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Artist to Fox News: "I Was Gonna Do a Sign That Says 'Fox News Lies'"
Hamilton Nolan · 09/15/11 04:10PMJay Shells is the New York guerrilla artist famous for his unofficial subway etiquette posters. For his latest project, he's put up urban etiquette signs across the city. Got himself an interview on Fox News today! You'll want to watch all the way through to the end of this clip, when he tells the Foxbot about his aborted plans for a "Fox News Lies" sign. She is miffed! Jay, how could you??
Fox News Just Can't Quit Us
John Cook · 09/15/11 02:10PMFor a "despicable," "slimy," "scummy," "lousy," "irresponsible," "treasonous," "dying," "sweatshop" of a web site that you'd never invite to your child's birthday party, Gawker sure does supply a lot of material for Fox News! Last night, RedEye picked up our item on a forthcoming New York Times story about how Barack Obama haz a sad.
Anderson Cooper's Lustful On-Air Plea for 'Sweet, Pasty Flesh'
Matt Cherette · 09/14/11 09:41PMOn tonight's AC360, Anderson Cooper punished himself for being too into himself by putting himself on his own Ridiculist and then claiming his vanity explosion was the result of his obsession with his brand new Madame Tussauds wax figure. Said Cooper: "This is about nothing more than my love for sweet, pasty imitation flesh—and yes, I look forward to that line being taken out of context." Oh Andy, it was my pleasure!
Aaron Sorkin Will Soon Be Teaching Us About the News
Richard Lawson · 09/08/11 02:02PMAndrea Mitchell Has Cancer
John Cook · 09/07/11 03:39PMNBC News' chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell took to the airwaves today to announce on MSNBC that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. But doctors caught it early, she said, and she has "a terrific prognosis." She'd like you to get screened for breast cancer, which seems like a reasonable request, if you are a lady.
Jon Stewart Shames the Media for Over-Hyping Obama's Speech Conflict
Matt Cherette · 09/06/11 10:46PMLast week, President Obama announced he'd reveal his plan for job creation before a joint session of Congress at the same time as tomorrow night's Republican presidential debate. John Boehner wasn't happy about this and asked the President to push his speech back a night; a few hours later, Obama acquiesced. No big deal, right? Or as Jon Stewart put it on tonight's Daily Show, "non-crisis averted!"
Watch Anderson Cooper Go Off on Kate Gosselin
Matt Cherette · 09/06/11 09:43PMOn yesterday's penultimate episode of Kate Plus 8, America's favorite child exploitation expert took all her kids (plus a babysitter and her bodyguard/boyfriend) on a road trip. Fun! But then the children dared to actually eat the pizza they were given, leaving none for the salad-phobic bodyfriend, and Kate went even more ballistic than she did while camping with Sarah Palin. So crazy, in fact, that Anderson Cooper spent a segment on tonight's AC360 dissecting just how horrible a person Kate Gosselin really is.
Anderson Cooper Thinks Snooki Is a Great News Anchor
Matt Cherette · 09/01/11 01:50AMSnooki made her debut as a news anchor today on some AOL site that hasn't yet been renamed "HuffPost [Subject]." And while we're still deciding if the Jersey Shore star has a knack for reportage, she's definitely got a fan in Anderson Cooper, who spent a few minutes on tonight's AC360 fawning over his "little cutie Couric." Video of the segment is above.
Fox v. Gawker: A Look Back
John Cook · 08/30/11 01:28PMSean Hannity on Obama: 'I Don't Think He's That Smart'
Matt Cherette · 08/30/11 02:02AMContempt for NYT Public Editor Reaches New Heights
Hamilton Nolan · 08/29/11 03:18PMMSNBC Contributor: Hurricane Irene Is a 'Total Bitch'
Adrian Chen · 08/26/11 04:58PMCable news should never try to do comedy, even if a state of emergency has been declared. Here's MSNBC contributor Touré comparing Hurricane Irene to a bad date on Dylan Ratigan this afternoon. She's a "total bitch"—get it?
There's a Reason Fox News Keeps Attacking Gawker
John Cook · 08/26/11 12:59PMHey look! The good folks on Fox and Friends did a segment on Gawker this morning, for no apparent reason at all, claiming (falsely!) that our traffic is down 75%.
They'll Lose It Live: 16 of the Best On-Air Laughing Fits
Matt Cherette · 08/24/11 12:21AMJim Cramer Chooses Mindless Panic Over Mindless Boosterism
John Cook · 08/18/11 12:06PMWatch Anderson Cooper Lose It on Live TV
Matt Cherette · 08/18/11 12:18AMBefore signing off each night, Anderson Cooper concludes AC360 with a segment called the "Ridiculist," during which he comments on some trivial bit of news or pop culture. It's a chance for Cooper to show off his less serious side, but he took things to a whole new level tonight when his own joke about French actor/plane urinator Gérard Depardieu caused him to giggle uncontrollably for a minute or so on live TV. Video of Andy's laughing fit is above.
Christine O'Donnell Walks Out of Piers Morgan Tonight Interview
Matt Cherette · 08/17/11 08:12PMOnetime Senate candidate and current memoir-hawker Christine O'Donnell taped an interview with Piers Morgan this afternoon. It didn't go as expected, though. After being asked about gay marriage by a "rude" Morgan (who shot back by describing her as "weird"), O'Donnell stormed off the CNN set mid-interview. And yet as you'll see above, Morgan and O'Donnell's tiff probably made for much better entertainment than anything she said in her book.
Bill O'Reilly Blames Liberals for England's Riots
Matt Cherette · 08/10/11 11:15PMWhat does the rioting in England have to do America's economic problems? Not much, but that certainly didn't stop Bill O'Reilly from making a connection between the two on the Factor tonight by suggesting both were products of "the liberal mindset." Then some random blonde lady with a bad spray-on tan started shouting and things went even further downhill. A clip of the segment is above.
Watch Al Sharpton Get Tangled by a Teleprompter
Matt Cherette · 08/10/11 03:58AMNewly minted MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton took to the airwaves on Tuesday evening to say that the outcome of Wisconsin's recall elections would indicate whether Americans on the whole are ready to "push back" against the evils of government. And then he spouted off a bunch jumbled words that made no sense, and yet at the same time it may have been the most entertaining thing he's ever said on live television. Video of Sharpton's flub is above.