mika: With Biopic, NBC Trying To 'Climb Up' Team Hillary's 'Something
Wow: Joe Scarborough just outed something naughty that Mika Brzezinski had to say about the Hillary biopic that her parent network NBC is planning.
After Mika admitted on today's Morning Joe that she doesn't disagree with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus's warning that the RNC might not cooperate with NBC or CNN on Republican debates should the networks proceed with their biopic plans, Joe took…
August 6th, 2013 8:07 AM
Open Thread Tuesday
Discuss the news of the day and anything else not being covered by NB today...
August 6th, 2013 6:49 AM
Raines Rants About 2012: Bill Clinton Convention Speech Was 'Spellbind
Former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines (sacked in the 2003 Jayson Blair debacle) provided a positive review Sunday of Washington Post political reporter Dan Balz’s 2012-campaign book “Collision.” Raines claimed Balz was “a fair-minded reporter” in the mold of the late David Broder.
You can’t say the same for Raines, who insists Mitt Romney is “excruciatingly delusional” in…
August 5th, 2013 10:39 PM
Melissa Harris-Perry Silences Dissenting Voice During Panel Discussion
On the latest edition of her Sunday morning show, host Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel discussed Harris-Perry's grand theory that the media were engaging in a giant game of misdirection following the Zimmerman trial's outcome. The liberal Tulane professor naturally wants the liberal media to focus on topics that further a liberal/progressive agenda, like repealing Stand Your Ground laws,…
August 5th, 2013 6:31 PM
New WaPo Owner Bezos Spent $2.5 Million Promoting Washington's Gay Mar
As NewsBusters reported moments ago, the new owner of the Washington Post, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has a history of donating to Democrats.
Readers may also find it noteworthy that Bezos spent a reported $2.5 million last year defending Washington state's gay marriage law.
August 5th, 2013 5:42 PM
Cal Thomas Column: The Enduring Legacy of Anne Frank
AMSTERDAM -- On the day I visit the Anne Frank House, which is actually the family's hiding place atop Anne's father's business, the wait to get in is as long as three hours. Such is the attraction of this historic site, 53 years after it was opened to the public.
Anne and her family were among an estimated 107,000 Jews deported to concentration camps from The Netherlands during the German…
August 5th, 2013 5:32 PM
CNN Money Ignores States Saying Obamacare Is Driving Up Insurance Cost
[UPDATED BELOW] When New York claimed that the state's individual health insurance costs would fall by half thanks to Obamacare, CNN Money reported the announcement that day. However, when Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, and Florida all recently claimed that health insurance costs would go up due to Obamacare, CNN Money still has not reported those claims.
Back on July 17, New York claimed that…
August 5th, 2013 5:17 PM
Economic Recovery? We'll Take Reagan's, Thanks
This past July’s dismal jobs report was no outlier. Job gains during the Obama recovery have been slow at best.
If monthly job gains going back to 1946 are ranked in order of best to worst, the difference between job growth during the first four years of economic recovery under President Ronald Reagan and Obama is astounding. Total job growth during the first four years of the Obama recovery…
August 5th, 2013 5:05 PM
Washington Post Sold to Amazon's Jeff Bezos
The Washington Post Co. announced on Monday that it has sold its newspaper to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. The Post's Paul Farhi reported that Bezos "will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to the Washington Post Co."
Farhi went on to report that Amazon "will have no role in the purchase" and that Bezos will be the "sole owner when the sale is completed."…
August 5th, 2013 5:00 PM