Commentary By Sarah Pavlus Media Matters for America To those Fox News journalists who are reportedly "worried about the prospect that Beck is becoming the face of the network": Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes have picked a side in this fight — and it’s not yours. For months, accounts of[Read More…]
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Why Are Fox News Employees Allowed To Plug Their Financial Interests Without Disclosure?
Commentary By Eric Hananoki Media Matters for America Last December, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson interviewed New York Yankee Derek Jeter and, as the New York Times wrote, "lavished praise on the Yankee shortstop." At no point did Fox News disclose to viewers that Carlson’s husband is Jeter’s agent. Afterward, Fox News reportedly told the Times that[Read More…]
Sarah Palin Less Popular Than Zombie Horde
Commentary By Matt Gertz Sarah Palin’s "unprecedented negatives" are starting to spread to her TLC reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Her show’s first episode drew five million viewers, making it the highest-rated premiere the network had ever had. The ratings for Palin’s second episode fell off a cliff on Sunday, indicating that viewers were curious about her[Read More…]
Richard Seymour Hits Ben Roethlisberger
For those who want to know the complete story, just watch… Seymour was saddled with a $25,000 fine today. Good for him.
ALNAC Says Durbin Uninformed About Airport Project
Commentary With Congresswoman Halvorson now serving as a lame-duck legislator in Washington, the rhetoric over the proposed Peotone Airport is heating up. Sadly, over the past two years, neither Congresswoman Halvorson or Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., were able to set aside their incredible egos and work for the benefit of[Read More…]
OP-ED by Vice President Biden in the New York Times: ‘What We Must Do For Iraq Now’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2010. The Op-Ed by Vice President Biden that follows was originally published in the New York Times on November 21, 2010. Eight days ago, Iraqi political leaders agreed on a framework for a new government to guide their country through the crucial coming years. Since the elections[Read More…]
No, There Is No $500 ‘Police Tax’ In Park Forest
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Election season is upon us in Park Forest, and with election season comes truths and things that are not true. As a sitting Trustee, I have heard many things not-so-true tossed around town through the years, and consider it my responsibility to help set the record[Read More…]
If ‘The Social Network’ Had Been Made By Other Directors (Video)
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Commentary Thanks to Roger Ebert for pointing this out on Facebook! Students of film, enjoy.
Op-Ed by President Barack Obama: ‘Europe and America, Aligned for the Future’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. The op-ed below by President Barack Obama appeared this morning in the International Herald Tribune. Europe and America, Aligned for the FuturePresident Barack Obama With this week’s NATO and United States-European Union summit meetings in Lisbon, I am proud to have visited Europe a half-dozen times[Read More…]
CEA Releases New Quarterly Analysis on Job and Economic Impact of the Recovery Act
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. The Council of Economic Advisers today released its latest quarterly report on the economic impact of the Recovery Act. The report shows that the Act played a key role in changing the trajectory of the economy. Specifically, the Recovery Act added 2.7 percent to third quarter[Read More…]
