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Letterman Makes Full Apology for Joke About Palin's Daughter

"David Letterman is making a full-throated apology for his controversial joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter," TV Week reported a short while ago. "During a taping of tonight's [Monday ...

New Report Shows Slanted Coverage of Chemical BPA

Statistical Assessment Service details flaws in media coverage of bisphenol A.

Cramer, Burnett: Iran Election Results Expected; Lesson for Card Check Proponents

CNBC personalities note oil's decline on Iran news, but suggest questionable election result a sign of what could happen with unions and Employee Free Choice Act.

MSNBC's Brewer: GOP Should Move 'Away from Morals and Values'

On Monday, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer offered some advice to Republicans: "Until they change policies ' I mean, that's what it took for conservatives in Great Britain to win ' is a real change ...

Naive Roger Cohen Finally Wakes Up to Iran's Perfidy

After months of defending Iran and criticizing Israel, Roger Cohen looks at the election farce and admits: "I erred in underestimating the brutality and cynicism of a regime that understands the ...

The "Conservative" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Executive Editor Bill Keller goes to Tehran to do some actual reporting and shows he hasn't forgotten the media trick of labeling foreign villains as "conservative."

ABC Picks Universal Health Care Fan for Obama Health Care Special

ABC will be awarding an hour of primetime next Wednesday, June 24, to President Obama as part of the White House's push on health care (10pm ET). Among the participants from ABC News: the ...

Yawn: Michael Moore Takes up Tired Task of Bashing Wall Street

Documentary filmmaker and media darling slated to mock bailouts with upcoming film.

Blaming Conservative Media for Killings, Take Three

Yet another Times columnist, Frank Rich, goes after conservative media for poisoning the political dialogue and setting the stage for the murders of abortionist George Tiller and a guard at the ...

Newsweek's Fineman Disdains Branding Obama a 'Socialist'

In his latest column for the magazine, Newsweek senior Washington correspondent Howard Fineman scolded "disgraded or discarded" Republican leaders like Newt Gingrich, whose "ruthless" caricaturing ...