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Lawrence O’Donnell Targets Asian Actress In Hoekstra Ad In Call For ‘Dirty Politics’ Boycott

Like many people, Lawrence O'Donnell expressed his disgust today at a Republican ad by candidate Pete Hoekstra depicting a Chinese woman thanking his congressional opponent for making China strong. O'Donnell did not bother too much with attacking Hoekstra or the Republicans, however, and instead went after the young actress in the ad, calling for...

Ann Coulter: ‘Conservatives Should Be Celebrating’ Romney, ‘Most Conservative [Candidate] Left’

Ann Coulter has spent much of the recent turn of the Republican campaign out and about campaigning for Mitt Romney, and today she took her mission to Hannity, where she even had a story about confronting Romney himself and warning him to be "as right wing as I tell everyone you will be."

In an ‘NCIS’ Milestone, Mark Harmon’s Agent Gibbs Looks Back

“NCIS” celebrates its success as No. 1 and its unusual longevity with a special episode on Tuesday night.

Bernie Goldberg Fumes To Bill O’Reilly Over ‘Bigotry On The Right’: ‘I’m Sick Of This’

After a heated segment on the calls by conservative groups to have Ellen Degeneres removed from a JC Penney ad campaign, Bill O'Reilly invited regular Bernie Goldberg on to talk about the fight between Planned Parenthood and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, to showcase "the other side of intolerance." But Goldberg had a...

Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service

The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.

Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service

The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.

Bad Math From the WSJ Opinion Pages

By Ryan Chittum Brad DeLong catches The Wall Street Journal editorial page in some hilariously bad math. Here's Stephen Moore: Federal workers on balance still receive much better benefits and pay packages than comparable private sector worker...

Corner Office | Amy Astley: Amy Astley of Teen Vogue, on Valuing a Work Ethic

Amy Astley of Teen Vogue says that in hiring, she wants to get a sense of applicants’ work ethic — and whether they can think in an entrepreneurial way.

Dana Perino Is Outraged That M.I.A., ‘Not Even An American,’ Performed At The Super Bowl

It is the biggest secular holiday of the year, so naturally much of today's The Five revolved around last night's Super Bowl events. The crew particularly stopped on the first case of indecent conduct during the Halftime Show since Janet Jackson exposed her breast to America: British/Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. giving the finger to the...

Disney, Univision in Talks to Launch News Channel

Walt Disney and Univision are in talks to create a new 24-hour cable-news channel that will broadcast in English.

Chris Matthews Beams: President Obama’s Smile ‘Worth Five to Ten Points’ On Election Day

On Monday's Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews gave President Obama' an early Valentine, fawningly gushing over the political power of his toothy grin. "I think that smile of his is worth five to ten points in the general!" Matthews exclaimed. He added the caveat , "Hs campaign strategists might feel differently."

Mark Fletcher-Brown: Leveson: We Are The Problem

The Leveson Enquiry has been highly informative, beautifully probing and calmly clarifying. The result may cause the media to change their ways. But it will take a lot more than Leveson to stem the demand. Only we can do that.