Oops! Rick Perry Cites Fake Quote From Viral 'Occupy Toronto' Satire
November 1, 2011, 11:33AM
Colby Hall | Mediaite Yesterday we reported a strange story that brought attention to the intersection of satirical writing, hyper-partisan politics, and how the viral nature of the Internet has... Read More »
President Obama To Leno: 'White House Is Going To Get Egged If We Keep This Up'
October 26, 2011, 10:12AM
Nando Di Fino | Mediaite President Barack Obama was a guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Tuesday night and hit on a wide range of topics, from pulling... Read More »
Obama Tells Leno He Won't Focus On GOP Race 'Until Everybody Is Voted Off The Island'
October 26, 2011, 9:19AM
Jon Bershad | Mediaite President Obama stopped by the Tonight Show today, his fourth time chatting with Jay Leno (second while actually in the White House). There he discussed his... Read More »
'Occupy Sesame Street' Protesters Interrupt Rupert Murdoch Speech In San Francisco
October 17, 2011, 9:23AM
Frances Martel | Mediaite Not even the wealthiest 1% is safe from the wrath of Socially Conscious Elmo. News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch was delivering a speech on technology and... Read More »
Hank Williams Jr. Explains Himself On The View And Television Magic Is Made
October 11, 2011, 3:13PM
Colby Hall | Mediaite Hank Williams Jr. has been at the center of a controversy after he likened a golf game between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to... Read More »
Glenn Beck Has 'Absolutely No Respect' For 'Non-Thinking Man' Jon Stewart
October 7, 2011, 3:27PM
Jon Bershad | Mediaite The past few days, it seems like every member of the media has been all over the attempt to conflate the Occupy Wall Street movement and... Read More »
Morgan Freeman: Tea Party Controlled GOP's Anti-Obama Goals Are 'A Racist Thing'
September 23, 2011, 4:08PM
Zara Golden | Mediaite Morgan Freeman thinks that Barack Obama's presidency has "stirred muddy waters" and inspired a certain racism amongst republicans and Tea Partiers who say, "Screw the country;... Read More »
Bill O'Reilly: 'I Have More Power Than Anybody Other Than The President'
September 19, 2011, 3:28PM
Zara Golden | Mediaite Bill O'Reilly is not to be messed with...unless you of course you're name is Barack Obama. "I have more power than anybody other than the president,"... Read More »
Alec Baldwin Pulls Out Of Emmys Over Censored Murdoch Phone Hacking Joke
September 19, 2011, 9:02AM
Frances Martel | Mediaite Bad news for Emmy viewers who were hoping to catch Alec Baldwin tonight- an off-color phone hacking joke seems to have prompted the actor to abandon... Read More »
Glenn Beck: Is The Term 'Colored' Really Such A Bad Thing?
August 30, 2011, 3:38PM
Alex Alvarez | Mediaite On his radio show today, Glenn Beck tackled a particularly sticky issue when it comes to race. How does it make any sort of sense, he... Read More »
Is President Obama Dumb? Hannity Panel Debates The Issue
August 30, 2011, 9:53AM
Frances Martel | Mediaite With Texas Governor Rick Perry's college grades out in the open, the question of whether he has the intellect for the nation's top job was put... Read More »
Greta Van Susteren Challenges Sarah Palin Over Tea Party: 'There Is A Disregard For The Facts'
August 19, 2011, 12:14PM
Frances Martel | Mediaite It's a good bet that, when challenged to defend the Tea Party, Sarah Palin won't balk from the challenge. Tonight, however, that challenge came in the... Read More »
Sarah Palin: If Tea Party Were Terrorists, Obama Would Pal Around With Us
August 3, 2011, 9:29AM
Frances Martel | Mediaite After a lukewarm segment last night, Sarah Palin returned to Hannity tonight to defend the Tea Party from criticisms comparing them to terrorists. The topic put... Read More »
Republican Congressman Apologizes For Calling President Obama A 'Tar Baby'
August 2, 2011, 3:26PM
Frances Martel | Mediaite Somewhere in the formidable daily pile of snail mail to the White House today, President Obama received an apology from a Republican Congressman- and no, it... Read More »
Colbert On News Corp. Scandal Coverage: 'Fox News Motto Is We Don't Touch It, You Decide'
July 15, 2011, 9:57AM
Colby Hall | Mediaite Stephen Colbert trained his sites last night on the growing News of the World phone hacking scandal and its growing inclusion of international media giant News... Read More »
Van Jones' Lawyer Sent Cease And Desist Letter To Fox News, FNC Says 'It's Under Review'
June 21, 2011, 9:30AM
Alex Alvarez | Mediaite Former "green jobs" czar Van Jones sent Fox News a six-page cease and desist letter claiming that Jones has been called, among other things, a Communist,... Read More »
Eliot Spitzer On Weiner's Press Conference: It's Not A Proud Moment, 'Believe Me, I Know'
June 7, 2011, 9:05AM
Matt Schneider | Mediaite Former Governor of New York and current CNN host Eliot Spitzer couldn't possibly avoid discussing the biggest headline of the day: Congressman Anthony Weiner's confession in... Read More »
Oops! Fox News Uses Tina Fey Graphic In Sarah Palin Story
June 6, 2011, 10:53AM
Mark Joyella | Mediaite No doubt 30 Rock's Tina Fey does a great impression of Sarah Palin. But surely she's not such a dead ringer for the former Alaska governor... Read More »
Oops: Secret Service Tweets - Then Deletes - Criticism Of Fox News
May 18, 2011, 5:34PM
Alex Alvarez | Mediaite Running a professional Twitter account can be difficult enough as it is - you have to strike a balance between informing your followers, keeping them engaged,... Read More »
Sean Hannity On Rapper's White House Invite: Obama 'Goes Back To His Radical Roots Again And Again'
May 11, 2011, 9:28AM
Matt Schneider | Mediaite Just when Sean Hannity may have feared he would have to spend the rest of the year discussing President Obama's effective counter-terrorism policies, finally Hannity has... Read More »
SNL: Tina Fey Reprises Sarah Palin Bit In Undeclared GOP Candidates Debate Skit
May 9, 2011, 8:59AM
Sarah Devlin | Mediaite When this sketch began, I assumed it would be about the recent Republican presidential debate, but it turns out that was too boring, even for SNL.... Read More »
Condoleezza Rice Has A Romantic History With Alec Baldwin In Hilarious 30 Rock Cameo (VIDEO)
April 29, 2011, 3:22PM
Jon Bershad | Mediaite Alec Baldwin's character on 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy, is an uber-conservative with the history with the Bush administration. He even briefly worked as the "Homeland Security... Read More »
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Lambastes Orly Taitz, Ends Interview (VIDEO)
April 28, 2011, 9:36AM
Tommy Christopher | Mediaite In what could only be described as a bizzarro victory lap, Birther Queen Orly Taitz (who gave this site the proud, somewhat badass moniker "Insane Obama... Read More »
The Onion Fools The New York Times With Fake Obama Tiger Beat Cover
April 25, 2011, 9:01AM
Matt Schneider | Mediaite Today The New York Times admitted they made the mistake of treating a fake creation from The Onion as something legitimate. Last week the Times printed... Read More »
Sean Hannity To Host Special Report On Media Bias For Fox News
April 21, 2011, 10:41AM
Colby Hall | Mediaite "Double Standards...Groundless Attacks...Blatant Left Wing Bias!" These are the striking phrases that open a new promo touting a coming special report titled Behind The Bias: The... Read More »
Tell-All Book From Former Palin Aide To Be Released In May
By Jillian Rayfield - April 19, 2011, 11:06AM
Simon & Schuster imprint Howard Books announced that it will release "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin," a tell-all by former Palin aide Frank Bailey, on May 24. Portions of the... Read More »
Donald Trump: 'I've Always Had a Great Relationship With The Blacks'
April 14, 2011, 3:49PM
Colby Hall | Mediaite Donald Trump recently granted an interview with NY Post editor Fred Dicker in which he most notably denied reports that he'd be announcing his presidential plans... Read More »
Bill O'Reilly Debunks Obama Myths: He 'Does Have A Legitimate Birth Certificate'
April 13, 2011, 3:04PM
Matt Schneider | Mediaite Bill O'Reilly opened his show tonight eager to debunk many myths about President Obama. One by one, O'Reilly tackled various allegations about Obama's past in an... Read More »
Rep. Bachmann: All 2012 Candidates 'Should Put Their Birth Certificate On The Table'
April 12, 2011, 9:18AM
Frances Martel | Mediaite The delicate dance between people who believe President Obama has illegitimately obtained his position as leader of the free world and Republicans who aspire to take... Read More »
SNL Bashes Fox & Friends: 'Coffee, Smiles, Fear And Terror'
April 11, 2011, 9:40AM
Sarah Devlin | Mediaite SNL's Fox & Friends had a lot of intelligent commentary on the government near-shutdown this weekend. To begin, they noted (in)correctly that it was the first... Read More »
