Remainders: Hughley's done
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... NYT's Gettleman.
Klein says CNN's not part of cable chatter: "It's almost as if [the White House has] been listening to our editorial meetings for the last three years."
Olbermann and Coulter's latest tiff: Who went to the real Cornell?
What was CNBC's response to Stewart's takedown? Silence.
Maddow stops by The View.
Kane delivers Gibbs a radio. He's not the only one.
Beck's opposition to Obama draws big ratings.
The War On Obama
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... If you're O'Reilly, Hannity or Beck, there's a very good reason to keep calling Obama a socialist, communist, radical destroyer of all America stands for. The ratings. You don't need a political majority to be a successful gabber on cable. You certainly don't need to persuade anyone. You need an energized minority. If you have had your sense of shame surgically removed, as these entertainers have, what could possibly lead you to moderate - or even have alternative views on your shows? ...
Fair And Balanced
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "I see this as the Alamo. If I just had somebody who was willing to sit on the other side of the camera until the last shot is fired, we'd be fine," - Roger Ailes, according to Glenn Beck, on the objective neutrality of his news organization. ...





