keith olbermann

Hurricane Sandy changed the story at a time when the president was behaving badly

After drawing national attention for his attempt to muzzle a football player who supported gay rights, a Maryland delegate walked back his position Sunday and said Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo should be allowed to speak out in favor of same-sex marriage.

Former vice president Al Gore will anchor convention coverage on his Current TV channel, it was announced Wednesday. This is what happens if you own the candy store, I guess. But when was the last time a former Nobel Prise winner sat in the anchor chair at a convention?

I have been putting off this post for a couple of weeks. It's about Mike Bordick's performance on MASN as an analyst on Orioles games.

To win his suit, the ex-anchorman has to attack a liberal icon

Newspaper description of Keith Olbermann as 'mainstream' must have been prank

And what could be crazier than replacing him with Eliot Spitzer, the least trusted man on televison?

What sets "Game Change" part is how it has radically shortened the distance between real-life events and their Hollywood depiction. As the producers deftly blend actual news footage and dramatic recreations, "Game Change" vaporizes the lines of fact and fiction as you watch.

I have had my disagreements with Keith Olbermann the last few years, but I have watched mostly with admiration as night after night he has covered the Occupy protest movement like no one else in the media.

Current TV, the prime-time home of Keith Olbermann, Wednesday announced a strong election-year move with Jennifer Granholm joining the channel in January to host a show weeknights at 9 following Olbermann's.

I have to admit I am troubled by the admission from David Bohrman, the longtime chief of CNN's political coverage, who acknowledged his liberal beliefs in an interview with Howie Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday.

If you weren't watching MSNBC Tuesday night, you missed not only a great night of American politics, but also a glimpse of the forces that will shape the big war of 2012 that's heating up.

And at this crucial moment when we need the down-the-middle, keen analysis that CNN usually provides, what does the cable channel give us instead? Piers Morgan. I can't remember the last time I was as angry as I was last night when CNN decided it was going to stick with Mr. America's Got Talent following the words of the leaders of two branches of government who sounded like they were never going to compromise for all the president's phony use of the word Monday night.

MSNBC is built on a lie, and it's one that the cable channel is never going to be able escape as long as sticks to its leftist ideological guns.

Just because news and information comes from a non-profit operation rather than corporately-owned one, that doesn¿t mean it is ideologically-free, disinterested and independent reporting that citizens can automatically trust.

The hypocrisy and truth issues of Jon Stewart were among the topics debated Sunday on CNN's media review show, "Reliable Sources," with host Howard Kurtz.

After four nights of watching Keith Olbermann, there are two things I can say with some certainty.

I have to give Keith Olbermann and Current TV their due: For 58 minutes Monday night, they delivered an impressive premiere on the new "Countdown" show. Strong production values, reasonable discussions and no ugly over-the-top slanderous attacks on anyone.

The Monday premiere of "Countdown" on Current TV drew 179,000 viewers in the key A25-54 demo, according to figures released by the network.

CNN was the place to be on cable TV Wednesday night if you wanted context and perspective on President Barack Obama's prime-time address on how and when American troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

Z on TV gets a new look today thanks to an upgrade in software. But you can count on the same hard-edged take on TV and media that you have been finding here for almost three years.