Kurtz Fired, More Glenn Beck Coming, Magazine's Controversial Boston Cover

May 2, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast Part Ways The Daily Beast fired Howard Kurtz. Newsweek/Daily Beast chief Tina Brown tweeted on Thursday that the company had parted ways with Kurtz, the news organization's Washington bureau chief and writer of the media blog, Spin Cycle.  Continue reading... Howard Kurtz's Connection To Little-Known Website Raises Questions PHOTO: Magazine's Controversial Boston Marathon Bombers Cover GET READY, PEOPLE Jason Collins Accused Of Not Disclosing Thing He Actually Totally Disclosed WATCH: Seriously, 'Fox And Friends'?! WATCH: Ann Coulter's Outrageous Comments Daily Beast Retracts Erroneous Jason Collins Story Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast Part Ways Daily Beast Retracts Erroneous Jason Collins Story Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast Part Ways Jason Collins Accused Of Not Disclosing Thing He Actually Totally Disclosed BOB CESCA Fox News Craps Its Cage: Eric Holder Is Clearly With the Terrorists Fox News Channel amplified its crusade against the president this week, implying that the same administration that killed Bin Laden and much of al Qaeda's leadership is apparently composed of terrorist sympathizers. Continue reading... ROBERT KOEHLER A Floor of Decency The system is broken. It's eating us alive. We do not value human life -- or, for that matter, life itself -- at the core of our social structure. But even the immensely powerful among us affect to value it after the fact, as rescuers pull bodies from the rubble and the survivors wail. Continue reading... ERIC ALTERMAN Think Again: A Realistic Approach to Syria Syria, as the cliche goes, is a "problem from Hell." Listening to conservative experts on the Sunday morning talk shows, however, it all appears to be pretty simple. Continue reading... ROBERT J. ELISBERG Cruzing for a Bruising The conservative National Review magazine has an amusing article about the far-right reincarnation of Joe McCarthy, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), considering a run for the presidency. It's not intended to be amusing, I don't think, but it is. Continue reading... CHEZ PAZIENZA If It's Paranoid Alarmism, It's Gotta Be Ron Paul Ron Paul is aiming his ire at the men and women who most of us felt were doing their absolute best to protect us as a couple of killers were on the loose in Boston. The government is never, under any circumstances, to be trusted, no matter how many local citizens it may be made up of. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003