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Colbert plans South Carolina rally with Herman Cain
By Grace Wyler He may not have been a great presidential candidate, but there is no doubt that Herman Cain is a marketing genius. In the lead-up to his hyped-up “unconventional endorsement” in South Carolina today, the one-time GOP frontrunner has teamed up with none other than Stephen Colbert to make sure that his political comeback doesn’t go…
Jude Law: News International hacked me on U.S. soil
Actor Jude Law has confirmed what many have suspected: Rupert Murdoch’s news empire extended its phone hacking to U.S. soil. In a statement to a British court Thursday, Law said that reporters working for News International’s former paper News of the World had hacked his phone repeatedly between 2003 and…
Victims say News Corp has admitted hacking cover-up
LONDON (Reuters) – The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has acknowledged to victims that executives covered up the scale of illegal activity by destroying evidence and lying to investigators, victims’ lawyers said on Thursday. In a statement that could further damage the company’s reputation, lawyers for victims…
Mark Wahlberg sorry over 9/11 comments
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg apologized for comments about the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which he claimed he would have overpowered the hijackers. The 40-year-old hard-man actor, whose latest movie “Contraband” topped the North American box office last weekend, said his remarks were “irresponsible” and “insensitive.” Wahlberg,…
French version of Huffington Post online on Monday
The French version of the US socialite blogger Arianna Huffington’s news website, the Huffington Post, will go online Monday, hoping to repeat the success that made her an Internet multimillionaire. The team behind the French language ”HuffPo” will put the site on the web on Monday shortly before an 0830 GMT press conference, it said.…
Colbert polling at 13 percent nationally
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert has quickly gained traction with voters across the United States after he announced he was exploring a possible presidential run. A recent survey (PDF) by the Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling (PPP) firm found that in a hypothetical race against Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican…
Newspapers in Japan defy West’s media malaise
Printed newspapers may be in crisis in the West but circulations remain enormous in high-tech Japan – and its media will even resort to medieval methods to get copies to readers. When the March 2011 tsunami struck a great swathe of the northeast coast, leaving 19,000 people dead or missing and triggering…
On MLK day, O’Reilly declares himself ‘a brother’
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Monday said that he knew the difference between black musicians because he’s a “brother.” During a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day segment criticizing a New York Times columnist for pointing out that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would be more popular among racists than…
Colbert Super PAC urges South Carolina to vote for Herman Cain
The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC has released a new TV ad in South Carolina that urges people to vote for Herman Cain in the upcoming Republican primary. The 30-second ad states that the people of South Carolina are frustrated with the current selection of Republican candidates.…
Daily Mirror editor says hacking may have happened there
LONDON — The editor of the Daily Mirror, the main tabloid rival to Rupert Murdoch’s market-leading Sun, told an inquiry Monday that phone hacking might have also happened at his paper. Richard Wallace told the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press that any hacking at…
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