No. 21: S.E. Cupp

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:01:00 +0000

An atheist who wrote a book about the liberal media's attack on "Christian America" (they gave the Narnia movies bad reviews because they hate Jesus), S.E. Cupp is the sort of commentator who'll declare creationism legitimate solely because liberal scientists say it isn't. She's not a moron or a nut, she just declares common cause with them to get ahead in the field of punditry.

The real problem isn't with her shameless book or her boring New York Daily News column. Cupp only pens those by-the-numbers conservative columns for the Daily News ("If I were a Democratic strategist: Dems need to ditch Obama's message -- and swing to the center" and "After Barack Obama, a dose of Hillary Clinton? Many moderates would support the secretary of state") so that there's a media outlet listed under her name when she appears on cable news, which she does relentlessly.

Right-wing rising star

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:16:00 +0000

Attempting to describe Tucker Carlson's new online magazine, the Daily Caller, Colin Delany writes at the Huffington Post: "one friend of mine referred to it as a cross between 'Politico, Drudge and the NY Post'; while another suggested 'Pajamas Media meets The Daily Beast.'" So far, says Delany, the Daily Caller is light on original reporting, heavy on "copy/paste substituting for actual journalism" and sexy page-view magnets. (As far as the latter goes, I do look forward to seeing whether they'll ever top my all-time favorite HuffPo headline, "Megan Fox Wears Panties, Lifts Foot Above Head.") "Nice work on the business front," he writes, noting that ad sales have gone tremendously well, "but that situation's unlikely to last unless this sucker ups its ante on the content side."

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No. 21: S.E. Cupp

Right-wing rising star