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Posts Tagged ‘roger ailes’

BIG FOLLOW-UPS

BREAKING: SHUTUP MIKE ALLEN

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

NO FOR REAL GUYS

Politico: Our Friend The Fat Toxic Slug Could Super Seriously Be President!

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Mike Allen with the scoop! Some mutual friends of his and fat obnoxious Republican operative space demon Roger Ailes suggest, anonymously, that Roger Ailes might run for president. Not even idle speculation — it could really happen, says THE POLITICO CLICK, an offshoot of the mothership that focuses on such things as donkey sex and donkey fingering. MORE »


MEDIA

Fox Loves Rudy!

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Photo: AP. Ring: Jacob the Jeweler - WonketteRoger Ailes, Fox News head, is BFF with Rudy Giuliani, adulterous abortion-funding GOP front-runner. Roger was Rudy’s first media consultant, Rudy officiated Roger’s wedding. Now, for come crazy reason, Rudy spends more time on Fox News than any of the other 600 candidates running for the Republican nomination! How could that be? MORE »


IRAQ

Rumors On The Internets: Fox News and a Bunch of Other Liars

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
  • Ratings dip at Fox News Channel completely unrelated to Americans’ growing distrust of administration. [TVNewser]

  • Roger Ailes knows more war equals higher ratings, orders anchors to “Sell! Sell! Sell!” [Think Progress]
  • Why is Joe “committed Democrat” Lieberman trying to ruin the party’s chance to take back the House? For spite, that’s why. [The Carpetbagger Report]
  • The Office of National Drug Control Policy might as well roll-up their funding and smoke it. [DARE Generation Diary]
  • Ted Steven’s spokesmen issues flimsy denial/lie about the pork hold, as the Senator doesn’t deign to answer bloggers directly, or know what a blog is, actually. [Instapundit]
  • Handy new “lie-line” covers history of Iraq War from first bullshit uttered in August 1990 to falsities spread in March 2003. [Mother Jones]
  • Paul Begala not happy with the direction of the country, fine with herpes. [Washington Fix]

HILLARY CLINTON

Gossip Roundup: Moderation In All Things

Monday, June 19th, 2006
  • Names & Faces: Al Gore on An Inconvenient Truth: “The production schedule was so grueling, I told the producers they should have called it ‘Kill Al Volume 1.’” [Life via WP]

  • Heard on the Hill: Rep. Katherine Harris’s latest shoeless incident also involved a car wreck… A television ad for Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) misspelled Pryce’s name. [Roll Call]
  • Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Sen. Ted Kennedy says that Al Gore is keeping his options open with respect to a presidential bid, describes Sen. Hillary Clinton as “an extremely significant contender,” and expresses pride in his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI). [NYDN]
  • Liz Smith: Did Roger Ailes have advance notice of the attack on Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi? [NYP]
  • Washington Whispers: Journalist Robert Draper is working on a biography of George W. Bush, due out next year… Dave Matthews likes to read the Nation, which “seems kind of moderate” to him. [USNWR]

MEDIA

Chatology Special Report: ‘Fox News Sunday’ At 10

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

fox2.jpgLast night Fox celebrated the birth, ten years ago, of “Fox News Sunday,” with a star-choked alcohol-soaked party at Cafe Milano. And Wonkette Emerita Ana Marie Cox was there. Her exclusive party report, replete with celebrity encounters, the booze-aided dispensation of social niceties, and a subtly threatening Karl Rove (who “knows” us, if you know what he means), all provided free of charge, after the jump.

(Picture by Patrick Gavin/FishbowlDC)

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PERSONALITIES

Gossip Roundup: The Meeting of Scandals Old and New

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Page Six: Jack Abramoff and Monica Lewinsky both attended the Hawthorne School in L.A. and Beverly Hills High School. [NYP]
Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Cheney annoys his weekend neighbors in St. Michaels with invasive security measures. [NYDN]
Liz Smith: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises Roger Ailes and Fox News environmental documentary. [NYP] MORE »


PERSONALITIES

Gossip Roundup: Brian Lamb Marries

Monday, September 26th, 2005

Washington Whispers: Trent Lott found his refrigerator three blocks from his house and inside were two sentimental bottles of champagne. . . D.C. television viewers are sick of Barack Obama. . . George H.W. Bush’s presidential library plans to add mock press briefing room. . . Robert Bork jokes, “How do you pronounce Souter in Spanish? Gonzales.”. . . News-addicted actor Joe Pantoliano likes “the girls” on MSNBC, especially Natalie Morales. . . [USN&WR]
Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Brian Lamb marries someone named Victoria. Spokeswoman: “They were married in a small, private ceremony in the Washington area and Brian was in the office all week”. . . Hillary supporters hope “Inside the Bubble,” a new documentary about the Kerry-Edwards campaign, will end his chances in ‘08. Kerry flack David Wade: “The 20 poor souls subjected to this movie will be reaching for caffeine and begging for old Lamar Alexander tapes on C-SPAN2. Michael Moore has nothing to fear. I think the working title was ‘The Snore Room.’” [NYDN]

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