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ATHENS, Ohio — A number of media outlets attacked Fox News Channel Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes on Tuesday, ignoring the context of Ailes’ statement that  The New York Times is “a bunch of lying scum.” (more)

If there is one person you don’t want to mess with in Hollywood, it’s Samuel L. Jackson. (more)

It looks like Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be breaking bread with the New York Times anytime soon. (more)

Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon “rejects” the notion that homosexuality is not a choice. (more)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich might be riding a wave of new momentum going into the South Carolina primary, but New York Times columnist David Brooks says that wave won’t go much further. (more)

Now that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the odds-on favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination, the liberal media is trying to paint him as a right-wing extremist. Last week, The New York Times editorial page used the occasion of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s endorsement of Governor Romney to charge that he has “lurched toward the extremist right.” (more)

An email from the New York Times that was supposed to go to about 300 subscribers was instead accidentally blasted to 8.6 million people, the newspaper reported. (more)

1.) Eric Holder hopes Santa doesn’t check his list twice this year — You’ll never guess who’s to blame for Eric Holder’s problems. Or maybe you know already, assuming you own a mirror. That’s right, it’s your fault! TheDC’s Matthew Boyle reports: (more)

The worst thing about propaganda of any flavor is that it works, even — and especially — on the intelligent. Populism is the artery in which many bad ideas gain speed. Public intellectuals seeking public approval often take bad ideas, add a twist and make them their own. If approval is rendered, the intellectual then risks becoming intractably invested in the bad idea and a de facto propagandist himself. Such is the case with Charles M. Blow. (more)

In his Wednesday New York Times column, Thomas Friedman unleashed a scathing attack against former House Speaker and GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich for his statement that the Palestinians are an “invented” people. That upset New Jersey Democratic Rep. Steve Rothman, who issued a statement on Wednesday demanding Friedman’s apology. (more)

Unless the bastards come after me again, this is my last column on a national disgrace. (more)

New York Times columnist David Brooks often receives the scorn of many conservatives for taking positions contrary to ideology in the name of moderation and smart politics. But what did Brooks think of Herman Cain’s Web ad featuring his campaign manager smoking a cigarette at the end of it? (more)

I’ve long thought there was something amiss about how news outlets seem almost hyper-focused on reporting any potential conflicts of interest. Not that there’s anything wrong with identifying those conflicts, but I think their importance is often over-played to the detriment of getting to the crux of issues. (more)