The Real War on Fox
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
The White House may be in a cold war with Fox News. But Media Matters is on the front lines. Benjamin Sarlin on the latest ways David Brock's group has hit the right's house network-and aided the White House counterattacks.
11 Most Awkward Dancing Stars
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Think Tom DeLay will be the biggest train wreck in Dancing With the Stars' history? Watch the astonishing low bar set by Jerry Springer, Steve Wozniak, Penn Jillette, and more.
The Oxford Creamery in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, on Buzzards Bay. Wherever two or more New England seafood enthusiasts gather, arguments erupt over where to find the best fried clams. All serious contenders are in coastal Massachusett...
Tucker Carlson is a contributor to the Fox News Channel. He previously hosted The Situation with Tucker Carlson and Tucker on MSNBC after working for CNN.
How Jon Stewart Went Bad
Tucker Carlson is a contributor to the Fox News Channel. He previously hosted The Situation with Tucker Carlson and Tucker on MSNBC after working for CNN.
There is a virtual ban on criticism of him in the press. Uncritical praise corrupts absolutely.
Carlson Goes After Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart may have won his showdown with Jim Cramer, but on Reliable Sources, Tucker Carlson takes a lonely position against Stewart's politics-and his comedy. CNN
7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk
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Cheney tears into Obama, the feud between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer takes on a whole new dimension, and you'll never guess which Republicans are cheering Richard Gere and George Clooney.
7 Best Cable-TV Feuds
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The hosts of cable-TV shows often scream at their guests, but isn't it a bit more fun when they scream at each other? Here's a look at our favorite showdowns and smackdowns.
Best Moments From Sunday Talk
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Arnold Schwarzenegger sold the stimulus plan better than the president, Howard Kurtz slammed the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and why are those journalists joining the Obama administration? Watch our favorite moments from the Sunday talk shows.
The Real Reasons Caroline Didn't Make It
Tucker Carlson is a contributor to the Fox News Channel. He previously hosted The Situation with Tucker Carlson and Tucker on MSNBC after working for CNN.
The real reason Caroline didn't get the job isn't taxes. It's that she antagonized liberal interest groups, offended the Clintons, and generally bungled the effort. Not that Gov. Paterson did any better: In the words of someone close to him, "he's incapable of the chess strategy required to think through what the consequences of anything might be two weeks from now."
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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