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Cleveland resident Charles Ramsey, who helped free the three kidnapped girls earlier this week, spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on “AC360″ last night. As with his first interview with a local TV station, it was a memorable appearance. “[Castro was] cool, he was no freak of nature,” Ramsey said. “He was like me and you, […]

In the midst of Rush Limbaugh‘s reported battle with Cumulus Media, which buys his radio show’, new details are emerging today about just how badly the conservative talker’s advertising woes have become. And now, it seems to be extending beyond just Limbaugh. We reported yesterday, based on our own sources in the radio advertising world, […]

In a ruling that is being compared to the case that led to free agency in baseball, a federal judge in California upheld an arbitration panel’s decision to release talk-radio host Michael Savage from a contract with his former syndicator, Talk Radio Network. Savage’s lawyer, Dan Horowitz, called it a landmark case for talk radio. […]

Yesterday, The Daily Mail ran an article reporting that Saudi government had delivered a written warning to the Department of Homeland Security about accused Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and had even been so concerned about his radical views that it had denied him a Visa to enter Saudi Arabia. Later in the day, the […]

MSNBC has signed Chris Matthews to a new, long-term contract with the channel, TVNewser has learned. As part of the new deal, however, he will be ending “The Chris Matthews Show,” a syndicated public affairs show produced out of the NBC News DC bureau. The final edition of the program will air July 21. The […]

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos has snagged the first television interview with Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player. Collins, a free agent who played for the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards this season, penned this week’s Sports Illustrated cover story, writing: “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” Stephanopoulos’ interview, […]

Joe Scarborough is a gun control advocate who considers himself the sane type of conservative — a point he makes clear on a nearly daily basis. Last night, Fox News host Sean Hannity, alongside guest Brent Bozell, spent a segment criticizing Scarborough for both his gun stance and self-professed conservatism. This morning, Scarborough acknowledged the […]