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- To someone who has been engaged for most of his life in both politics and the media, the parallel story lines of Chris Christie and Rupert Murdoch are fascinating. Both hold reputations as tough, hard-fisted taskmasters -- brilliant, successful, in their respective fields: Murdoch as a publisher, Christie as a politician.
- It was in Baltimore, in 2005, that the love triangle among British actors Daniel Craig, Jude Law and Sienna Miller came to a head.
- It was in Baltimore, in 2005, that the love triangle among British actors Daniel Craig, Jude Law and Sienna Miller came to a head.
- Winners, loser and the kind of TV experience Fox delivers
- 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.
- Conventional wisdom says US journalism has higher standards than that of the Brits. But what about sites like TMZ and the major networks paying for interviews through the dodge of licensing fees? Will we pull back in wake of News of the World scandal?
- After saying what sounded like a prepared remark that this was "most humbling day" of his life, it only took about 25 minutes before Rupert Murdoch let slip what appear to be his real feelings about one of the most wide-reaching scandals in 20th century media history.
- The media baron gets caught doing the sort of privacy-invading behaviors that post-9/11 governments have so foolishly embraced
- Will CNN host's baggage from Brit tabloid career come back to haunt him?
- The TV press is doing a conscientious and aggressive job of covering the economic story, without getting routinely played by the political spin doctors trying to use the nation's misery for their team's gain. The news operations doing the best work are CNN, CBS and ABC.