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Two Bushes, No Regrets
Apparently, both President Bushes, George W. and George H. W., had never been interviewed together before Sunday—when they agreed to take a series of polite and decidedly non-penetrating questions from Fox News' Brit Hume.
For nearly the entire second Bush presidency, a popular theory has held that the first President Bush is, at least in Read More
Idiot’s Delight
The New York Times features an exhaustive report today on the feuding between the McCain and Palin camps, but it is best savored while listening to Carl Cameron of Fox News Channel, who finally spills what he has been hearing for months from McCain insiders or "folks" as he calls them. This quote proves Read More
Early Obama Supporter Michael Benjamin Says the Party’s Not Divided
Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, an early Obama supporter from the Bronx, thinks the media is perpetuating a storyline about conflict between the Obama camp and the Clintons. It doesn't really exist, he told me earlier today in the Pepsi Center.
Later, I got an email from Benjamin about Hillary Clinton's speech, which he thinks should Read More
Wolfson Makes Good at a Convention He Didn’t Want
DENVER—Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes were kicking around some ideas to discuss on the air as they climbed the stairs to Fox’s Election HQ newsroom, when they bumped into Howard Wolfson.
“You caused a huge uproar today,” Kondracke said approvingly, referring to a piece Wolfson had written urging Obama to Read More
Nas on FOX ‘Propaganda’
Rapper Nas joined members of MoveOn.org and Color of Change today outside FOX News headquarters to protest what they say is the network’s racist coverage of Barack Obama, black institutions and black people. Color of Change claims about 620,000 people signed petitions against FOX News.
An hour after he was scheduled to appear, the Read More
Netroots to Fox: You’re Not News
Michael Falcone of The New York Times' The Caucus blog is reporting that organizers of the liberal blogger conference Netroots Nation are insisting that if Fox News wants credentials to the event, currently being held in Austin, Texas, they need special tags designating them "opinion media."
"Fox News calls itself fair and Read More
Biographer: Roger Ailes Knows He’s Right (Wing)
Salon's Vincent Rossmeier has an interview with Kerwin Swint, biographer of Fox news Godfather Roger Ailes. Mr. Swint, a Professor of Political Science Kennesaw State University, says he "couldn't believe that no one had written a book on him yet. He's been such a central figure for so long."
In 2003, The Read More
Wayfarer, Once N.H. Nerve Center, Loses Heat; Fox and NBC Pack Radisson
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Twelve-story buildings qualify as skyscrapers here, so when you come into town, the Radisson on Elm Street is one of the first things you see.
It’s the hotel where NBC, ABC and C-SPAN are all kipping, and it’s also where Hillary Clinton’s campaign bus drops and picks up reporters every day, and where Read More
News Corp. Sells off Several Fox Affiliated Stations
Having just completed its purchase of Dow Jones, News Corp. has announced that it will be selling eight of its Fox-affiliated TV stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.
The sale--which includes stations in Cleveland, Birmingham, and Kansas City--will leave News Corp. with 27 owned-and-operated stations.
"News Corp. is Read More
Fox Business Channel Sees Oct. 15 Launch
Much has been said of Rupert Murdoch's planned Fox Business Channel, and how it makes his bid to buy Dow Jones, Inc. necessary.
But even as Mr. Murdoch appears to grow "frustrated" with talks to purchase Dow Jones, the launch of News Corp's Fox Business channel is going ahead as planned, according to a statement released Read More
Just How Smart Are Jon Stewart’s Clap-Happy Fanboys?
You know those people who think they know everything because they watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart?
Maybe they do!
The Pew Research Center recently surveyed viewers of The Daily Show, among some 1,500 subjects, and concluded they were the most knowledgeable audience when it comes to the things the makers of the survey find out Read More
New York Co-Founder Sells ‘Medieval’ West 67th Street Duplex for $4.1 M.
Milton Glaser, the grandfather of New York graphic design, has sold his grandfatherly third-floor duplex at 27 West 67th Street for $4.1 million. The buyer, according to city deeds, is New Jersey real-estate magnate Jeffrey Greenberg, his neighbor from across the hall. “It had arched brick ceilings! You came in and thought you were in Read More
In This Week’s [em]Observer[/em]…
The 10 Most Expensive Buildings in New York City If every New York City office building went up for sale, which ones would sell for the highest price? The Observer asked the denizens of the real estate world--the people who buy the buildings and the ones who trade them--which towers they thought would close with Read More
Elsewhere: Hillary, Cockfield, Eugene
Mike Bloomberg discussed one of the worst fires in recent history. The list of committee chairmanships for the Assembly is here. Ed Koch, Tom Suozzi and others will help review the state comptroller's office. Newsday's Errol Cockfield has become the second Newsday staffer to defect to the ESDC. John Edwards Read More
