Phil Donahue
MSNBC and 'Patriotic Fever' in Run-Up to Iraq War
Last night, CNN congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360," in part to discuss the brouhaha over former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's tell-all book about the Bush administration, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.
At one point, Mr. Cooper asked Ms. Yellin about the allegations in the book that the national media was "too deferential to the White House," during the run-up to the war in Iraq. read more »
Hamptons Film Festival's Freaky Friday
It looked on Friday night as though the 15th annual Hamptons International Film Festival were going to be a washout. Torrential rains slowed traffic to a baby crawl on the Long Island Expressway, and by the time it was a little before 7 p.m., the assorted bedraggled paparazzi were fidgeting and joking among themselves at the sight of the empty red carpet at the East Hampton Cinema on Main Street, the hub of the festival. read more »
Phil Donahue Strikes Back
Relegated to the outskirts of mainstream media, the talk-show veteran and former MSNBC anchor works the indie film circuit with Body of War. read more »
