Politics

Greg Gutfield will not be tuning in to The Newsroom Season 2.

With new episodes of the HBO drama kicking off next month, this Fox News contributor slammed Aaron Sorkin's creation Friday during a segment on The Five.

"Hollywood gets everything wrong again. If Newsroom covered Roman Polanski's crimes, they'd change the 13-year-old girl to 13-year-old scotch," Gutfield said. "It's a liberal fantasy."

The pundit specifically takes issue with how the series depicts such real-life events as Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, both of which are teased in the following preview, while speculating on how it would treat Ariel Castro.

Watch it and Gutfield's full diatribe now. Do you agree with him?

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When it comes to the civil war in Syria, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the U.S. should "Let Allah sort it out" until there is a stronger leader in the White House.

Palin's comments came in response to the Obama administration's decision to provide armed support to the rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"We're talking now more new interventions ... militarily, where is our commander in chief?" Palin asked at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference.

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Bill O'Reilly ripped both Chris Matthews and MSNBC on Thursday after Matthews dubiously remarked that Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a "black Irish look."

Matthews used the term, which refers to Irish people with dark features, while railing against Cruz ... and Pat Buchanan, Joseph McCarthy and O'Reilly.

He said they all look alike. O'Reilly was not happy.

Bill O'Reilly Slams Chris Matthews

"In addition to being misguided politically, Mr. Matthews also apparently needs glasses, badly," O'Reilly said, calling it a "desperate attempt to get attention."

The reason, O'Reilly said, is MSNBC's ratings. "In the last six months, it’s all fallen apart for MSNBC," he alleged. "They’re in a desperate situation right now.”

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Not everyone is disturbed about this whole the-NSA-is-spying-on-everything-we-do-and-say thing.

Denny's, for example, took advantage of the Edward Snowden-created scandal by posting a funny Tweet on Tuesday.

And the late George Orwell is smiling down on us about now and laughing over predictions made in his 1948 classic, "1984."

The dystopic novel is based around the concept of "Big Brother" watching us - and its sales have risen dramatically over the past few days.

According to Amazon, sales of the Centennial Edition increased by more than 4,000 percent as of June 10 and it's currently #99 on the Amazon Top 100.

So perhaps this was the government's secret plan all along: prompt Americans to read more iconic literature! Well played, NSA.

Former president George W. Bush’s popularity is rising, with a new poll showing 49 percent of Americans view him favorably and 46 percent unfavorably.

That puts him in positive territory for the first time since 2005.

W has chosen to remain largely out of the public eye since leaving the White House in 2009 with 40 percent favorable and 59 percent unfavorable ratings.

His job approval rating hit an April 2008 low of 32 percent.

At the time the economy was in recession, gas prices neared record highs, and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama jostled for the Democratic nomination.

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Hillary Clinton is now on Twitter, and her arrival on the social media scene immediately sparked speculation about her desire to run for president in 2016.

In her brief bio, the wife of Father of the Year Bill Clinton calls herself:

“Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD ...”

It’s the “TBD” that has prompted a flurry of interest. Is that code for a second presidential run? Or just a truthful acknowledgment that her future is ... TBD?

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A bill that stigmatizes gay people and forbids participating in gay pride activities was passed in Russia by a unanimous 436-0 parliamentary vote.

One member of parliament out of 437 abstained at least.

Before its passage, more than two dozen protesters were attacked by hundreds of anti-gay activists and then detained by police in the nation's capital.

The new bill will fine individuals organizing gay pride events up to 5,000 rubles ($156) and fine companies (including media) up to a million ($31,000).

Foreign citizens involved can be deported or jailed.

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With tension around the U.S. at all-time highs, children keep getting in trouble for guns - but are they getting in too much trouble for doing little harm?

Whether they’re plastic, formed by fingers or even half-eaten Pop Tart guns, parents and schools seem to have “zero tolerance” for kids and guns.

The question is whether this backfires and sends the wrong message.

Elementary educators trying to discourage children's pretend beefs with pretend guns is nothing new, but these days, rules have become stricter than ever.

Some say too strict, despite a recent spate of high-profile violence.

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Edward Snowden has been revealed as the whistleblower who provided The Guardian (UK) with information for its groundbreaking new report on the NSA.

The man who controversially outed the National Security Agency's surveillance practices to the newspaper unexpectedly outed himself on Sunday.

He's been working with the NSA for four years and copied the last set of documents he intended to leak three weeks ago at his Hawaii office.

Snowden, 29, is a Booz Allen Hamilton employee who requested a two-week leave of absence, told his girlfriend he had to leave and flew to Hong Kong.

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Actress Shannon Richardson was arrested today in connection to the ricin that was mailed to President Obama today in Texas.

Richardson initially alerted the FBI that she thought her husband of two years may have been responsible for the ricin-laced letter.

But when the FBI went to investigate, they concluded that it may in fact be Shannon who is responsible, and that she simply tried to have her husband take the fall.

After days of investigation and interrogation, Richardson has been arrested in Mount Pleasant, TX.

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