Wanda Sykes roasts Obama, Bush, Cheney, and more

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Humor, Videos

If you haven’t seen this one yet, be ready to laugh. Wanda Sykes kicked things off at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner last night with a comedy set that roasted Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, and many others. Heck, she even took Rush Limbaugh to task for saying that the hopes Obama fails, which Sykes said was outright “treason.”

The event was attended by many politicians, as well as celebrities like Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Whoopi Goldberg, Tyra Banks, and more.

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The White House Joins Twitter

Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Media

The White House has joined the wonderful world of status updates in 140 characters or less or as it’s more popularly known as, Twitter.  Yes, the Obama Administration is joining the cool kids and getting down with the twitdiction of tweeting, which will be full of useful information and not what President Obama had for breakfast or what song he is currently listening to.  If you’re on Twitter, feel free to follow the tweets at twitter.com/whitehouse.

Oh, and be sure to follow Filibuster Soup on Twitter as well!

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Can We Expect a Return of the Fairness Doctrine?

Posted by Cynthia Guenthner Categories: Media

Following the Democrats’ capturing the White House and gaining 6 seats in the Senate and 19 in the House, there’s a good possibility we’ll see a revival of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.” Sal alluded to this in one of his blogs, and I’d like to further elaborate.

From 1949-1987, the Fairness Doctrine ruled the broadcast industry. It was originally designed to ensure a “balance” of opinions over the airwaves when only three or four major networks dominated radio and the medium of television was still in its infancy. By the time the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), during the Reagan administration, abolished the Doctrine, cable and satellite TV had offered competitive alternatives to the big broadcast networks.

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