Newsweek & Dailybeast's Howard Kurtz calls foul on the press corps for asserting that Obama's love of ESPN and Basketball is a fake and phony attempt to cast himself as your average Joe Six Pack.
U.S. Politics
Plouffe: The GOP Primary Is a ‘Clown Show’
While making the Sunday talk rounds, the president's senior adviser called the Republican field a 'circus' after the candidates' polarizing comments about Trayvon Martin's murder. We're guessing he doesn't think it's the greatest show on earth.
World News
Bales's Wife: He Wasn't 'Involved'
The wife of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales told Matt Lauer on the 'Today Show' Monday that her husband's alleged involvement in the killing of 17 Afghan civilians was 'unbelievable.' 'I just don't think he would do that,' she said before discussing their family and his role raising their two children.
Mad Men
John Slattery On Getting Naked
Mad Men's John Slattery comes clean to Newsweek/Daily Beast's Ramin Setoodeh about how the show's producers lured him to audition... and getting naked on stage.