Eric Boehlert of Media Matters on Wednesday praised Fox News’ Brit Hume for his interview with Mitt Romney’s new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “I give Brit Hume credit,” Boehlert told Current TV host Jennifer Granholm. “I thought it was a good interview. I thought it was a much…
Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis (AK) on Wednesday slammed Vice President Joe Biden for warning that Mitt Romney’s financial policies would put voters “back in chains.” “When I heard the vice president of the United States, someone I grew up admiring, someone I’ve been on platforms with, when I heard…
A man accidentally shot himself in the buttocks when he dropped his concealed handgun at a movie theater in Sparks, Nevada on Tuesday night. Police said that the 56-year-old moviegoer had come to the Century 14 theater to watch “The Bourne Legacy” when the incident occurred, according to the Reno…
Arkansas police released a reenactment video Tuesday that they say explains their allegation that a man in custody shot himself in the head despite being handcuffed. In the video, four unidentified officers from the Jonesboro Police Department are shown handling a fake gun and pointing it at their right temples,…
On Tuesday night’s episode of “The Five,” Fox News personality Bob Beckel, the show’s sole token Democrat, shouted at co-host Eric Bolling for wagging a finger in his face and slapping his arm, warning: “You know, if you do that again you’re fucking toast.” For Beckel, that marks the second…
Media figures spent Wednesday morning mocking vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’s inability to defend his budget plan or provide any specific numbers in what should have been a softball interview with Fox News’s Brit Hume. Media Matters reports that Ryan, who is widely lauded as a “budget guru”…
More than a million young undocumented immigrants are eligible as of today for the two-year deferred deportation program enacted by the Obama administration in June, and reports suggest many are already seizing that opportunity. In Chicago, WLS-TV reported that people began lining up Tuesday night to turn in their applications.…
Ann Romney, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, recently said that there will be “no more tax releases given” by the wealthy couple, but she also insisted that “there’s nothing we’re hiding.” During an interview that’s scheduled to air on Thursday, NBC’s Natalie Morales noted that people…