“So which is the real Bernie Kerik? Is it the one who pleads not guilty before or is it the one who pleads guilty after he cuts a deal that he’s comfortable with?” - NY1 caller Dalton, from the Upper East Side, to "The Call" Those were the questions that cost NY1 reporter Gary Anthony Ramsay his job, after calling into his own station under a false name. The station deemed it an exceptionally poor......

Fox News Porn Robert Greenwald, the man behind the 2004 documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism which concluded that Fox News Channel is biased to the right based on memos and footage from the network, is at it again. This time around he is using clips from the channel culled from six months of broadcasts featuring women in bikinis and pixilated nudity in a YouTube video and website that mimics a porn site called......

Earlier today, the Reverend Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president, showing that the former mayor was able to win over an influential Christian conservative leader. Robertson explained,"To me, the overriding issue before the American people is the defense of our population from the bloodlust of Islamic terrorists.... We need a leader with a bold vision who is not afraid to tackle the challenges ahead." And he acknowledged Rudy's NYC history, "Rudy Giuliani took a......

Choice Royce found this timely wheatpaste on Wall Street - check out Bernie Kerik's cable knit sweater! Today, the former mayor attended the September 11 commemoration ceremonies at Ground Zero. As it happens, a USA Today/Gallup Poll finds that 51% believe that Rudy Giuliani's September 11 leadership make him better qualified to handle terrorism (48% do not think he's better prepared). A NY Times/CBS News poll finds that even though people identify Giuliani with......

WNBC’s investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst is a native of the tri-state area, originally from Teaneck, New Jersey and is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has worked behind the scenes at Newsday, and got his start in television at WSAV-TV in Savannah, Georgia where he worked for about half a year. He then had the opportunity to return to the city as NY1 was starting up and eventually moved to......

April Fool's! When America's Mayor told Barbara Walters that his wife, Judith Nathan, would be attending Cabinet meetings if he's elected President, he was totally joking. Some confusion arose when Giuliani told Walters that Nathan would be welcome at Cabinet meetings if they were discussing something she might find interesting: "If she wanted to. If they were relevant to something that she was interested in. I mean that would be something that I'd be very,......

It's been a tough week for Bernie Kerik. The former NYPD commissioner who had his bid to head up Homeland Security unceremoniously thwarted in 2004 amid allegations of shady dealings is now facing serious federal charges. The Washington Post reports today that federal prosecutors have informed Kerik that he is likely to be charged with multiple felonies, including tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wiretapping. This comes two weeks after Kerik refused a plea deal......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: bank robbery on 1st and Houston, train tunnel fire under the East River, and a pedestrian struck in Park Slope. Roccer Mom, the 47-year old Myspace-using woman who was convicted of killing her daughter's friend in a drunk driving accident on the way home from clubbing, was sentenced to 16 months in prison today. Donut war on 14th Street: "A Dunkin’ Donuts will soon open several doors down from......

Yet another intriguing chapter in the life of former police commissioner Bernard Kerik: WNBC reports that he rejected a plea deal from the feds. The deal would have allowed Kerik to plead guilty to tax fraud and illegal eavesdropping - plus serve jail time - and in return, the feds would have dropped their criminal probe. And the probe includes quite a laundry list: "allegations of mortgage fraud, tax fraud, conspiracy to eavesdrop and making......

Sometimes Gothamist comes across a news story that makes our head hurt. Such is the story of the excess security doors the city bought six years ago, which were never installed, and now have been given to the State Department. The doors were purchased by the Corrections Department, under then-commissioner Bernie Kerik, in 2000 to prevent visitors from sneaking contraband and weapons into the city's jails. However, the inmate population began decreasing in the late-90s,......

-- Starting October 9th, Mastercard is giving away free subway rides at 6-line stations-- but you have to have one of their PayPass cards or keychains. Sadly, you can't ask Mastercard why the MTA's security projects are lagging. -- Is there anything more embarassing than getting your ass kicked at the Harvard Club? -- Some good news: at least one working factory will survive in East Williamsburg-- that means 100 manufacturing jobs will stay......

-- Attention players: Gridskipper has a good list of bars where East Village waitresses hang out. Good hunting! -- Kottke is on assignment in the midwest, and spotted this sausage shaped like a beer bottle. Is there hope for our frankfurter-shaped-beer-bottle idea? -- You've probably seen this already, but this Canon in D on the guitar is great. [Via DG.] -- Hilary is coming out against the park-condos (pondos? parondos?) in Brooklyn. Right on!......

The search for Peter Braunstein continues, now into Brooklyn. Cobble Hill residents, be on the lookout! Bernie Kerik is either an idiot or took a huge discount on construction in his apartment, possibly both as renovations for his Riverdale pad were nearly $200k.  The MTA is adding intercoms to some stations. We're thinking the intercoms will sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. Muni meters in Midtown are getting ready to take credit cards. Yay, no......

All attention is on Washington D.C. these few days, with President Bush's second Inauguration on deck. While the White House has its own information (yes, White House, America's Future does Rock - especially when Hillary Duff is performing!), but Gothamist highly recommends you check out DCist's Inauguration section, like how mylar balloons, if launched at the same time, could cause problems for the festivities. Newsday notices that all the big events this weekend are happening......