Will Fox News change with America?

After I left the network in 2011, I wondered how it would adapt to a new country. The answer is it won't

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 33
Fox News, Sarah Palin

Five major takeaways from Edward Snowden Q&A

The NSA whistle-blower took questions on what's already transpired and what's happening next

Monday, Jun 17, 2013 7:29 PM UTC 81
snowden, NSA, National security

Miss Utah bombs while answering question about gender wage gap

A rambling response about how to "create education better" from Marissa Powell is making the Internet rounds VIDEO

Monday, Jun 17, 2013 3:52 PM UTC 39
Video, miss usa, Gender

Sunday shows solve Syria and government surveillance!

The punditry experts of "Meet the Press," "This Week" and "Face the Nation" unlock geopolitical puzzles in minutes

Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 29
meet the press, face the nation

The theme song of the radical right

How "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- Reagan's favorite song -- became the background music of the modern GOP

Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 35
Music, American History

Is Playboy invading Marfa, Texas?

A 40-foot neon installation of the magazine's iconographic logo has locals stumped

, Hyperallergic Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, Playboy

Jonathan Franzen to Frank Bruni: “Strong numbers” of women write books

The novelist wrote an abrupt letter to the Times saying that sexism is worse in theater than it is in publishing

Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:40 PM UTC 14
Jonathan Franzen, frank bruni

PRISM software works just like Facebook ads

Data-mining expert Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro says the spy technology has been around for years

, International Business Times Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
International Business Times

The week in 10 pics

From chemical gas explosions to explosive protests in São Paulo, a look at the week's most enduring images SLIDE SHOW

Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
slideshow, The week in 10 pics

OED adds “bra” and “slow jam” to online dictionary

The dictionary legitimizes slang for "bro" and acknowledges an R&B phenomenon

Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 9:59 PM UTC
dictionary, OED, words, vocabulary

Sarah Palin returning to Fox News

The former Alaska governor returns just five months after "parting ways" with the network

Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 11
Sarah Palin, Fox News, Television

Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from Wendi Deng Murdoch

Early reports indicate that the split will not impact News Corp CEO's media holdings

Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 4:48 PM UTC
Rupert Murdoch, wendi deng

New York lawmakers urged to pass measure protecting transgender people’s rights

The New York Times pushes lawmakers to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act with a poorly titled Op-Ed

Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 2:46 PM UTC
transgender rights

Rob Delaney: Fight corporations with comedy

The comedian told the Guardian that although he doesn't trust corporate America, "hate doesn't fix things"

Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 1:19 PM UTC
NSA, Comedy, humor, Rob Delaney

Glenn Beck has news that will “rock the nation,” change “everything”

Get ready because this revelation "will take down the entire power structure" in America, says a cryptic Beck VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 8:59 PM UTC 253
Video, Glenn Beck

News anchor drops f-bomb in story about gay pride

Not that f-bomb -- the other f-bomb VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 8:30 PM UTC
Video, gay pride, news, news flubs

Judge rules that Fox Searchlight should have paid its interns

A federal court ruled the studio violated federal and state minimum wage laws by not paying "Black Swan" interns

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 1:15 PM UTC 13
internships, Labor, labor laws

Clapper on NSA Congress comments: “I gave the least untruth”

Earlier this year, the intelligence director said the NSA does not collect information on millions of Americans

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 1:08 PM UTC 32
James Clapper, NSA, Spying

North Korean factory offers propaganda art on the cheap

Pyongyang's Mansudae employs 4,000 workers and appeals to governments hunting for inexpensive monuments

, Hyperallergic Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 9:17 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, North Korea

David Brooks: The last Stalinist

Edward Snowden offended the commentator by declining to honor his oaths. There's a history behind such bromides

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 9:05 PM UTC 78
Joseph Stalin, Edward Snowden

European leaders express outrage, but are they really OK with letting the NSA “do their dirty work”?

The level of international knowledge and compliance with programs like PRISM remains shrouded

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 8:08 PM UTC
Europe, European Union

Mailer, Styron and Auden, all in the same publication

Robert Silvers reflects on the 50th anniversary of the New York Review of Books -- and how it's managed to survive

, LA Review of Books Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
LA Review of Books

If you know nothing about whistle-blowers, don’t cover them

Jeffrey Toobin, Megan McArdle and Joe Klein spew ignorance and contempt for a process they don't understand

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 5:05 PM UTC 15
Media Criticism, CNN

The “golden age” of magazines, brought to you by white dudes

A Port magazine feature on the "biggest magazine editors in America" is made up entirely of white men

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 4:35 PM UTC 18
diversity, Sexism, Racism

Alex Jones’ new competition

A controversial former anchorman from Cincinnati is building his own web platform for the Ron Paul movement

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 2:35 AM UTC
Ben Swann, Ron Paul, Media

How we broke the NSA story

Exclusive: Laura Poitras tells Salon about getting contacted by Edward Snowden, and reveals more footage is coming

Monday, Jun 10, 2013 9:20 PM UTC 82
Editor's Picks, NSA

Snowden’s whereabouts now unknown

The whistleblower has checked out of the Hong Kong hotel in which he conducted historic interviews

Monday, Jun 10, 2013 7:46 PM UTC 18
Edward Snowden, NSA

The woman behind the NSA scoops

Laura Poitras is "one of the bravest and most brilliant people I've ever met," Glenn Greenwald tells Salon(Updated)

Monday, Jun 10, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 72
Media, NSA, Glenn Greenwald

Luhrmann’s “Gatsby” is like “crayoning Donald Duck into ‘The Last Supper’”

Fitzgerald scholars debate the merits and many foibles of the "Moulin Rouge" director's glitzy new take

, , and , LA Review of Books Monday, Jun 10, 2013 6:24 PM UTC 11
LA Review of Books

Greenwald’s long battle against the surveillance state

While at Salon, the former litigator wrote regularly of the danger of ever-expanding dragnets VIDEO

Monday, Jun 10, 2013 5:26 PM UTC 39
Video, Glenn Greenwald

Guardian editor: Lack of skepticism in U.S. national security reporting

The NSA leaks also raise attendant and urgent questions about who gets to be a protected journalist

Monday, Jun 10, 2013 3:45 PM UTC
Journalism, NSA, Bradley Manning

Sunday Shows meet Glenn Greenwald!

The punditry experts of "This Week" and "Face the Nation" try to process the Guardian writer's spying revelations

Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 75
meet the press, This Week

How to navigate the Internet around PRISM

Google and YouTube may be under NSA surveillance, but you can still surf the web without Big Brother watching

, The Daily Dot Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 32
the daily dot, Internet, FBI, NSA

Stop likening NSA to a private company!

Yes, your credit card and phone companies have access to some personal data. But they have your permission VIDEO

Friday, Jun 7, 2013 11:14 PM UTC 40
Video, CNN, White House

Welcome to the age of Bush-Obama

New revelations about the NSA's data collection methods should come as little surprise VIDEO

, GlobalPost Friday, Jun 7, 2013 6:37 PM UTC
Video, GlobalPost, verizon

Twitter reacts to the NSA leak with dark humor

"Apparently the only word NSA technology can't pick up is 'Tsarnaev'"

Friday, Jun 7, 2013 4:50 PM UTC
NSA, Prism, Twitter, Comedy

“Girls Gone Wild” founder angry over invasion of his sexual privacy

Joe Francis is upset that his private sex tape was stolen and may soon be leaked. We probably should be, too

Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 7:54 PM UTC 17
joe francis, girls gone wild, Sex

Fox News is spoon-fed a scandal — and blows it

Fox is still too busy focusing on fake scandals to cover the real one

Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 5:44 PM UTC 185
Fox News, Benghazi, FISA, Scandal

Assange lawyer: DOJ has likely prepared indictment

The publisher's attorney says a sealed indictment is possible, as the government war on leaks drives on

Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 3:42 PM UTC
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

Government’s strategy: A double noose for Manning and Assange

In Manning trial opening statement, prosecutor argument carries worrying First Amendment repercussions

Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 8:45 PM UTC 29
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

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