On Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, CEO John Mackey took steps back from his comments where he compared Obamacare to “fascism.” Originally on Wednesday he told NPR’s Morning Edition, ”[t]echnically speaking, it’s more like fascism,” sparking controversy among liberal pundits and making headlines. You’ll want to catch the question and answer at the 11:34 min mark. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The successful entrepreneur apologized for the remark, recognizing […]

In an interview with POLITICO, Piers Morgan embodies the old adage, “isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black,” critics might say. Here’s what critics of the primetime talk show anchor have to say about him and what he has to say about The Dish’s Andrew Sullivan. But the approach grates on Morgan’s critics, who think he generates controversy for the sake of self-promotion. Larry King, who previously occupied Morgan’s […]

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o has inspired many people this year with his his rousing speeches and legendary play on the football field.  Yesterday, he gave us another kind of inspiration, which has landed on social media faster than Alabama’s running backs ran by his tackles in the BCS. It’s called “Te’oing” and like its predecessors, “Tebowing” and “Griffining,” it’s often snarky and hilarious. Here’s what you do.  Pose with […]

Notre Dame Linebacker and Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o’s heartbreaking story about his girlfriend dying of leukemia six hours after his grandmother had died, turns out to be a hoax. Deadspin.com has the entire story and timeline. Te’o won seven major awards, including the Bednarik Award for top defensive player, the Walter Camp Foundation player of the year award and became the first defensive player to win the Maxwell award […]

A&E’s new Boston-based reality show “Southie Rules” has taken the city’s rivalry with New York to a new level with an ad campaign aimed at the city’s notoriously nanny-like mayor and it’s uber-sensitive citizens. The ads, so far displayed only on NYC’s outdated phone booths, don’t pull any punches. In an obvious shot at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s city-wide ban on large sodas, ostensibly aimed at curbing the city’s obesity problem, […]

In December 2012, the self-appointed fact-checkers at PolitiFact, which even left-wing pundits at MSNBC have termed “a zombie, eating our national brains,” poo-pooed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign claim that government-owned car manufacturer Chrysler was planning on adding production plants in China instead of focusing on expanding its Ohio-based Jeep production plants – and the blue-collar manufacturing jobs that keep those plants open and in business – to China, […]

… although it was “No Child Left Behind.” Education legislation. President Obama will feature children at his press conference tomorrow unveiling a plan to reduce gun violence and limit access to guns and/or ammunition. A bridge too far?   ReactionLOL (0) It’s a Trappp! (0) Bias (0) Losing (0) Fail (0) Winning (0) Aww (0)

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Joe Johns, the Crime and Punishment reporter for CNN, has been filling in for anchor Wolf Blitzer this week. During the first hour of the Situation Room, Johns (an African-American man himself) had on CNN contributors, President Obama’s Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher (another African-American — yes the one who called Herman Cain a racist), and Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, to discuss “Which Party is Best for […]