Larry O'Connor is Associate Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. He's a talk radio host on the Cumulus-owned radio station WMAL AM/FM in Washington D.C. He is also a frequent guest on Fox News.
The 48-hour build-up to President Trump's first Oval Office address to the nation was chock-full of breathless hand-wringing in the media over whether they should air the speech in the first place. Published January 10, 2019
It's been over a year since the highly damaging text messages between FBI agent Peter Strzok and his paramour, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, were revealed to the American public. The correspondence showed two senior Justice Department officials engaged in the most petty, vitriolic political diatribes while making decisions on the most sensitive investigations of the 2016 political season. Published January 3, 2019
Just one week after being named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year," a series of embarrassing missteps focus on the all-too fallible media industry and how their political biases color what they regard as truth. Published December 20, 2018
It was just 12 months ago that NBC News found it no longer feasible to retain Matt Lauer's services as morning anchor of "Today." The tidal wave of harassment accusations against their multi-million dollar investment had quickly reached critical mass and Mr. Lauer was sent packing. Published December 13, 2018
During the mourning over former President George H.W. Bush, liberal rag Slate published an article dismissing any emotional reaction to the stunning image of his service dog, Sully lying next to Mr. Bush's flag-draped coffin in sorrowful reverence for his master and friend. Published December 6, 2018
2018 was the year the mainstream media willingly handed whatever was left of their credibility and dignity over to an aging porn star/stripper and her odious, ethically challenged attorney. Published November 29, 2018
This week Mark Levin was officially inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and one wonders what took so long. His induction was presented by fellow Hall of Famers Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and the three figures comprise what can accurately be described as the talk radio "Mount Rushmore." Published November 15, 2018
After the latest episode this week in the reality show "Jim Acosta: White House Meltdown," it's long past time for CNN to tell us what exactly Mr. Acosta's actual job is. Published November 8, 2018
Don Lemon is the host of a prime-time program on CNN. And, in a way, Mr. Lemon represents the new CNN brand better than any of his network's counterparts. Unlike Chris Cuomo, Anderson Cooper or Jake Tapper, Mr. Lemon has held nothing back in his outspoken animosity toward President Trump and the tens of millions of Americans who voted for him and still support him. Published November 1, 2018
It was maddening and frustrating to watch this past week's coverage of the so-called "caravan" of thousands of Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans plowing through Mexico's southern border and their subsequent march toward the United States. Published October 25, 2018
Carter Page is either an agent of the Russian government who helped coordinate efforts between the Vladimir Putin regime and the Donald Trump campaign to thwart the 2016 presidential election, or he is an innocent victim of an American political scandal of historic proportions. Published October 18, 2018
CNN spent a lot of time this week calling an apple a banana. Published October 11, 2018
Anyone who knew the late Andrew Breitbart knew that there was one seminal moment in his youth that altered the course of his life and, by extension, the course of American history: the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings of 1991. Published October 4, 2018
As Republican and Democratic senators squared off in a Senate Judiciary Committee room Thursday for an unprecedented hearing into vague and unsubstantiated accusations on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's high school years, the last remnants of NBC News's journalistic credibility lay in tatters at the feet of its chairman, Andrew Lack. Published September 27, 2018
"I am spending every minute of my day fighting the Republicans who are desperate to rush Brett Kavanaugh's nomination and deny fair investigation into the credible sexual misconduct allegations against him," the letter reads, in part. Published September 27, 2018
As the media frenzy over unsubstantiated accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reach a fever pitch, it's truly instructive to observe the virtual news blackout over the case of Karen Monahan. Published September 20, 2018
This is a deceitful and sordid story with potential crimes of obstruction of justice, abuse of power and, at the very least, illegal release of state secrets related to national security. Published September 13, 2018
Lanny Davis, the man who tried to salvage Bill Clinton's reputation during the Monica Lewinsky scandal apparently did the same thing to Rose McGowan on behalf of accused rapist Harvey Weinstein. Published September 5, 2018
Journalist Ronan Farrow has responded to a statement from NBC News President Andy Lack where Lack claimed the blockbuster Harvey Weinstein story was not ready for broadcast last year and the network granted Farrow's request to take his reporting to the New Yorker. Published September 4, 2018
"Colin Kaepernick drew our collective attention to the problem of continued racial injustice in America. He did so not to disrespect our flag but to give meaning to the words of the preamble of our Constitution--"in order to form a more perfect union." Well done, Colin, well done'" Brennan tweeted. Published September 4, 2018
