Well ask the espn writer who documented sterlings racism eight years ago where have the media been until now . New benghazi emails, an explosive story for fox news but ignored by much of the Mainstream Media. Thats a scandal, a scandal. That is proof the American Press is dishonest. Period. Theyre covering up a coverup. But is that true . And what of jay carneys efforts to dismiss the story as partisanship by fox. Do you female journalists need sex appeal to succeed in the news . Fox news gets a bad wrap . I do want to say there are a lot of legs and some lip gloss. We like that. It was four against one, that would be me, at the newest fox show outnumbered. Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. From the moment that tmz posted th posted that audio tape of Donald Sterling telling his gal pal not to be seen in public with blacks, the always combustible subject of race proved to be an explosive mixture. L. A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling Donald Sterling going on a racist tirade. Donald
Television subscribers. It would make the media conglomerate the second largest. And worrying some in a rapidly changing tv world. Reporter nearly 50 billion. Thats the hefty price tag at t agreed to pay for directv. Americas largest satellite tv provider, this deal, just the latest in a wave of media consolidati consolidation. Comcast revealed plans to buy time warn werer cable for 35 million in february. And soft bank has expressed an interest in sealing a deal with tmobile. The new video and internet powerhouses could take more control over your screens. All of them. With that consolidation and reduction in competition, we see fewer things happening and prices mostly going up for consumers and subscribers. Reporter potentially good for consumers, at t and directv said the acquisition could mean new bundles that would bring tv and internet options across all of your screens even those in cars and airports. The fate of the new alliance rest its in the hands of the fcc. Federal Communi
July. The picture of what appears to be a gentle giant being taken down and killed by Police Officers has widened the spectrum of outrage. People from all walks of life are insisting that this matter not go away. That we dont simply move on. In other big news tonight, the bridgegate scandal lands in the hands of federal investigators after a state probe fails to tie governor Chris Christie to the order to close down traffic lanes on the George Washington bridge. Also, an explosion of jobs and wage hikes may help relieve the economic squeeze in this country. And new screwedup facts appear in the university of virginia rape story in Rolling Stone magazine. Guess what, this is something we can feel good about. The United States is back on the space journey. Next stop, mars. Lets get right now to the story with the emerging leftright consensus on the tragic eric garner death. Im joined by the roundtable, jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the washington po post, mercedes sh lup and davi
Second. None of these stories on red eye. Lets welcome our guests. She is as delicate as a snowflake, but more cold and filled with hate. I am here with joanne nosuchunsky. Keep waiving. And he is filled with laughs because he wont share them with anyone. It is the sad and unbearable, tvs andy levey. And he is funnier than the smell emanating from her geraldos locker. Tom kadher. And john tierney. Yay. A block. The lede. Thats the first story. Were they more tasteless than the terrorists . People were taking selfies in sydney and posting pictures. Some are making sure to get news cameras in the background to make the pictures more real. The internet, of course, as always, was horrified at their lack of sensitivity with the usual crap load of wont list because they are stupid. And yet in another outrage, uber was played was blasted when it started charging four times the normal rate during the standoff. After outcry online, the taxi service was of onerring free rides to, quote, help syd
Not working. Its clearly not working. Just look at the kinds of things that we are facing. In my world what i have grown up to have to do is to find the enemy that we are facing. Like i said if you cant defeat an enemy that you dont admit exists. We faced the nazis. We faced the communists. This is another that we are going to have to face and it is staring us in the face right now and that is this expansion of radical islam. They are against our way of life. We have to make sure that we understand that. So if that wasnt confusing enough president obama gave an interview to boss. Com where he described the Terror Threat as he sees it. Take a listen. Do you think the media sometimes overstates the sort of level of alarm people should have about terrorism and this kind of chaos as opposed to a longer term problem of Climate Change . Absolutely. And i dont blame the media for that. Whats the famous saying about local newscasts . If it bleeds it leaks. You show prime stories and fires beca