Outside the Beltway

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

I have for months taken it as a given that she went on five Sunday morning talk shows and lied about what happened there. Did she?

John McCain is taking a break from advocating yet another war in the Middle East to make war against cable television companies.

Big Brother is watching us. And he may be watching us a lot more after what happened in Boston.

Yesterday was not a good day for the Cable “News” Network.

Whether in the blogosphere or on television, people are increasingly only accessing sources of news and opinion that confirm their pre-conceived ideas.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes uses a quota system to make sure his guests aren’t all white dudes.

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

How he went from Juicebox Mafia member to the most important young journalist in DC.

MSNBC’s Krystal Ball isn’t being hypocritical in trusting Obama to decide which Americans to kill even though she wouldn’t have trusted Bush. But she’s being short-sighted.

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

Jake Tapper is moving to CNN, where he’ll host a daily show and run their political coverage.

Wherein I get a bit petty (but to make a point and, maybe just because it amuses me).

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been working tirelessly to ensure Barack Obama is a one-term president but has been effusive in praising Obama’s leadership during Hurricane Sandy.

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

Public distrust of the media is at an all-time high. It’s easy to see why.

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

Tom Brokaw was rushed to the hospital after feeling light-headed on “Morning Joe.”