NY TIMES MEDIA COLUMNIST BLASTS ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON JOURNALISTS

New York Times media columnist David Carr has added his voice to those condemning Israel’s acknowledged targeting and killing of three employees of Hamas news organizations last week. A spokeswoman for the Israeli Defense Forces described the journalists as “people who have relevance to terror activity.” Commented Carr in a column on Sunday: “So it […]

FOX NEWS FINDS ITS MOLE — SENDS HIM PACKING

Well, that didn’t take long. After just two days of moonlighting as the Fox “mole,” providing inside trivia about the operations of Fox News Network, Joe Muto, an eight-year veteran of the conservative-leaning channel and an associate producer on The O’Reilly Factor was unmasked by colleagues, fired, and escorted out of the building. Two hours […]

OLBERMANN AND CURRENT TV IN SECRET PEACE TREATY

Keith Olbermann won’t be anchoring coverage of the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, but he has agreed to anchor Current TV’s coverage of future primaries this year. Olbermann and the cable network each issued terse statements on Sunday, revealing nothing about the cause of their previous squabble or how it had been resolved. Several commentators […]

REPORT: FOX NEWS MAY DUMP GLENN BECK

Fox News executives are considering dropping Glenn Beck when his contract comes up for renewal in December, New York Times columnist David Carr reported on Sunday, citing unnamed officials at the cable news network. Carr indicated that they are becoming increasingly concerned about a significant erosion of Beck’s audience (he has lost more than a […]