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By not in system - AOL NewsIt's a premium far better than anything a PBS pledge drive could offer: Help Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert raise money for the education nonprofit DonorsChoose.org, and Colbert will sing the song everybody loves to hate: Rebecca Black's "Friday." DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that allows donors to select which education project to fund. Fallon and Colbert, hosts of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and "The Colbert Report," respectively, recently announced that they've become "best friends for six months" and have been busy donating each other's time and money. Last week, Colbert ...
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Joe Bastardi: 5 Facts on the AccuWeather Forecaster and Global Warming Denier [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAccuWeather chief long-range forecaster Joe Bastardi, a critic of theories that link global warming to human activity, has resigned. AccuWeather spokesman Joe Roberti said he did not know why Bastardi stepped down and indicated that the move was a "surprise." Surge Desk has five facts about the controversial weatherman. 1. He was a star at AccuWeather Rising through the ranks during his 32-year career with the weather service, Bastardi had become a top content creator for the company's subscription-based AccuWeather Pro website. His videos and commentary were a major selling point for the ...
2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It?
By not in system - AOL News2010 was such a bumpy ride that this quote epitomizes the year: "Heads down! Stay down!" That's what a flight attendant shouted over and over as an airliner made an emergency landing at New York's JFK Airport in September. Of course, the moment was recorded on cell phone video and watched by millions. Here are 10 more quotes that capture some of the spirit of 2010. Do you know who said each one? Click here to get the answers. 1. "There's no one who wants this thing over more than I do. You know, I'd like my life back." Getty Images | AP 2. "I will take you out, buddy!" AP | ...
2010 News Quotes Quiz: Who Said It? [ANSWERS]
By not in system - AOL NewsHere are the answers to the 2010 Quotes Quiz with details about who said what and why -- plus some information on the people who didn't say these things, but might have. 1. "There's no one who wants this thing over more than I do. You know, I'd like my life back." Answer: C. Tony Hayward All three of the newsmakers we listed surely said this to themselves at some point during this difficult year. In June, Gen. David Petraeus was suddenly given the thankless task of running the war in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley McCrystal got the boot for deriding administration officials in a Rolling ...
Opinion: The Top Stories of 2010 -- What Comes Next?
By Dave George - AOL NewsOh, 2010, you were such a disappointment. If you were my kid, your mother and I would be having this discussion in the living room and letting you know just how much you let us down. You had such potential! And you squandered it. This was the year when we were supposed to get good jobs for the jobless, the planet was going to begin healing, a war was going to end, and Lindsay Lohan was supposed to get sober. Well, in any case, here's a quick look back at some of the biggest stories that broke in 2010. And, at no additional cost to you, I provide a forecast of how they will develop in ...
Who Will Claim Time's 2010 'Person of the Year'?
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(Nov. 15) -- Debate is already heating up over who will claim the 2010 Time "Person of the Year," the annual distinction recognizing the "person or persons who most affected the news and our lives." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently sitting atop the online user poll, but don't expect to find him on the cover (more on why later). Other top contenders include "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" tag team Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, President Barack Obama, singer Lady Gaga and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. After "You" won in 2006, the possibility of a group ...
Jon Stewart Is 'Baby Jesus' to His Fans, Says NY Times Media Critic
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 4) -- Is he bigger than Jesus? Or just the same size? In the wake of Jon Stewart's wildly successful "Rally to Restore Sanity," some media watchers are wondering whether the comedian and his fans may be taking themselves a tad too seriously of late. Take David Carr, television critic for The New York Times, who, in his review of the Comedy Central host's Washington, D.C., rally, took Stewart to task for taking the media to task. "It was a beautiful day on the Mall," Carr wrote, "and who doesn't like kicking the press around, but speaking of ants, media bias and hyperbole seem like ...
Whose News Is Faker: Stewart and Colbert or 'Fox & Friends'?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 1) -- Authenticity, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder. On this morning's program "Fox & Friends," host Gretchen Carlson poked fun at Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear." "Let's talk a little bit about what happened in D.C. yesterday," Carlson said. "There was this big rally, put on by comedians, which many people unfortunately think are newspeople. Jon Stewart and ... what's the other guy's name?" The gist of Carlson's remarks, that it is sad that people confuse what Stewart and Stephen Colbert do on their respective shows with actual news reporting, is ...
Rally-Goers: 'Stop the Insanity, America!' [VIDEO]
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(Oct. 30) -- With liberals and conservatives snapping at each other like vicious hamsters, you have a country that is ripe for political comedy. But meaningful political discourse? That's not really happening. If there was one thing we heard repeatedly at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" it's that the polarity between left and right has become so strident, meaningful discourse is becoming impossible. Of course, the media amplifies the worst of it, and the result is making everyone in both parties unhappy. ...
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