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	Totally Fair and Balanced and Not at All Biased Fox News Chyron Reads 'Hillary in Hiding' by J.D. Durkin "Hillary in hiding while Trump's out on trail," it reads. Read More »

	Chuck Todd: GOP Could 'Publicly Split' If Trump Has Another Bad Debate by Alex Griswold MSNBC and NBC host Chuck Todd argued Friday morning that unless Donald Trump performs better in Sunday's upcoming presidential debate, the Republican Party itself could publicly fracture. Read More »

	CEO of Backpage.com Was Just Arrested for Sex Trafficking by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Jimmy Kimmel Debuts Promo For His New Game Show, 'Are You Smarter Than Gary Johnson?' by J.D. Durkin "I do want to defend Gary Johnson for a second," the late night host said Thursday. Read More »

	Emails Suggest CBS's 'Face The Nation' Agreed to WH Demands Not to Ask Kerry About Clinton Emails by Alex Griswold Emails obtained by the RNC and provided first to The Wall Street Journal show that the White House reached out to CBS's Face the Nation to ask that the topic of Hillary Clinton's emails be made off-limits during an interview of Secretary of State John Kerry, and that the White House believed CBS had agreed. Read More »

	New York Post Fires Back at 'Rattled' Mayor Bill de Blasio: 'Aww, Did We Hurt Your Feelings?' by J.D. Durkin You hit the Post, and it tends to hit right back. Read More »

	Hacked Email Shows MSNBC Staffer Sucking Up to 'Amazing, Intelligent' Hillary Clinton by Alex Griswold The hacked email of a Hillary Clinton ally obtained by The Daily Caller shows that in April 2015, a producer at MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes sent the Clinton campaign a gushing, sycophantic email. Read More »

	'Go Fck Yourself!': The Daily Show Shreds Fox's Jesse Watters Over Chinatown Segment by Josh Feldman* The Daily Show tonight did a whole segment going after Fox News' Jesse Watters for his stereotype-indulging comedy bit in Chinatown this week. Read More »

	People on Twitter Aren't Quite Convinced by Hannity-Kelly Friend Photo by Josh Feldman If one were a cynic, one might have some questions about that photo of Sean Hannity and Megyn Kelly having a kumbaya moment after their public spat yesterday. And Twitter, in case you're unaware, is full of cynics. Read More »

	Hannity Denies He and Megyn Kelly Were Told to Make Up: We Worked Out ‘Minor Disagreement’ by Josh Feldman Sean Hannity tonight responded to someone who said his kumbaya moment with Megyn Kelly was staged by corporate. Read More »

	‘And the Oscar Goes to…!’: Megyn Kelly Mocks Clinton for Staged Campaign Moments by Josh Feldman Megyn Kelly, who was accused by one of her colleagues of supporting Hillary Clinton last night, did a whole segment tonight mocking and tearing into Hillary Clinton for her staged campaign events and inaccessibility to the mainstream press. Read More »

	'It's Complicated': Megyn Kelly, Hannity Take Photo Together After Public Feud by Josh Feldman So after their very public spat yesterday, Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity appear to have smoothed things over. Read More »

	O’Reilly Avoids Comment on Public Spat Between Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity by Josh Feldman Before the big D.C. premiere of Killing Reagan tonight, Bill O'Reilly was asked about the public spat between his fellow Fox News primetime hosts. Read More »

	Trump Calls CNN Anchor 'The Enemy,' Says the Media's Out to Paint Him as 'A Child' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump went after the media yet again in a friendly town hall forum in New Hampshire tonight, singling out CNBC's John Harwood and CNN's John King in particular. Read More »

	Trump: 'I Didn't Like Getting Into the Gutter' at Debate by Josh Feldman Donald Trump is doing a town hall in New Hampshire tonight (possibly to practice for the town hall debate on Sunday) and he declared right off the bat that he definitely "held back" from getting tougher on Hillary Clinton the first time around. Read More »

	Hannity: 'I Don't Think Trump Has to Win the Debates' by Josh Feldman Sean Hannity said on his radio show today that Donald Trump doesn't necessarily need to win any of the debates to win the presidency. Read More »

	Watch Live Coverage of Hurricane Matthew Hitting Florida by Mediaite TV Hurricane Matthew is approaching the south-eastern coast of the United States, and Florida and Georgia are both launching efforts to bunker down before it hits. Read More »

	A Canadian Olympian Tested Positive For Cocaine Because He Kissed a Woman Who Used it by Joe DePaolo Read More »

	Ben & Jerry's Just Released a Lengthy Statement on 'Why Black Lives Matter' by Josh Feldman Ben & Jerry's is known for getting involved in prominent activist causes, and now it's put out a statement showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Read More »

	Burke Ramsey Files $150 Million Lawsuit Against Famed Pathologist Who Said He Killed His Sister JonBenet by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Florida Democrats Warn People Not to Listen to Vanilla Ice on Hurricane Matthew by Josh Feldman For God's sake, people, don't get your hurricane advice from Vanilla Ice. Read More »

	Shep Smith on Hurricane Matthew Evacuations: Stay and 'You and Everyone You Know are Dead' by Lindsey Ellefson "So if you're supposed to get out, go ahead and get out, 'cause if too many of you perish, they'll send me down there and I need to go to this wedding, okay? Thanks." Read More »

	To Stop The Bleeding, Donald Trump Must Shock America by Jordan Chariton The damage Donald Trump has inflicted on himself following the first presidential debate is clear, as Hillary Clinton retakes... Read More »

	NY Times Editor Explains How Trump Gave Journalism the Wake-Up Call It Needed by Sam Reisman New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet explained how Donald Trump may have given journalism the jolt to its system it badly needed. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Holds Town Hall Event in Sandown, NH by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will participate in a town hall event today in Sandown, NH. Read More »

	Tapper: Why Did WH Invite 9/11 Truther Macklemore After Waging 'War' on Birthers? by Josh Feldman Sometimes celebrities can help shine a spotlight on serious issues. Perhaps that's why the White House has brought in Macklemore to help talk about opioids. But there's just one teensy tiny problem. Read More »

	Heat Street Polls Readers on If Obama Engineered Hurricane Matthew to Mess With Trump by Lindsey Ellefson Look at this poll they did about Hurricane Matthew and whether the leader of the free world called up and ordered the storm like so much pad thai. Read More »

	Watch This Guy Who’s Afraid of Spicy Food Eat The World’s Spiciest Pepper by Dana Eisenberg We're not sure why people continue to torture themselves with this pepper. Read More »

	Undercovered: A Lifeline for Sexual Health by Sam Reisman Undercovered is our daily feature bringing attention to women’s issues worldwide, which we feel deserve a larger audience. Read More »

	Drudge Suggests Gov’t’s Exaggerating Hurricane Matthew Intensity to Make a Point on Climate Change by Josh Feldman Matt Drudge decided to stir up some conspiracies about Hurricane Matthew today. Read More »

	Liz Mair Puts Trump Advisor in His Place: ‘Can You Avoid Interrupting For Like, Half a Second?’ by Lindsey Ellefson "Boris, Boris, Boris... Can you avoid interrupting people for like, half a second? Because every time I see you on TV, this is all you do." Read More »

	Florida-LSU College Football Showdown Postponed Due to Hurricane Matthew by Joe DePaolo Hurricane Matthew has forced the postponement, and possible cancellation, of Saturday's SEC football showdown between Florida and LSU. Read More »

	Jimmy John's Tweets Asking a Customer if he’s ‘Eaten Ass,’ Twitter Erupts by Dana Eisenberg This is the best customer service exchange you'll see all week. Read More »

	Talladega (Election) Nights: NASCAR Racer Will Drive Trump-Pence Truck at Famed Track by Joe DePaolo Already, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France and a number of drivers have come out in support of Donald Trump. Now, one driver plans to take his support out on to the racetrack. Read More »

	How to Watch 49ers-Cardinals NFL Thursday Night Football Live Stream Online by Mediaite TV Here's how to watch the 49ers vs. Cardinals NFL Thursday Night Football showdown live stream online Read More »

	Weather Channel Gives Dire Hurricane Matthew Warning: If You Stay, 'Do Not Assume You Can Survive' by Josh Feldman The Weather Channel's Bryan Norcross gave a pretty dire warning on Hurricane Matthew today, calling this "like no storm in the record books." Read More »

	Famous Pastor: Same-Sex Marriage Decision Made it ‘Illegal’ for Christians to Serve in Military by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Fox News Co-Presidents to Address Staff to Commemorate Network’s 20th Anniversary by Josh Feldman Tomorrow is Fox News Channel's 20th anniversary, and the network sent out a note to staffers, obtained by Mediaite, celebrating the big day. Read More »

	Why Would Megyn Kelly -- Who Always Stays Above-the-Fray -- Now Start Taking Shots? by J.D. Durkin The move by Hannity comes after not one but two recent swipes by Megyn Kelly aimed at her network peer regarding his cozy relationship with Republican nominee Donald Trump. Read More »

	De Blasio Gets Testy with NY Post Reporter: 'I've Got No Use for a Right-Wing Rag...' by Josh Feldman New York Mayor Bill de Blasio snapped today when a reporter from The New York Post was attempting to ask him questions during a presser. Read More »