How much money would it take for you to go on tv night after night and be wrong about things? Millions? Tens of millions? more ›

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King, and appreciated their beautiful skyline. more ›

The TelePromTer-readers and out-of-touch-hate-mongers of the mainstream media thought that they were being super-cool by discussing/bitching about the presidential candidate debates that were posted on YouTube. So since that new, interesting, and youth-vote promoting aspect of the next election has been talked to death by the talking-heads, I have found these candidate related webpages to occupy me during my early in the ante meridian down-time: At SuperBook.com, you can go to their "Exotic Lines"... more ›

- LAPD seeks felony charges against a 13-year-old alleged dogfight organizer caught in South LA on Monday. The injured pitbulls are expected to recover. The kid, however, may be another story. - LA Times. - Claiming a victory in mission:gangbusters 2007, LAPD central division Capt. Andrew Smith reports, "We really believe we have taken the head off the 5th and Hill Gang." - Daily News. - The transcripts are out on the Khalid Sheikh... more ›

- Oprah turns her back on abused kids, allows Bill O'Reilly to do his schtick - CityRag more ›

A Word Or 78: Last night I didn't watch anything that I had listed or even Tivoed. I ended up watching "Monster In a Box" on IFC because I had the privelege of seeing Spalding Gray a couple times and there he was again on TV. Wile watching the movie I found it extraordinarily sad to both hear this amazing person talk about his mother's suicide as well as allude to committing suicide himself.... more ›

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Apparently the book didn't fit either. When even Bill O'Reilly said that the fictitious book and made-for-tv interview were in bad taste you knew there was trouble in sleezadise. Today Rupert Murdoch himself, a man so old he could drive a Buick through a serene Farmers Market crowd and get away with murder, canceled plans to publish the fiction by ReganBooks called "If I Did It", and the subsequent two-part interview of O.J. Simpson... more ›

- Marc Brown always seemed a little shady to me - Defamer - Cheney doesn't think that waterboarding is torture, therefore waterboard-away fellas! - McClatchy - MVP Pujols is a surly bitch - Chicago Tribune - Human Rights group fires employee for outting child predator Foley - NTY - ABC political director agrees with Bill O'Reilly that the "media" has a "liberal bias" - ThinkProgress - Why won't Dems back Angelides - Daily Breeze... more ›

Sometimes we wonder if Bill O'Reilly isn't just trying to get on "Countdown's" Worst Person in the World. Last Friday after inviting University of Minnesota-Duluth Professor Jim Fetzer on The Factor to discuss why he believed the 9/11 tragedies were orchestrated via the White House, O'Reilly refused to let the man speak. LAist trusts this government, blindly. And we object to questioning anything this administration has been involved in, or in the case of... more ›

The Conan Countdown goes on and the world's longest lame duck continues to be lame. more ›

fair and balanced? The new White House press secretary will be Tony Snow, direct from Fox News. What next, Bill O'Reilly for Secretary of State? more ›

We were looking for a counterpoint to "Jack Dunphy's" assertion in The Times earlier this week that the paper was biased against the LAPD and that it was particularly telling in their coverage of the Devin Brown shooting. Dunphy presents an interesting case but his own desire to be "fair and balanced" in his critique of the Times seems to do his point a disservice. more ›