Jeff Poor

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Maddow on Love for Guns: 'I Just Don't Think We Should be Allowed to Bring Them Home'

MSNBC host brags about her shooting, but says guns use should be relegated to only gun clubs and firing ranges and not at the home.

Undercover Video Reveals $3 Million Bribe Scheme in $27-Billion Suit Against Chevron

Lawsuit that inspired '60 Minutes' report and NYTimes story has corruption angle not revealed in outlets' reporting.

Olbermann Guest: Beck, Bachmann 'Trying to Get the President Killed'

Columnist Dan Savage blasts 'religious right,' accuses Fox News host and Minnesota congresswoman of 'heating' up rhetoric at 'peril' to country.

Former British Health Minister: U.K. System not 'Ideal' for U.S.

Lord Ara Darzi goes on CNBC to defend UK medical system over rejected ads, but says U.S. health care system is 'excellent.'

PBS's Moyers: Forget Compromise on ObamaCare, Defeat Would 'Reinvigorate' Democratic Party

Former White House press secretary says president would be better served going down swinging than reach any deal that would better health care.

Albright Laments Decline of Newspapers in Democracy, but Says WaTimes Makes Her 'Crazy'

Former Clinton Secretary of State compares bloggers to the rumors that fueled the resistance movements behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War era.

Schultz, Huffington: Obama Should Use Kennedy Death to Promote Left-Wing Politics

Liberal MSNBC host and HuffPo founder argue less than a day after senator's death to use it as a 'rallying cry for progressives.'

Rush, Beck Warn Obama Administration Trying to Bring Country to Its Knees

Limbaugh insists economic crisis manufactured to push crisis mode; Beck explains MSNBC is a view of future under Obama.

Newsweek Editor Plays Psychiatrist -- Links Health Care Opponents to Saddam-9/11 Theorists

Magazine's Sharon Begley rationalizes a large part of opposition to ObamaCare is from a distortion of 'mental processes.'

Matthews: Obama Not Getting Enough Love for Economic 'Comeback'

'Hardball' host perplexed why president isn't being celebrated for stock market rally, easing economic bad news.

HBO's Maher: Americans too 'Stupid' so President Should Force ObamaCare into Law

'Real Time' host on health care battle says Sen. Baucus 'Needs to wake up tomorrow with an intern's head in his bed.'

Cramer on Beck Advertisers: 'I Think They All Come Back in the End'

CNBC 'Mad Money' host points to Unilever's 'advertise on all media' model, says NewsCorp still a good stock, despite skittish advertisers.

'World News' Laments Rising Tuition, Ignores Causes

ABC finds students struggling with higher college costs, but fails to identify reason for tuition inflation.

Garofalo: Tea Party Protesters 'Functionally Retarded'; 'I Want My Country Back' Code for 'I Want My White Guy Back'

Comic devotes portion of stand-up routine to attacking conservative activists, insists 2004 Bush/Kerry election was stolen.

DeMint: ObamaCare 'Will Ultimately Force Americans to Pay for Abortion'

Senator explains how White House, left-wing media is wrong about health care proposal's abortion funding.

CNBC: Released Lockerbie Bomber's 'Welcome Back' Could Have Implications for U.S. Business

'Street Signs' host Erin Burnett warns tenuous United States-Libya relations could be threatened, putting American investments in jeopardy.

Looking for a Health Care Scapegoat: Networks Try to Marginalize Talk Radio

Media blame ObamaCare struggles on conservative stations, reminiscent of 2007 immigration reform failure.

Company on Decision to Pull Ads from Beck TV Show: 'We Do Not Want to be Associated with Hateful Speech'

Sargento vice president of Corporate Communications & Government Relations says pulling advertising not based on political affiliation, but speech.

Vermont Senator Rips Fox News, Demands Progressive TV Network

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tells MSNBC 'progressive' media structure lacking, blames struggles of 'civil rights issue' ObamaCare on 'right-wing talk radio.'

Olbermann: Senator's ObamaCare Opposition Product of Campaign Bribery; Huffington Calls for Censure

Huff Po editor: Grassley 'absolutely lied' about health care; 'Countdown' host asserts senators were threatened to be cut off from campaign funding.