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Bill Maher Doesn't Know Why We're So Scared of Castro

Matt Toder · 04/13/12 10:30PM

Earlier this week, Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended five games by the club for his comments about the longevity of Fidel Castro. On tonight's Real Time, Bill Maher wondered why Guillen was suspended and pontificated that maybe Fidel Castro isn't so bad, at least not when compared to some of the world's other unsavory heads of state.

Silicon Valley's Secret, Vicious Lust for Hollywood Fame

Ryan Tate · 04/13/12 09:46AM

Motivations are supposed to be pure in Silicon Valley. Facebook, for example, was developed to make the world a better place; its billions of dollars in revenue are just a happy accident. And when a Facebook scion eagerly promoted her titillating new reality show, she was roundly condemned as a terrible sellout—by people who were themselves dying to sell out.

Jon Stewart Previews the Media Storm That Will Be George Zimmerman's Trial

Matt Toder · 04/12/12 10:39PM

Now that George Zimmerman has been charged with the murder of Trayvon Martin, Jon Stewart has begun preparing himself for the full on media insanity that is about to come our way. Consider tonight's Daily Show a warning worth heeding, because things are about to get even crazier.

Now We All Agree the Afghan War Was Not Worth Fighting

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/12 11:02AM

For the first time since we invaded Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11, a majority of Republicans say that the war was not worth fighting. Even the superpatriots, the military do-or-die-ers, the America Firsters, the my-country-right-or-wrong crowd, have come to the conclusion that this war should never have happened. They're right.

Newspaper Fires Reporter for Showing Mild Sense of Enthusiasm

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/12 09:12AM

Khristopher J. Brooks is a young reporter who was excited to be hired by the Delaware News-Journal last week. In a playful little gesture, he wrote up a fake "press release" on his own personal Tumblr announcing, "On Wednesday April 4, 2012, the News Journal Media Group acquired veteran education reporter Khristopher J. Brooks." He included some quotes about his career and background on the paper itself. For this, he was immediately fired, because NEWSPAPER WORK MUST NEVER BE FUN.

Stephen Colbert Wants to Help U.S. Soldiers Returning from War

Matt Toder · 04/11/12 11:09PM

On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert spent some time working on a solution for the often difficult transition back to civilian life that many soldier face. Turns out, we all have a part in the solution just so long as it doesn't involve Colbert doing anything himself.

The Daily Show Kicks Off Their General Election Coverage

Matt Toder · 04/11/12 10:28PM

Now that Rick Santorum has dropped out and Newt Gingrich can't afford to be on the ballot in certain states, it seems that the Romney vs. Obama general election match up is all set. To kick off their coverage, the Daily Show placed correspondents at Romney and Obama headquarters to survey where each candidate stands at the start of the main event. Turns out, they're in basically the same place.

Is Already Being Pregnant the Secret to Landing a Man?

Caity Weaver · 04/11/12 06:38PM

A couple years ago, when CNN Entertainment correspondent Shanon Cook was nine months pregnant, a man was polite to her in a grocery store. The obvious conclusion from this story is that this dude wanted to GET. IT. IN.