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Television Violence, Real-Life Consequences

10/28/2009 12:00 AM ET
New PTC study finds increased depictions of violence against on women on primetime programs.

Author Gore Vidal Labels Polanski Victim a 'Young Hooker'

10/28/2009 12:00 AM ET
'Anti-Semitism' drove the outcry against the director, not the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

CNN, MSNBC Hail Hate Crime Legislation; Ignore Consequences for Free Speech

10/28/2009 12:00 AM ET
Will religious teaching about homosexuality be prosecuted as a hate crime?

Matthews Suggests Obama Should Follow Woody Harrelson's Advice on Afghanistan

10/27/2009 6:18 PM ET
Chris Matthews, on Tuesday's Hardball, invited on former Cheers star Woody Harrelson to promote his new movie, The Messenger, and also talk Afghanistan war policy. The Zombieland actor announced ...

Matthews Mocks 'Motivational' Speaker Bush as 'Halloween Prank'

10/27/2009 6:08 PM ET
Chris Matthews, on Tuesday's Hardball, mocked former President George W. Bush making his debut as a motivational speaker as he laughed it off as a "Halloween prank, you know like toilet-papering ...

HuffPo's New Obsession: Take Down the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

10/27/2009 4:51 PM ET
Lefty news site solicits audience for dirt on pro-business organization.

Financial Regulator Calls for Crackdown on Facebook, Text Messaging

10/27/2009 4:49 PM ET
Richard Ketchum of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority says certain electronic communication must be regulated as means to sell financial products.

ABC Heavily Promotes New HBO Documentary on Obama: He's so 'Zen' and 'Normal'

10/27/2009 4:09 PM ET
Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer on Tuesday helped promote an upcoming HBO documentary on Barack Obama and allowed producer Ed Norton to gush over the "zen" presidential campaign of the ...

'Conservatives' Afoot in Upstate New York Election Fighting 'Unorthodox' Scozzafava

10/27/2009 1:53 PM ET
Labeling disparity in Jeremy Peters' take on the wild special election to fill a congressional seat in New York state, a three-way battle pitting "unorthodox" (not liberal) Republican Dede ...

Times Calls Technical Foul on Obama's All-Male Basketball Games

10/27/2009 1:16 PM ET
Mark Leibovich goes after Obama from the feminist left: "Does the White House feel like a frat house? The suspicion flared in recent weeks - and not for the first time - after President Obama was ...