Earlier today the news broke that CNN contributor Roland Martin will not be appearing on the network indefinitely for what GLAAD perceived to be a homophobic tweet. Despite his personal ideological bent, the reaction from the conservative media was a swift defense of the longtime CNN pundit. But the conservative reaction to Martin’s suspension is no surprise because the conservative movement has long abandoned the left/right divide for a new war front: that between individuals and the media elite.

Foster Friess, the man who has gained minor fame for writing large checks to fund Rick Santorum‘s SuperPAC, was a guest on Wednesday’s Erin Burnett OutFront, and cleared up some popular misconceptions about his role in Santorum’s SuperPAC, as well as his status as a billionaire.

There are certain words and phrases that we here at Mediaite keep our ears open for when scanning the airwaves. Whenever an anchor starts a comment or segment by saying something like “This may make people mad but…” or “I don’t mean to sound racist but…”, it usually means that what they have to say is going to make for good, blog-worthy television. We can add to that list another great conversational preface in the phrase “Can I just throw a conspiracy theory out here?” That’s the question Eric Bolling asked on today’s The Five and, hoo boy, did he deliver.

CNN took a look at the “Silver Tour” — a initiative spearheaded by a man named Robert Platshorn with the aim of inspiring senior citizens to call for the legalization of medical marijuana.

Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori once made the observation that “the more humanlike his robots became, the more people were attracted to them, but only up to a point. If an android become too realistic and lifelike, suddenly people were repelled and disgusted.” Henceforth, the concept of uncanny valley came into our public consciousness. Perfectly illustrating this concept, CNN presents us with a disturbing news report introducing us to “the robot mule” — not a Tim Burton movie, but in fact, a DARPA invention that can carry heavy equipment for US troops.

Another day, another cable news feud. Today’s beef involves Fox News’ Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Ed Schultz. After watching Hannity’s show Tuesday night (or, more likely, reading Zeke Miller on BuzzFeed), Schultz took to his blog and accused Hannity of uttering, “the most deranged comment about President Obama ever uttered on the ‘Fair and Balanced’ network.”

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard was a guest on MSNBC’s News Nation on Wednesday, and offered up a clever perspective on Rick Santorum‘s caucus sweep: the voters of Minnesota and Colorado might not have been huge fans of Santorum — they just aren’t ready to crown Mitt Romney the nominee yet.

On The View Wednesday, a politically volatile discussion arose over a Texas judge’s decision to uphold an anti-abortion mandate that requires women to see the ultrasound of their fetus before they can terminate their pregnancies. Elisabeth Hasselbeck spoke passionately in favor of the requirement. “To me, it doesn’t make sense why you wouldn’t!” Hasselbeck exclaimed. “Why you would ask for an X-ray for those things or an ultrasound but not in this case? ” “It is such a tremendous decision,” Walters fired back. “I think that in order to even think about having an abortion, to give up a child that is obviously unwanted, that’s why you’re doing it…with so much fear of what you’re doing and guilt…then to have to go and be forced to hear, to see the fetus, to hear the heartbeat, to put more guilt on you, I think is heartbreaking.”

On the heels (but not too closely on the heels) of Monday’s call by GLAAD that CNN analyst Roland Martin be fired for tweets he made during Sunday’s Super Bowl, the network has announced that Martin has been suspended. Martin initially explained the tweets, which GLAAD said encouraged violence against gay people, as tweaking soccer fans, but the network disagrees. In a statement released minutes ago, CNN says “Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive.

As MSNBC’s Mike Taibbi reported today, a third Miramonte Elementary School teacher has been implicated in a wave of alleged sexual abuse at the South Los Angeles school. You’ll recall that — in an unprecedented move — the school board has already planned to replace Miramonte’s entire staff this week following an investigation into the actions of two of its teachers, both accused of sexually abusing students at the school.

On Tuesday night’s The Young Turks, host Cenk Uygur went the eff off on President Obama over what he sees as administration signals of a compromise on the religious employer exemption to the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Mandate. Loudly calling it like he sees it, Uygur said that President Obama “doesn’t have the guts” to fight conservatives on the issue, and that “his natural instinct” to “run for the hills” kicks in whenever he’s challenged a little bit.

While addressing the One Million Mom controversy Wednesday, Ellen DeGeneres took time out to thank a somewhat unlikely defender of her role as spokesperson for JCPenney: Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. On Monday, O’Reilly slammed One Million Moms for their call to remove DeGeneres as spokesperson, deeming their actions not in “the spirit of America.” DeGeneres took exception to O’Reilly’s defense.

On Tuesday night’s Countdown, fiery host Keith Olbermann delivered one of his trademark Special Comment™ segments on the roiling controversy surrounding the Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity’s decision to de-fund, then maybe re-fund, Planned Parenthood‘s screening services. He compared the incident to McCarthy-era “witch hunts,” and said that Komen founder and CEO Nancy Brinker had “dishonored both her sister’s memory, and this essential cause.”

Victoria’s Secret models Adriana Lima and Lindsay Ellingson were guests on Fox & Friends this morning, and, before they sat down on the couch for their interview, they helped Steve Doocy, with the weather report.

House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan appeared on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning to discuss the White House’s decision to cut and ration Medicare spending. “The President and his party leaders’ rhetoric never match up their agenda,” Ryan told host Gretchen Carlson, adding that he thinks things will be just fine for Republicans “once the dust settles” on budget discussions concerning Medicare.

Yesterday (in an episode airing today), talk show host Ellen DeGeneres took a little time to address a media watchdog group called “One Million Moms” that has called for JCPenney to pull DeGeneres as its spokesperson because she is gay.

On Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose showed a preview of his and Lara Logan‘s Person to Person interview with George Clooney. As Clooney gave the two a tour of his house, Rose asked if they were going to see his screening room. This set Clooney off.

Fresh off his Tuesday night wins, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum visited Starting Point‘s Soledad O’Brien to explain his strategy… and issue a couple of corrections.

First Lady Michelle Obama made a guest appearance on Tuesday’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in a pre-taped segment that had her challenging host Jimmy Fallon in a series of challenges at the White House, including dodgeball, push-ups, hula hooping, and tug-of-war. Fallon and the First Lady were all tied up going into the final event — the potato sack race (the results of which we will not spoil for you here).

Mitt Romney opened his election night speech in Colorado by taking a whack at the apparently paltry crowd. “That’s a little smaller than the 2,800 people last night at Arapahoe High School!” Romney quipped, before adding that, “you guys are just as loud.”

Wednesday morning, CNN’s Early Start aired an interview with Donald Trump, which was taped before Rick Santorum swept the Tuesday night primary/caucus contests. In the interview, Trump defends his endorsement of Mitt Romney, but takes time to absolutely skewer Santorum.

As the Colorado election results stretched on through the night and Rick Santorum‘s surprising vote count began to roll in, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer became downright giddy. Anderson Cooper observed that The Situation Room host said ‘OMG’ during the break.

Rick Santorum has won Colorado, CNN reports. The announcement will send shockwaves across the political spectrum, as Romney, who was perceived to be the Republican frontrunner wakes up tomorrow, with less states won than the former Pennsylvania Senator. “This is a major upset!” said Denver-based political analyst Floyd Ciruli, according to the Denver Post. “Definitely, [...]

Secret Service pounced upon an audience member allegedly wielding glitter following Mitt Romney’s speech in Denver, Colorado.

During CNN’s caucus-saturated election night coverage Tuesday, reports of heavy fighting in Syria interrupted the telecast, which prompted Wolf Blitzer to make a comment on the democratic proceedings of the night. “It sounds corny, Anderson,” Blitzer observed. “Every time we see these little actions, caucuses unfold, democracy in action, as we’re speaking, people are dying in Syria because they would like to have a caucus, they’d like to have a primary. They can’t have one. We’re having ours here in the United States. Let’s keep some perspective on what’s going on.”