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‘media’ + ‘politics’

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Posted 01/07/09 in Daily Intel

Chuck You

Chris Matthews Watches Chuck Todd Lose His Virginity

His White House correspondent Obama press conference virginity!

Posted 12/31/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Times Has to Awkwardly Acknowledge What It Was Trying to Say in McCain-Iseman Story

This is just like that time in junior high when you got in trouble for passing along some gossip someone ELSE said, which wasn't even your fault.

Posted 12/24/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Team Obama Did Nothing Wrong, Says Team Obama

Obama's much-anticipated internal investigation into his staff's contacts with Rod Blagojevich reaches unsurprising conclusions.

Posted 12/23/08 in Daily Intel

Ze Frraaaanch

Why Are We So Willing to Believe the French Will Say Crazy Things About Us?

Is it us? Or is it them?

Posted 12/17/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Time Picks Barry O. As Person of the Year

And somehow Matt Drudge is happy about it.

Posted 12/17/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Why Is the Post Already Behind Caroline Kennedy?

The 'Observer' has some ideas.

Posted 12/08/08 in Daily Intel

Governor Awesome

Governor Paterson Speaks Truth to Power

This time, he's talking about the presidency.

Posted 12/03/08 in Daily Intel

Ink-Stained Wretches

Rangel Tries to Fight Back Against the ‘Times,’ But Gets a Beatdown

The paper published a letter from Charles Rangel alongside a refutation of every single one of its points.

Posted 12/02/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Are You Really Ready to Have David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press’?

NBC and Gregory's press people won't confirm reports from last night that he'll take over the moderator's chair. Which gives us time to think.

Posted 12/02/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Chris Matthews’s Potential Senate Run Sends a Thrill Up Our Leg

Absurd Matthews lines like the one in the headline are exactly why we're so excited.

Posted 12/01/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Why Oh Why Won’t Barack Obama Call on Fox News Reporters?

If you think it's because he's keeping a grudge, then why did he call on that whiny dude from CBS?

Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

Trig Palin Is No. 5 on the ‘Details’ Power 40 List

That puts the little tot above Tom Cruise, David Plouffe, and John Mayer.

Posted 11/24/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Will Fox News Respond to MSNBC’s Left Swing by Turning Even More Right?

With the lone liberal prime-time voice on Fox News leaving, and perhaps not to be replaced, will there be any reprieve from the inter-network bickering?

Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

William Kristol: ‘I’m Kinda Stretched a Little Thin’

The conservative 'Times' opinion columnist hints that he may be ready to go.

Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

Drumroll Still Building for Palin Book-Payout Letdown

A London paper says the Alaska governor is thisclose to signing a book deal for $7 million.

Posted 11/17/08 in Daily Intel

The Economy of Sex

Eliot Spitzer Has Learned Some Lessons

Eliot Spitzer's Washington 'Post' opinion essay about the economy is a thinly veiled advice column to dudes cheating on their wives with hookers.

Posted 11/17/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

David Frum Follows Chris Buckley Out of ‘National Review’

He thinks everyone needs to just CHILL OUT, okay?

Posted 11/14/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

O’Reilly to Jon Stewart: You’d Be Dead in Alabama

And yet, surprisingly, O'Reilly himself is alive and well in New York.

Posted 11/13/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

Seth Meyers: Next Time, Don’t Pick a Running Mate With a Famous Comedian Twin

In discussing this year's ‘Time’ Person of the Year, ‘SNL’'s head writer has some political advice.

Posted 11/13/08 in Daily Intel

Election Hangover

Hoaxer Claims Credit for Palin Africa-Continent Story, MSNBC Fooled

This is kind of confusing. Bear with us.