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Liberal media watchdog begins anti-CNBC drive

AP News 8 days ago

Economists, liberal media watchdog want CNBC to make changesSome liberal political activists and economists are seizing on comedian Jon Stewart's attacks of CNBC to push an online petition drive urging the network to be tougher on Wall Street leaders.

Stewart, Colbert parody election in real-time

AP News 9 days ago

Wolf who? Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert report on election in real-timeCulminating their satirical coverage of the campaign, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert teamed up for a live one-hour comedy special – though Stewart had his Cronkite moment, too.

How a satirist became America's most influential TV personality

guardian.co.uk 10 days ago

For Barry McKernan and Saavik Ford, academics who live with their baby son in New York, sitting down to the television news is a nightly ritual, as it has been for generations of families. But there the tradition ends. Instead of watching ...

A home win for US journalism

guardian.co.uk 10 days ago

It was 'the longest, most expensive election in history' - and it ended with the most expensive night. Never in media history had so many pundits, presenters and digital demons dished up so much stuff. What did it mean for newspapers? Probably, ...

Jon Stewart, Lily Tomlin honor George Carlin

AP News 10 days ago

Jon Stewart, Lily Tomlin honor the late George Carlin with Mark Twain Humor PrizeThe late comedian George Carlin – famous for those "Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV" – was honored Monday with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, ...

Gay Marriage Ban Debate Continues Post-Prop 8

On Top Magazine 11 days ago

A new pro-gay ad counters claims made by religious groups calling protesters an angry ?mob? A hail of Hosannas would be more in keeping with what the coalition of religious groups that passed California's gay marriage ban expected after their victory, not ...

Jon Stewart sez: Buy a book, kill some time.

AP News 11 days ago

Jon Stewart WANTS YOU to ... buy a book, kill some time.Jon Stewart, Barbara Walters and some other famous people would like you to buy books during the holiday season."Books make great gifts because they're an amazing way ...

No easy fix for US newspaper industry

AFP Global Edition 11 days ago

Circulation is dropping, print advertising revenue is falling and readers are going online to get news for free, leaving the US newspaper industry awash in red ink and threatening some of the biggest names in journalism."The business model that used to work ...

Banking crisis: Viral video roundup

guardian.co.uk 11 days ago

This week's shock takeover of Halifax-owner HBOS by Lloyds TSB inspired one YouTuber to create a mashup of a Howard Brown Halifax advert with the music from Lloyds TSB's cartoon commercials.In ...

A touch of nerves as Blair tackles Yale and US TV

guardian.co.uk 11 days ago

Tony Blair has submitted himself, over the past 48 hours, to questioning of his record in government by two vastly different institutions in American public life. He first faced the caustic probing of a TV presenter, and hours later the theorising of ...

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