Political Bias at ‘US Weekly’
Michelle Malkin points out in her latest post that gossip rag ‘Us Weekly’ is using dirty journalism in an attempt to influence and turn the 2008 Presidential race in Senator Barack Obama’s favor. The next time you’re waiting at the grocery stands and tempted to buy Us magazine, stop and think again. Unless you’re buying it for oppo research, you may not want to put money in the pockets of rabid partisans who have turned their gossip rag into a propaganda arm for the Democrat Party. T

Desperate Denver Journos Just Reporting on Each Other [Journalismism]
There's no news in Denver. At least, no news that couldn't be reported by watching it on C-Span from the comfort of home. So what to do? Report on what all your fellow journalists are doing! So far, the single greatest example of this is HuffPo's constant reportage from their own "HuffPost Oasis" in Denver. At left, an unretouched screengrab from their front page today. The Oasis is remarkably popular with journalists, considering that we have no idea what goes on there but we don't think it involves free b

Confirmed: David Carradine to Cameo in Paul W.S. Anderson's "Death Race"
MTV has it right from the horse's mouth: "I wanted to tip my hat to the original, but also wouldn't want it to become a cheesy cameo-fest. There's obviously been, "Oh, where's the David Carradine cameo?" It's there, and I think it's a nice thing for fans. In fact, I had a conversation with David about the movie this morning."

Dwayne Johnson Fully Recovered From Recent Rockoplasty [Trade Roundup]
· "Ashley Judd is set to star with Dwayne Johnson in 20th Century Fox comedy Tooth Fairy." You know what's notable about that sentence? The absence of the words "The Rock" anywhere inside it! His transformation is complete! [Variety] · Cable spinoff fever! Both The Closer and The L Word have spinoffs in the works. [THR, Variety] · Voltron: Languishing in Turnaround gets a director: Max Makowski, who also wrote the Hawaii Five-O movie, and is attached to direct a movie version of the

Weekend Update: Obama Is Famous, Wonkette’s In Nebraska
While your editors continue the whimsical heartland trip across Nebraska, which grows a hundred miles wider each hour, other things are happening: The terrible German-Latino hurricane, “Gustav,” is getting so big and mean that the GOP may be forced to cancel the convention so as to look concerned! You can read all the Dave Barry stuff from Denver now, because what else is there to do while driving across Nebraska? Speaking of people named “David,” we ran into a grinning David Carr wa

"I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex."
"I was on a roll, so I kept going with it. I said, 'Look, if I were a 13-year-old boy, and I saw ['Zack and Miri'] on cable back in 1983? Yes, it would send me to the bathroom to jerk off. Now, as a 13-year-old boy, if I saw this movie? It would not titillate me. I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex. How can you possibly say this is too erotically charged when it's so obviously a comedy with people having over-the-top fake sex, when we can see examples of real sex at a key

Photos, Video: Michelle Malkin Attacked at DNC by Protesters
Conservative syndicated columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin was attacked this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver by 9/11 conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and other protesters.  The entire...

Michael Moore Says Sarah Palin’s Son Trig Was Born A Girl
Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., ...David Carr Meets Arianna Huffington And The Web - David Carr, the NYT media columnist, is meeting the delegates at the Democrat convention. He meets Arianna Huffington. He meets ...Heathrow Bomb Plot Conspiracy - BOMBS. Planes. Queues. Queues. Queues... Have just read an interesting little factoid from 2006. Remeber the transatlantic liquid bomb plot? Well ...Was Fox Inappropriate With Solange Knowles? - Solange Knowles ha

Elsewhere: Palin Gets a Lawyer, Connecticut Faces Protesters
David Kurtz thinks day one of the G.O.P. convention felt like a snow day. Minnesota specialist David Carr likes how the Republicans – and the locals – handled today’s demonstrations. Connecticut was attacked! Here's some video of the protests. George Pataki claims not to be concerned that Sarah Palin doesn't necessarily think that climate change is caused by humans. Also? Pataki talked about John McCain's toughness to some New Jersey delegates. Lynn Sweet thinks Cindy McCain's outfit tod

Google to Confuse Even More Publications By Archiving 244 Years Worth of Print
Because causing United Airlines stocks to plummet below two cents isn't enough damage done in a day for Google, the search engine has announced plans to begin archiving 244 years worth of newsworthy articles online. Hilarity ensues when news of a bombing at Pearl Harbor get picked up in The New York Times and jump-starts World War III. Sep 9, 2008 · Link · Respond Related Posts • 09.09.08: Tori Spelling Tops David Carr (Comments: 0) • 09.09.08: Me

Meghan McCain Admits: “I’ve Heard My Dad Say…Lipstick on a Pig”
John McCain’s daughter Meghan pointed out Wednesday morning that her dad has used the now controversial phrase: “I’ve heard my dad say that, the term ‘lipstick on a pig,’” McCain said today on Fox. Asked directly if she thought Obama was calling Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) a pig, McCain said, “I don’t know. I hope not. [...]

Does La Palin’s presence make up for La Clinton’s absence???
This jeer’s elections are not based on who can save this country from the harsh economical issues we are facing, pero instead by who can be a better focus of chisme: A BLACK MAN or a WOMAN??? Up until sexy librarian, La Sarah Palin, came into the picture, Barack Obama was like THE TEENG to [...]

Tyndale, Publisher of Left Behind Series, Signs Up That Sarah Palin Biography That Happened to Already Exist
In today's paper, we discuss the conundrum faced by publishers eager to jump on the Sarah Palin bandwagon but who are unable to do so because there's not enough time before the election to get a book written, printed, and distributed. The only house with a Palin bio on the market at the moment is Epicenter Press, a tiny operation run out of Washington State that specializes in books about Alaska. They put out Kaylene Johnson's Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down in

Sarah Palin rallies base, not 'done deal'
When social conservatives sat down to evaluate the Republican candidates for president last fall, at a "Values Voter Summit'' sponsored by the Family Research Council, Sen. John McCain of Arizona finished dead last in their straw poll. But now that McCain, a Republican who hasn't always appealed to the most conservative base of his party, is the GOP's presidential nominee, those social conservatives are looking for a good reason to vote for the party's candidate. And many think - underscore think -- th

Sarah Palin the girl: Books, sports, no pol
In high school, sister Heather Bruce says, "she always had ner nose in a book... maybe something athletically directed. She loves sports, she was good in sports.'' That's the top line of what we've learned from the first media interview of the so-far mostly private Palin family since John McCain named the Alaska governor as his running mate. The vice presidential nominee's sister, in an appearance live from Alaska on FOX News Channel's On the Record with Greta Van Sustern, recalls the call she got about t

Which State Will Host This Election’s Worst Voting Debacle?
Every four years, a mysterious combination of negligence, incompetence, fraud, and criminality conspire to make a single state responsible for getting some doofus into the White House. In 2000, Florida took the honor; in 2004, it was Ohio. And every four years, Hendrik Hertzberg writes angry editorials about how the whole electoral college should be bombed from space as a Republican takes office yet again. So which state will we be able to blame when Sarah Palin is hastily sworn in as America’s 45th p

VIDEO: Hypocrite Much, Yes!
The Republicans are whining today, demanding that Obama apologize to Sarah Palin because he used the phrase “lipstick on a pig” to describe McCain and Sarah Palin’s renewed emphasis on change. He said at a rally in Virgina; “You can put lipstick on a pig, It’s still a pig.” Now the McCain campaign is blasting Obama, accusing him of sexism and called Obama’s comments “offensive and disgraceful.” Obama’s camp has fired back, insisting that the “

Palin Pink And Other Campaign ’08 Lipstick Colors
When Sarah Palin addressed the nation last week at the RNC, the first female Republican VP candidate introduced a topic to the campaign I doubt most people ever saw coming. This week, it isn’t off-shore drilling, the war in Iraq, or even abortion rights that people are talking about, it’s lipstick. Thanks to Palin, we now know it’s what separates the hockey moms from the pit bulls, but as Obama reminded us a few days ago, lipstick won’t stop a pig from being a pig, a remark that’s prompted a h

Bitch-Back! Close on Toothy, Tough on Palin
Although I agree that at this point Jen Aniston should head back to TV, I have a small quibble with your opinion of her movies. Have you forgotten Derailed? She was scary-good in that one. Showed a lot of potential, I thought. Too bad it was never realized. Love the column and the new format, btw. —Katrina Dear Ani-fan: We did forget Derailed, 'cause it bombed. Is it too much to ask for J.A. to stretch her acting abilities in a more high-profile pic? Dear Ted: How do you figure that Sarah Palin

Palin Family On The Cover OF Enquirer! Secrets Exposed!
 There are so many opinions flying around about the Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, and I am sure you have your own. However, we just bring the gossip and The National Enquirer has done some digging, a la John Edwards, and found some dirt. According to the gossip rag, there have been troubles for Track and Bristol in the past. Here is an excerpt...“I’ve partied with him (Track) for years,” a source disclosed.  “I’ve seen him snort cocaine, snort and smoke OxyContin, drink

GOP Squeals Over Obama's 'Pig' Comment
McCain's campaign accused the Democratic Party nominee for president of calling Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a pig; Obama's aides said the...... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212170992.shtml"><b>More</b>

10 Questions That Won't Be Asked During the Gibson/Palin Interview
Charlie Gibson will be the first reporter logging official face time with Sarah Palin since her nomination as Republican VP only thirteen days ago. What could they possibly have to talk about? Luckily, upstanding citizen that he is, JackShaf moved on from his all-important campaign of boycotting the DNC to compile a list of questions Charlie Gibson should ask Sarah Palin at the undisclosed time of the interview. Unfortunately, Shafer's list reads like a duplicate of the Anchorage Daily News itemizati