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Greenwald explains how he preempted the Snowden smears and took the media by storm
Appearing Sunday with CNN host Howard Kurtz, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald discussed his thinking behind releasing a video interview containing explosive revelations about the National Seucirty Agency, saying he wanted to present whistleblower Edward Snowden in his own words to preempt the smear campaign that’s now in high gear, as…
Kurtz endures humiliating grilling on his own show over gay NBA player story
The tables were turned on CNN media critic Howard Kurtz on Sunday when he submitted to being grilled by two fellow media critics on his own show over a series of mistakes including false claims about a gay NBC player. The Daily Beast announced last week that it had a…
Howard Kurtz chides Fox News for sending Dana Perino to interview her former boss
CNN media critic Howard Kurtz on Thursday criticized Fox News for sending Dana Perino to interview former President George W. Bush during the opening of his presidential library. In a Daily Download video, Kurtz noted that Perino served as the White House press secretary for Bush from 2007 to 2009.…
What happened to #stopKony?
The Daily Download’s Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz discuss the #stopKony movement’s effectiveness with PBS NewsHour’s Christina Bellantoni. The Kony 2012 video skyrocketed to almost 100 million views on YouTube in the course of one year. But was a nonprofit… …
O’Reilly screams at CNN host for pointing out embarassingly wrong drone claim
After dueling editorial comments about each other earlier in the week, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and CNN host Howard Kurtz finally sat down Wednesday night to hash out their dispute over whether O’Reilly got it wrong when he criticized NBC for failing to talk about Obama’s use of drones,…
Howard Kurtz: How can Romney face Putin if he’s afraid of Whoopi?
After Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign announced on Monday that the candidate had canceled his Thursday appearance on ABC’s The View, media critic Howard Kurtz wondered how the former Massachusetts governor could stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin if he couldn’t even take questions from Whoopi Goldberg. “Governor…
Howard Kurtz to NYC: Apologize for media ‘censorship’ of Occupy evictions
CNN’s Howard Kurtz is calling for New York City and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to apologize for the way the media was censored, roughed up and arrested during the recent eviction of Occupy Wall Street activists in Zuccotti Park. “New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a post-midnight raid to clear the…
Roger Simon: Being ‘a little bit racist’ helps in GOP primary
Politico’s Roger Simon says that Republican presidential Rick Perry’s recent embrace of birtherism amounts to a racist “dog whistle.” “It’s not a ‘fun’ issue to poke somebody on,” Simon told CNN’s Howard Kurtz Sunday. “It is more than a little bit racist. Not everyone who believes it is a racist.…
Fox News Chief Roger Ailes: Obama a ‘far left’ socialist
If you’re looking for confirmation that Fox News’ motto, “We report, you decide,” is a bit off base, you may not need to look any further than the company’s chairman. In an interview published Wednesday with The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz, Ailes says Obama’s trip to Asia was a failure…
MSNBC president threatened to fire Olbermann: report
MSNBC suspended the host of their popular show Countdown with Keith Olbermann earlier this month after it was discovered that he donated money to three Democratic candidates without permission. But most people don’t know that behind the scenes MSNBC president Phil Griffin went as far as to threaten to fire…
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