Jezebel: Cable News

Rachel Maddow Explains Birth Control to Mitt Romney

Matt Cherette — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:40:50 EDT

In a recent Huckabee appearance, Mitt Romney said he'd "absolutely" support a constitutional amendment defining conception as the beginning of life. In addition to outlawing abortion, such an amendment could ban many forms of birth control, a fact Romney was seemingly unaware of when pressed on his position during a campaign event on Thursday. So tonight, armed with beer and female anatomy diagrams, Rachel Maddow invited Romney to her "Man Cave" for a crash course in how babies are made. More »

Fox News Will Let Nothing Stand In The Way Of Boobs

Irin Carmon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:40:59 EST

Alex Leo notices that Fox News is rather lenient about its chyron placement when it interferes with the cleavage that's a core part of its business plan More »

Mika Brzezinski Denies She's Being Silenced On Morning Joe

Irin Carmon — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:45:00 EST

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"My role is different. Sometimes I don't do as well as I'd like, and I take responsibility. It's not Joe, it's me needing to bring it to the table." Interpretations that she's "some kind of victim" are "a made-up story." More »

Nancy Grace Settles Emotional Distress Case, Keeps Distressing Us

Irin Carmon — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:03:00 EST

Nancy Grace and CNN have settled with the family of a 21-year-old mother of a missing toddler who killed herself after an aggressive Grace interview. Grace herself, of course, can keep inflicting her warped brand of victim-advocacy on the public. More »

5 Uncanny Palin Imitations From Christine O'Donnell

Irin Carmon — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:06:49 EDT

Yesterday's Delaware Senate debate showed how much Christine O'Donnell has learned from her Mama Grizzly mentor, Sarah Palin. Here, five ways she read from Palin's playbook. More »

Did The Cable News Networks Destroy Hillary's Campaign?

Jessica G. — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:30:00 EDT

A few weeks ago, we wrote that whatever the outcome of the Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton's candidacy helped start a conversation about sexism. Well that conversation is on the front page of the New York Times this morning, with a discussion of the possibly sexist way Clinton was covered by cable news networks and the rest of the mainstream media. The litany of examples of blatant sexism from media outlets corralled by the Times is pretty damning: " Cable television has come under the most criticism. Chris Matthews, a host on MSNBC, called Mrs. Clinton a 'she-devil' and said she had gotten as far as she had only because her husband had 'messed around.' Mike Barnicle, a panelist on MSNBC, said that Mrs. Clinton was 'looking like everyone’s first wife standing outside a probate court.' Tucker Carlson, also on MSNBC, said, 'When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs.'" More »