As others already have noted about Sarah Palin’s departure from Fox News, the network said at the time: “We have thoroughly enjoyed our association with Governor Palin. We wish her the best in her future endeavors.” The future is here....
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Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, waves at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) March 16, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Sarah Palin: Back to the Future
Showtime’s Cheney Wet Kiss: TV
In Showtime’s documentary, “The World According to Dick Cheney,” the man generally acknowledged to have been the most powerful vice president in U.S. history is asked to name his main fault. He punts. “Um, I don’t spend a lot of...
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Oprah Winfrey speaks with Lance Armstrong during an interview regarding the controversy surrounding his cycling career on Jan. 14, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
Armstrong’s Confessions Stir No Interest from Federal Prosecutor
After weeks of public lashings and millions in lost sponsorship deals, Lance Armstrong finally received a shred of good news today. While Armstrong’s primetime television doping confession may have changed how people feel about the cancer-surviving former cycling champion, one...
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Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event on Oct. 5, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Obama-Romney Tie in Florida, Newspaper Endorsements Split
It’s hot in Florida, we already knew — a dead-heat, a CNN poll today finds. Among Florida’s likely voters, the poll finds, 49 percent support Republican Mitt Romney, 48 percent President Barack Obama. The survey has a possible four percentage...
Read more »State of Play: Independent Ad Spending
You won’t hear “I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message” or “I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message” on these commercials, but if you live in a swing state, you’re seeing plenty about both candidates from political groups...
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Reading the Los Angeles Times using the Flipboard app on an iPad in Los Angeles.
Online News Outpacing Radio, Newspapers — Television Next
More people get their news online than from radio or newspapers, and television could be next to lose out in the evolving habits of news consumers, according to a poll out today. The survey by the Pew Research Center for...
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A Barack Obama campaign sign in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami.
Washington Daybook: Power of Presidency, Television
The power of the presidency and of television will be on display today as the White House announces $2 billion in support for rural businesses, coordinated with the release of a government report about the state of rural America. President...
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