Given that our de facto motto is “We watch cable news so you don’t have to,” you won’t often find us publicly praising the medium, but sometimes it just feels necessary.

Fox anchor Shepard Smith noticed a pattern between the two governors who have attempted to place a mandatory quarantine on Kaci Hickox: They’re both attempting to boost their political standing for upcoming elections.

Yes, Democratic politician John Burkhalter was once a male stripper and, no, he’s not ashamed to admit it.

That long-shot Oakland mayoral candidate skewered by Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week is not happy with our humble intern. So, naturally, he took to our comments section to threaten the poor kid.

For those who missed it, the San Francisco Giants won the World Series on Wednesday night, ending a devastating two-year drought. They defeated the Kansas City Royals in a nail-biting seven games, largely on the back of Joe Buck‘s man-crush, pitching star and series MVP Madison Bumgarner. The trophy came down to the final moments of the game, when a booted single almost became an inside-the-park home run for the Royals in the bottom of the ninth.

James Rosen has responded to outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder‘s regrets over having labeled the Fox News reporter a “co-conspirator” during an investigation last year.

Apparently a GOP ad targeting a Democratic challenger for his support of a sentencing law that let a convicted killer get out of jail worked on some potential viewers: Namely the convicted killer himself.

One can only hope this deleted tweet means Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is evolving from his hardline stance against legal marijuana, medical or otherwise:

Subtly expressing a bloodlust that would make even Bill Kristol blush, a Fox News Employee Who Shall Not Be Named in Searchable Text brought out his box of crayons and wrote another column:

Continuing his defense of Charles Barkley for comments about “unintelligent” black people holding back other black people, CNN’s Don Lemon said Monday in a radio commentary that the NBA legend is being criticized largely because he spoke the uncomfortable truth.

At a Saturday rally for incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), a fellow Democratic lawmaker called the GOP Senate challenger an “Uncle Tom” during her remarks.

South Carolina’s Democratic candidate for governor Vincent Sheheen has apologized if anyone thinks he purposely meant to call incumbent Republican Gov. Nikki Haley a “whore” during a stump speech.

ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl pointedly asked: “You don’t agree the president’s been considered politically toxic to many of those Democrats running?”

Because nothing is more terrifying to the fiscally conservative Republican Party than the prospect of cutting government spending. Wait… what?

MSNBC personality Donny Deutsch thinks America is becoming a “nation of cowards” as more people express genuine fears over the potential spread of the Ebola virus.