Obama=Nixon?, Beyonce Backlash, Scarborough Blows Up

May 15, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Pentagon Papers Lawyer: Obama's Worse Than Nixon On Tuesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney batted away the notion that the Obama administration is behaving like Richard Nixon's. "People who make those kinds of comparisons need to check their history," Carney said. Try as he might, though, Carney has not been able to tamp down the idea that there is something "Nixonian" about the Justice Department's secret probe of the Associated Press.  Continue reading... Beyonce Sparks A Major Backlash WATCH: Joe Scarborough Blows Up At David Axelrod REALLY, RUSH? CNN Host: I Have Cancer Jay Carney Reacts To DOJ AP Scandal Famed Watergate Reporter Savages Obama On AP Probe Jay Carney Reacts To DOJ AP Scandal Pentagon Papers Lawyer: Obama's Worse Than Nixon Pentagon Papers Lawyer: Obama's Worse Than Nixon Soledad O'Brien Calls Out 'White People' ELLIOTT NEGIN Unreliable Sources 2: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation Part 2: To understand just how the fossil fuel industry has been laundering climate disinformation, there are few better places to start than with the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute. Continue reading... ARZU KAYA-URANLI Are We Losing Our Integrity in Social Media? Baseless information, rushed comments, unethical statements, insults and cursing have become common on the Internet. In this unfortunate situation we are losing our common sense and neglecting our wisdom. It will be worse if it continues as it is. Continue reading... RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW Holder Says Leak Required "Very Aggressive Action"... Bank Crimes, Not So Much Apparently leaks which keep the public informed require "very aggressive action" -- but crimes which shatter the economy, leaving millions without homes and millions more without jobs aren't worth lifting a finger to investigate. Continue reading... MATTHEW DOWD Note to Democrats and Republicans: This Is Not a Game When certain media outlets become the megaphone for each opposing team, the biggest casualty is the search for the truth. The "truth" isn't seen as a goal, but rather as a tool to be used to bludgeon the opposing team. Continue reading... BRUCE WEINSTEIN Christine Quinn's Brave Choice If only a small fraction of the people afflicted with bulimia or alcoholism are moved by Quinn's revelation and seek treatment, her decision to make her private struggles public will have greatly served the public interest. 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