http://news.yahoo.com/rss-cutline/ en-US Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:08:58 -0400 5 http://news.yahoo.com/rss-cutline/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif On Sunday, a few hours after he was found dead in his California swimming pool at age 47, Rodney King—a central figure in the 1992 Los Angeles riots—began trending on Twitter. News of King's death was quickly followed by a related, if disturbing, Twitter trend: "Who is Rodney King?" "Who is Rodney King?" Briauna Mariee, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rodney-king-dick-clark-titanic-real-death-major-110858944.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2012 07:08:58 -0400blogs/cutline/rodney-king-dick-clark-titanic-real-death-major-110858944CNN canceled "John King, USA" on Wednesday. The ratings-challenged 6 p.m. talk show will be replaced on June 30 by an expanded, three-hour edition of "The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer." King will become CNN's chief national correspondent for the network's 2012 presidential election coverage—the role he also had during the 2008 cycle. "John will [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/john-king-usa-canceled-cnn-170733662--finance.htmlWed, 13 Jun 2012 13:07:33 -0400blogs/cutline/john-king-usa-canceled-cnn-170733662--financeSeventy years ago, on her 13th birthday, Anne Frank received what would become the world's most famous diary. The red-checkered notebook was given to Frank by her father, Otto, on June 12, 1942—22 days before Frank and her German-born Jewish family went into hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. "I hope I will [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/anne-frank-diary-70-181131206.htmlTue, 12 Jun 2012 14:11:31 -0400blogs/cutline/anne-frank-diary-70-181131206George H.W. Bush turned 88 on Tuesday, and the former president teared up during an interview with his granddaughter, "Today" show contributor Jenna Bush Hager, broadcast on the NBC morning show. "I never thought I'd get this part in chronology," the elder Bush said in the interview, taped over the weekend in Kennebunkport, Maine. "What's [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/george-hw-bush-jenna-today-interview-video-151030029--finance.htmlTue, 12 Jun 2012 11:10:30 -0400blogs/cutline/george-hw-bush-jenna-today-interview-video-151030029--financeBob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, arguably the two most famous newspaper reporters in American history, did something on Sunday they haven't done in 36 years: They shared a byline in the Washington Post. Woodward and Bernstein, who are on a mini-publicity tour surrounding the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-ins, published a joint opinion essay [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/woodward-bernstein-watergate-nixon-washington-post-182257099--finance.htmlSun, 10 Jun 2012 14:22:57 -0400blogs/cutline/woodward-bernstein-watergate-nixon-washington-post-182257099--financeTwitter announced on Wednesday that it has eliminated all text, bubbled typefaces and the lowercase "t" versions of the company's logos, unveiling a simplified silhouette of "Larry," the bird (inspired by NBA Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird) that has long served as its symbol. "From now on, this bird will be the universally recognizable symbol of Twitter," [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/twitter-logo-bird-173437023.htmlWed, 06 Jun 2012 13:34:37 -0400blogs/cutline/twitter-logo-bird-173437023LinkedIn said on Wednesday that it is investigating reports of an apparent hack, after millions of LinkedIn passwords were said to have been leaked online. "Our team is currently looking into reports of stolen passwords," the company wrote in a message on its Twitter feed. "Stay tuned for more." A user on a Russian Web [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/linkedin-hack-leak-passwords-stolen-144334662.htmlWed, 06 Jun 2012 10:43:34 -0400blogs/cutline/linkedin-hack-leak-passwords-stolen-144334662"Fox & Friends" aired a nearly-four-minute video about President Barack Obama on Wednesday, drawing the ire of critics who say it looked, felt and sounded like a political attack ad. "We decided to take a look back at the president's first term to see if it lived up to hope and change," co-host Gretchen Carlson [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/fox-friends-obama-attack-ad-video-204537376.htmlWed, 30 May 2012 16:45:37 -0400blogs/cutline/fox-friends-obama-attack-ad-video-204537376Donald Trump, de facto leader of the so-called "birther" movement, called into "The Situation Room" on Tuesday for what quickly became a testy interview with Wolf Blitzer about Trump's continued skepticism over the authenticity of President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. Trump, in Las Vegas to host a fundraiser for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, took issue [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/trump-wolf-birther-interview-obama-video-215231493.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 17:52:31 -0400blogs/cutline/trump-wolf-birther-interview-obama-video-215231493Piers Morgan is in London this week preparing for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, so CNN has lined up a string of celebrity guest hosts for interviews with other celebrities, including Seth MacFarlane--whose interview with Bill Maher will air on Wednesday--and Harvey Weinstein (who gets Oprah on Friday). But Tuesday's pairing--with a combined age of 145--is [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/letterman-regis-piers-9-11-carson-clinton-bush-210901220.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 17:09:01 -0400blogs/cutline/letterman-regis-piers-9-11-carson-clinton-bush-210901220Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's weekend morning talk show "Up," has apologized for comments he made on Sunday about use of the word "hero" to describe fallen U.S. soldiers. After an interview with Lt. Col. Steve Beck, a former Marine whose job was to notify military families of the death of a loved one, Hayes [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/msnbc-chris-hayes-apologizes-questioning-heroes-describe-fallen-140810265.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 10:08:10 -0400blogs/cutline/msnbc-chris-hayes-apologizes-questioning-heroes-describe-fallen-140810265The Daily Caller, the conservative website founded by Tucker Carlson, has launched an unusual publicity stunt to say the least: Now through Nov. 6—Election Day—the Washington, D.C.-based site will give away a handgun a week. The gun giveaway is part of the launch of a "Guns and Gear" section "devoted to Second Amendment issues and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/daily-caller-giving-away-guns-readers-now-election-165925919.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 12:59:25 -0400blogs/cutline/daily-caller-giving-away-guns-readers-now-election-165925919The Times-Picayune, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, announced on Thursday a plan to slash its print publishing schedule to three days a week—effectively leaving New Orleans without a daily newspaper. As part of the move, the New York Times reports that there will be "massive" layoffs at 175-year-old Times-Picayune [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/orleans-soon-no-longer-daily-newspaper-153740196.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 11:37:40 -0400blogs/cutline/orleans-soon-no-longer-daily-newspaper-153740196The story behind a photograph showing a 5-year-old black boy touching President Obama's hair may be coming to your inbox soon. The New York Times published the adorable back story about the photo—which has been hanging in the West Wing of the White House for more than three years—on Thursday, and it's quickly become the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/story-behind-white-house-photo-boy-touched-president-140641932.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 10:06:41 -0400blogs/cutline/story-behind-white-house-photo-boy-touched-president-140641932Hustler magazine is facing some criticism after publishing a digitally altered image that depicts S.E. Cupp, a conservative talk show host for Glenn Beck's GBTV, engaged in an oral sex act. The magazine included a disclaimer with the photo, under the headline "Celebrity Fantasy," that reads: No such picture of S.E. Cupp actually exists. This [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/hustler-publishes-fake-explicit-photo-e-cupp-202006844.htmlWed, 23 May 2012 16:20:06 -0400blogs/cutline/hustler-publishes-fake-explicit-photo-e-cupp-202006844An Iranian rapper who lives in Germany says he has received death threats for a song that criticizes Iranian society and, some say, an Islamic Shiite imam. Shahin Najafi, who sings in Farsi, has faced a backlash since posting online the song, "Naghi," earlier this month. One website is offering a $100,000 reward for his [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/iranian-rapper-receives-death-threats-over-song-141203012.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 10:12:03 -0400blogs/cutline/iranian-rapper-receives-death-threats-over-song-141203012Chris Matthews appeared on Monday's "Jeopardy!" alongside CNN's Lizzie O'Leary and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in a special "Power Players" edition of the game show, taped last weekend in Washington. And the host of MSNBC's "Hardball," to put it politely, bombed. Problems started for Matthews when he requested a category in the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/chris-matthews-bombs-jeopardy-141427472.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 10:14:27 -0400blogs/cutline/chris-matthews-bombs-jeopardy-141427472Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International and ex-editor of News of the World, has been charged with obstruction of justice in the U.K. phone-hacking investigation. Brooks will be charged with three counts of "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice." Her husband, Charlie, will be charged with two. Four others—her personal assistant, her [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rebekah-brooks-charged-phone-hacking-case-114126301.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 07:41:26 -0400blogs/cutline/rebekah-brooks-charged-phone-hacking-case-114126301This week's Time magazine cover features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son. Grumet was one of four mothers photographed by Time for a cover story on "attachment parenting," an approach--outlined by 1992's "The Baby Book" by Dr. Bill Sears--that recommends extended breast-feeding, co-sleeping and "baby wearing." Time's cover line for the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/time-breastfeeding-cover-sparks-immediate-controversy-151539970.htmlThu, 10 May 2012 11:15:39 -0400blogs/cutline/time-breastfeeding-cover-sparks-immediate-controversy-151539970Moments after ABC revealed that President Obama said during a taped interview with "Good Morning America" that he supports gay marriage, Fox News' Shepard Smith applauded the president, and warned conservatives not to use the evolution of Obama's view on same sex unions as part of its presidential campaign. "The President of the United States, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/obama-supports-gay-marriage-shep-smith-warns-gop-203159510.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 16:31:59 -0400blogs/cutline/obama-supports-gay-marriage-shep-smith-warns-gop-203159510In an effort to counter the National Organization for Women's campaign against him, Rush Limbaugh has launched "Rush Babes for America," a Facebook page dedicated to "the millions of conservative women who know what they believe in: family, American values and not being told by faux feminist groups how to think." "I've been tired for [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rush-babes-america-limbaugh-launches-facebook-campaign-conservative-144351284.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 10:43:51 -0400blogs/cutline/rush-babes-america-limbaugh-launches-facebook-campaign-conservative-144351284Maurice Sendak, the renowned children's author whose books captivated generations of kids and simultaneously scared their parents, has died. He was 83. Sendak passed away on Tuesday from complications caused by a recent stroke, his editor told the New York Times. He lived in Ridgefield, Conn., with his German shepherd Herman (named after Melville) and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/maurice-sendak-dead-where-wild-things-author-83-131056958.htmlTue, 08 May 2012 09:10:56 -0400blogs/cutline/maurice-sendak-dead-where-wild-things-author-83-131056958A billboard suggesting that those who believe in global warming are as crazy as the Unabomber was taken down less than 24 hours after it went up--but not before the group behind the ad lost another prominent backer. A quote, attributed to Ted Kaczynski, was displayed on the electronic billboard: "I still believe in global [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/unabomber-billboard-climate-change-taken-down-diageo-withdraws-165826953.htmlMon, 07 May 2012 12:58:26 -0400blogs/cutline/unabomber-billboard-climate-change-taken-down-diageo-withdraws-165826953Iran's Mehr News Agency used a blatantly altered image to illustrate a story downplaying its ballistic missile test program. The Atlantic Wire first reported on the digitally enhanced image--which includes the "Star Wars" character Jar Jar Binks--after it was published Friday on the agency's website. As Atlantic Wire pointed out, Friday was also the day [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/iran-photoshops-missile-test-image-star-wars-character-150956349.htmlMon, 07 May 2012 11:09:56 -0400blogs/cutline/iran-photoshops-missile-test-image-star-wars-character-150956349Rupert Murdoch and "Fox And Friends," Fox News' loopy morning show, were spoofed on "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, with Fred Armisen impersonating the 81-year-old mogul. Watch a clip of the cold open above. Earlier Saturday, Murdoch--who has been using Twitter as an outlet for his unfiltered political views--lamented the medium. "Seems impossible to have [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-spoofed-snl-fred-armisen-plays-news-160517802.htmlSun, 06 May 2012 12:05:17 -0400blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-spoofed-snl-fred-armisen-plays-news-160517802Christopher Hitchens was honored at the National Magazine Awards—the Oscars of the magazine industry—on Thursday with a posthumous prize for three columns published in Vanity Fair last year. "He's the bravest man I've ever known," Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair editor-in-chief, said while accepting the so-called Ellie for Hitchens at a ceremony at New York's Marriott [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/national-magazine-awards-christopher-hitchens-honored-posthumous-ellie-121746582.htmlFri, 04 May 2012 08:17:46 -0400blogs/cutline/national-magazine-awards-christopher-hitchens-honored-posthumous-ellie-121746582In a letter outlining al-Qaida's media strategy ahead of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the terror group's top spokesman expressed disdain for Fox News. "From the professional point of view, they are all on one level—except [Fox News] channel which falls into the abyss as you know, and lacks neutrality too," al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/al-qaida-letter-seized-bin-laden-compound-fox-154510302.htmlThu, 03 May 2012 11:45:10 -0400blogs/cutline/al-qaida-letter-seized-bin-laden-compound-fox-154510302A day after the Parliament committee investigating phone-hacking declared Rupert Murdoch "not fit" to lead a major media company, News Corp.'s board of directors announced on Wednesday its full vote of "confidence" in their chairman and chief executive. Here's News Corp.'s full statement: The Board of Directors of News Corporation met today and announced its [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/news-corp-board-murdoch-fitness-full-confidence-ceo-210320289.htmlWed, 02 May 2012 17:03:20 -0400blogs/cutline/news-corp-board-murdoch-fitness-full-confidence-ceo-210320289David Barton—the evangelical activist and author, not the sexy gym namesake—appeared on "The Daily Show" on Tuesday, sparring with Jon Stewart about his controversial new book, "The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson." In the book, Barton argues that Thomas Jefferson was not an atheist but "nondenominational," that religion played [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/david-barton-jon-stewart-spar-activist-evangelical-christian-165607279.htmlWed, 02 May 2012 12:56:07 -0400blogs/cutline/david-barton-jon-stewart-spar-activist-evangelical-christian-165607279Dan Rather, former "CBS Evening News" host and current star of Mark Cuban's HDNet, has been out promoting his new book, "Rather Outspoken." In an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Rather recalled the last conversation he had with George W. Bush after his controversial 2004 CBS News report on the former president's Air National [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/dan-rather-george-w-bush-report-reported-true-143116444.htmlWed, 02 May 2012 10:31:16 -0400blogs/cutline/dan-rather-george-w-bush-report-reported-true-143116444On the heels of a Parliament report on phone-hacking that concluded he is "not fit" to lead, Rupert Murdoch sent a memo to News Corp. staffers on Tuesday, admitting it was "difficult to read" but vowed to prove that the company now adheres to "the highest ethical standards." The 81-year-old Murdoch made no specific mention [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-committee-report-difficult-read-192349751.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 15:23:49 -0400blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-committee-report-difficult-read-192349751The parliamentary committee that's been investigating U.K. phone-hacking and media ethics released its much-anticipated report on Tuesday in London, concluding that Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman and chief executive, is "not fit" to lead a major international media company. Murdoch, the select committee found, "turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-news-corp-u-121230751.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 08:12:30 -0400blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-news-corp-u-121230751Generally speaking, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who get invited to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner—the annual gathering of celebrities, politicians and media in Washington—and those who do not. Those who get invited to so-called "nerd prom" get drunk, get starstruck and get on Twitter to post photos of [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/white-house-correspondents-dinner-party-twitter-loves-hate-182932546.htmlSun, 29 Apr 2012 14:29:32 -0400blogs/cutline/white-house-correspondents-dinner-party-twitter-loves-hate-182932546News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch testified Thursday to the U.K. committee on media ethics that there was indeed a phone-hacking "cover-up" at News International—led by "one or two very strong characters"—and that he had "failed" to uncover it. "Someone took charge of a cover-up, which we were victim to and I regret," Murdoch told the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-admits-phone-hacking-cover-failed-125955535.htmlThu, 26 Apr 2012 08:59:55 -0400blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-admits-phone-hacking-cover-failed-125955535Joe Muto, the former Fox News associate-producer-turned-infamous-"Fox Mole," was served with a search warrant by police early Wednesday. Investigators seized his laptop, Muto said. "I just got search warranted at 6:30 a.m. by a very polite crew from the DA's office," Muto tweeted. "Took my iPhone, laptop, some old notebooks." Gawker published several columns by [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/fox-news-mole-says-served-warrant-laptop-iphone-162203728.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 12:22:03 -0400blogs/cutline/fox-news-mole-says-served-warrant-laptop-iphone-162203728News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch was grilled for more than three hours by the Leveson Inquiry on phone hacking and media ethics on Wednesday in London, testifying that his frequent private meetings with British politicians are just part of "the game" and that the editorial influence he wields over his newspapers is "overestimated." With his [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-lazy-way-reporting-151611905.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:16:11 -0400blogs/cutline/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-lazy-way-reporting-151611905Tim Tebow was a no-show at the Time 100 gala in New York on Tuesday night, much to the disappointment of Stephen Colbert, a fellow honoree on the magazine's annual list of the 100 "Most Influential People in the World." Jesus would've showed up, Colbert said, because "Jesus loves Louis C.K." The Secret Service was [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/inside-time-100-party-clinton-colbert-lin-no-061138647.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 02:11:38 -0400blogs/cutline/inside-time-100-party-clinton-colbert-lin-no-061138647James Murdoch testified for a third time in the U.K. phone-hacking investigation on Tuesday, telling the Leveson Inquiry in London that he did not know the phone hacking at News of the World was widespread while he was in charge of News International, News Corp.'s British publishing arm. And as he had done in previous [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/james-murdoch-testifies-third-time-u-k-phone-160708837.htmlTue, 24 Apr 2012 12:07:08 -0400blogs/cutline/james-murdoch-testifies-third-time-u-k-phone-160708837A "Daily Show" segment that criticized Fox News for ignoring the GOP's "war on women" while highlighting the left's "war on Christmas" has drawn the ire of the Catholic League. "What can women do to generate the same sense of outrage from Fox?" Stewart asked on Monday's episode. "Maybe women could protect their reproductive organs [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/catholic-league-threatens-jon-stewart-boycott-over-vagina-135012202.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 09:50:12 -0400blogs/cutline/catholic-league-threatens-jon-stewart-boycott-over-vagina-135012202Plenty of pundits on both sides of the ideological aisle have weighed in on the country's ongoing abortion debate and the transvaginal ultrasound mandates passed by several states—what some people argue is part of the GOP's so-called "war on women." But few have actually gone through the procedure—which is why Megan Carpentier, executive editor of [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/reporter-megan-carpentier-undergoes-unnecessary-transvaginal-ultrasound-frame-155926605.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:59:26 -0400blogs/cutline/reporter-megan-carpentier-undergoes-unnecessary-transvaginal-ultrasound-frame-155926605