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...right of…Bob Casey to speak because of his pro-life position.” As the watchdog group Media Matters points out, Hardball’s Chris Matthews has repeated that same story at least five times since 2000. CNN’s Bob Novak and NBC??s Howard Fineman—both, along with Matthews, pillars of Washington’s permanent establishment—also told the tale...
Last Sunday night, NBC??s hit reality show “The Contender” aired the boxer Najai “Nitro” Turpin’s final fight. Turpin, a contestant on the show competing for the one million dollar prize, killed himself on February 14. Friends, family, and the producers of the show were shocked by Turpin’s suicide, unable to understand why he did it. The death of Turpin is a tragedy, but what is equally as sad is the reaction by some to Turpin’s passing...
...book Harvard Rules, a self-proclaimed exposé of Summers, can be seen prominently displayed on the shelves of the Coop and Harvard Bookstore. At last week’s faculty meeting, reporters and cameramen from many major news organizations—from the Associated Press to NBC??descended upon Lowell Lecture Hall to get a piece of the supposed revolt taking place inside. The Boston Globe, meanwhile, has been running several articles a week on the topic; since breaking the story back in late January, Globe reporter Marcella Bombardieri seems to have interviewed every member...
...accused the professor of displaying “racial insensitivity” in the class. One African-American student, Wendi Grantham ’89 (who in her subsequent career as an actress appeared on HBO’s “The Wire” and NBC??s “Homicide: Life on the Streets”), told Wiener that she objected to Thernstrom’s syllabus, which included slaveowner’s journals but not slave narratives. Another African-American student, Paula Ford ’88, told Wiener that Thernstrom...
Konrad will appear on Monday on NBC??s late-night “Last Call with Carson Daly”—a move that Konrad said amused his young daughter...