As Ron Paul currently fends off the recurring problem of his eponymous racially-charged early-90s newsletters, pro-Paul superPAC RevolutionPAC has released an ad that pushes back against the notion that their candidate is a racist. The ad, entitled “The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul,” tells the tale of an interracial couple who were refused medical care in the early 70s, until Dr. Paul stepped in. It’s a compelling spot, but the Ron Paul of that anecdote isn’t mutually exclusive with the newsletter guy.

HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell believes the millions of viewers who watched the network’s intensive coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial “paid more attention than some of the jurors” to the voluminous evidence in the case. “A lot of our viewers knew the details of the case to an extraordinary degree. And you don’t get the sense the jurors really did,” she said in an interview Wednesday morning with Mediaite, noting that the jury returned not guilty verdicts on all felony counts so quickly prosecutors were convinced they’d gotten a conviction.

Steve Brill, founder of CourtTV and American Lawyer magazine, found it rather humorous that the Daily Beast would feature Marcia Clark — the head prosecutor in the infamous case against O.J. Simpson — as an expert analyst of the Casey Anthony trial.

Arthur Hochstein was the art director of Time magazine for 15 years, through the end of 2009. During his time there he designed over 1000 covers, including some of the most memorable magazine images of recent years. His iconic cover designs include everything from OJ Simpson, 9/11, the War in Iraq, George Bush, and Barack Obama. And although the covers of Time included some of the best illustrators and photographers in the world, many of the covers were photo-illustrated by Hochstein himself, who created numerous humorous and pointed images.

On the occasion of Mediaite’s year anniversary earlier this week, some of our staff members and contributors look back on what kind of crazy, weirdo year it was. There are two versions of the story about the last months of the life and times of Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. There’s the sports story, of course, but [...]

Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before.
In honor of the premiere of Season 35, we’ve pulled together 35 of SNL‘s choicest news anchor spoofs and Weekend Updates, from Baba Wawa to Fred Armisen‘s Joy Behar to the infamous Couric/Palin interview.