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Ines Sainz : Opinion Brief
Ines Sainz made the talk show rounds, including an appearance on the CBS early show.

Ines Sainz: Female locker-room reporters react

The TV Azteca reporter's accusations of mistreatment by Jets players has sparked debate. What do her colleagues think?

 
Ines Sainz : Opinion Brief
Ines Sainz, a Mexican TV personality and former Miss Spain, is making some people in the NFL sweat.

Ines Sainz: Too 'booty-licious' for the locker room?

New York Jets players get slammed for making catcalls at a female reporter — one who's allegedly crossed the lines of professionalism herself in the past

 
Oprah Winfrey : Opinion Brief
Some of Oprah's past offerings — such as the new car she gifted to each of her audience members in 2004 — have triggered a similar backlash.

Oprah's Australia giveaway: The backlash

The beneficent Oprah is taking 300 lucky fans on a lavish trip to Australia — reportedly angering Aussie taxpayers who have to help foot the bill

 
Ines Sainz : Twitter Take
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The Old Spice Phenomenon : Opinion Brief
Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis is the new spokesman for Old Spice.

Ray Lewis: The new Old Spice guy

The football star succeeds Isaiah Mustafa as Old Spice's spokesman. Does he live up to his predecessor?

 
The Old Spice Phenomenon : Best Column
Is Old Spice's advertising formula here to stay?

The Old Spice Guy: Derivative?

Is the Old Spice campaign a new breed of advertising, asks Dave Taylor in The Vancouver Sun, or just the latest incarnation of a 50-year-old idea?

 
The Old Spice Phenomenon : Opinion Brief
The 'Old Spice' guy: A good role model?

Is the Old Spice Guy good for black America?

Old Spice's viral TV ads have turned black spokesperson Isaiah Mustafa into a star. Will his breakthrough success benefit other African-American men?

 
The Old Spice Phenomenon : Twitter Take
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The latest Tweets about the 'Old Spice Guy'

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The Old Spice Phenomenon : The List
The Old Spice campaign launched a slew of imitators.

The 4 best Old Spice ad parodies

The new Old Spice ads, and their hunky star, Isaiah Mustafa, have gone viral and inspired a host of spoofs. Here, the best of the bunch

 
Oprah Winfrey : Opinion Brief
Who should play the Queen of Talk?

Oprah, the movie: Who should play the queen of talk?

The news that Kitty Kelley's much-savaged Oprah Winfrey biography will be adapted as a TV movie has the media playing the casting game

 
Rush Limbaugh : Best Video
Has Limbaugh gone too far?

Rush Limbaugh's 'racist' Oprah slur

Keith Olbermann slams the conservative talk-show giant for comments on Obama and Oprah. Did Limbaugh go too far — or did Olbermann twist his words?

 
Oprah Winfrey : Opinion Brief
Zach Anner: Victim of discrimination by the Queen of Talk?

Oprah vs. Zach Anner?

The nascent Oprah Winfrey Network is accused of rigging a contest in order to thwart the TV dreams of a wheelchair-bound young man. Really?

 
Helen Thomas' Resignation : The Bullpen
David Frum

David Frum: Helen Thomas and other weapons of mass distraction

Cast alongside a preening, camera-ready White House press corps, Helen Thomas was different. But she certainly wasn't "tough."

 
Helen Thomas' Resignation : First Reactions
Helen Thomas retired today after being roundly criticized for her comments on Israeli Jews.

Helen Thomas retires: First reactions

Did the veteran journalist deserve to lose her place in the White House press corps over her inflammatory remarks about Israel? The commentariat is split

 
Helen Thomas' Resignation : Opinion Brief
Thomas, long a fixture in the White House press room, received cupcakes from Obama on her 89th birthday.

Should Helen Thomas lose her White House gig?

The 89-year-old White House correspondent made a controversial suggestion about Jews leaving the Middle East. Should she be fired?

 
Rush Limbaugh : Instant Guide
A birds-eye view of Limbaugh's house.

Rush Limbaugh's estate: An insider's guide

Zev Chafets, author of a new book on "El Rushbo," was the first journalist invited inside Limbaugh's shamelessly grand "inner sanctum." Here's what he found

 

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