John Gibson

New Study of Talk Show Host Brains Calls for Compassion Not Scorn

Steve Young | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Steve Young

While the normal brain is the site of reason and intelligence, the talk show host brain, dependent on bias and fanaticism to filter information, cannot distinguish rumor from fact.

Jason Linkins

L.A. Times Predicts: More Negative Ads On Michelle Obama Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


If you don't happen to be a fan of toxic attack ads, especially ones directed at ancillary campaign figures, today's Los Angeles Times holds some depr...

John Gibson Tells Black Caller: "You Just Like [Obama] Because He's Like You And You Want To See One Of You Up There"

Huffington Post via Media Matters | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media


On his Fox News Radio show Friday, John Gibson told a caller — who had not identified himself as an African American — that he only liked ...

John Gibson Mocks Rachel Maddow's Sexuality: "Ooh, Lesbians! Yummy!"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media


On his radio show yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson made fun of Air America host/MSNBC analyst Rachel Maddow, playing a clip that says "Ooh, lesbia...

FLASHBACK! Spitzer on "The Colbert Report" The Night Before D.C. Tryst

Huffington Post | Posted 03.14.2008 | Media


Colbert spoke earlier this week of how he was in the middle of a "Spitzer Sandwich" owing to the fact that he'd hosted the officially-former-on-Monday...

John Gibson Loses Fox News Show, Colbert Makes Fun

Huffington Post | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


John Gibson, host of Fox News "The Big Story" (and perhaps best known of late for mocking actor Heath Ledger shortly after his death) has been strippe...

9 Reasons Why Fox News Is In For A Rough 2008

MediaMatters | Eric Boehlert | Posted 01.29.2008 | Media


My guess is that Fox News guru Roger Ailes has been reaching for the Tums more often than usual early in the New Year, and there are lots of reasons f...

Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death

Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media


UPDATE: John Gibson has "apologized" for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger's death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show ...

New Study of Talk Show Host Brains Calls For Compassion Not Scorn

Steve Young | Posted 12.17.2007 | Media


Steve Young

"You Wouldn't Ridicule Someone With Parkinson's*, Then Why Mock Anyone With A Brain Disease." A new study released by Bio-psychological Medicine (BM)...

Why Does Fox News Hate Our Troops?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Why did O'Reilly refuse to report on the heroic, fallen soldier who gave his life in Iraq and was posthumously awarded the national highest combat award, the Medal of Honor?