While lobbyists and PR flacks have long tried to spin the press, the launch of Fox News and MSNBC in 1996 and the Clinton impeachment saga that followed helped create the caldron of twenty-four-hour political analysis that so many influence peddlers call home.
Since then, guests with serious conflicts of interest have popped up with alarming regularity on every network. Just examine their presence in coverage of the economic crash and the healthcare reform debate, two recent issues that have engendered massive cable coverage.
Jimmy Kimmel is making sure Stephen Colbert has the spotlight as CBS' "The Late Show" wraps.The...
The United States is moving to indict Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, two sources familiar...
