The Larry Sinclair story has caught the attention of Bill Cunningham, a controversial radio host who frequently appears on Sean Hannity’s TV and radio shows. Cunningham drew loads of media attention this past week when Sen. John McCain denounced his noting of Sen. Barack Obama’s middle name during a McCain campaign event.

Sinclair tells Big Head DC he may be soon asked to tell his story to Cunningham’s large “Live On Sunday Night” radio audience.

While the U.S. mainstream media has been slow to cover Sinclair’s allegations to date, the Canadian mainstream media is taking note. Sinclair is scheduled to record an appearance on the the popular “The Standard” interview program on Wednesday, which airs on TV stations throughout Canada. Hosted by journalist Andrew Dawson, recent guests on the program include Salman Rushdie, Clay Aiken and Anne Rice.

Earlier: BHDC EXCLUSIVE Interview With Sen. Obama’s Accuser; Sinclair Discusses Polygraph, Plans

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The liberal talker caught up with Hillary Clinton yesterday on a ropeline, but they didn’t talk substance. Instead, she made fun of his glasses:

Sean Hannity, we hear, is having blast with this one. Poor Alan.

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When MSNBC attempted a few years back to be a liberal alternative to FOX News, putting Phil Donahue on the air, along with several other liberal pundits, bosses at the network were nervous. President Bush’s approval ratings were high, 9/11 was still fresh on everyone’s mind, and conservative TV talk, led by Bill O’Reilly, seemed to be the key to ratings gold.

Not surprisingly, the experiment fizzled after a short time; Donahue was dumped, and MSNBC went on to try to re-brand itself once again.

But now, as the country’s overall attitude has seemingly shifted, so, too, have the attitudes of a new set of bosses. Keith Olbermann, with his nightly commentaries belittling the sins of the White House, has gotten tons of attention. Ditto on Chris Matthews, whose biggest ratings as of late came after he belittled Dick Cheney during a recent book party. The network has swung so far to the left that the cable’s logo has literally turned green, as various hosts promote a “Green Is Universal” theme through the week via special reports on climate change and environmental issues.

“It happened naturally,” Phil Griffin, a senior vice president of NBC News who is the executive in charge of MSNBC, tells the NY Times. “There isn’t a dogma we’re putting through. There is a ‘Go for it.’”

And, now, comes word that Rosie O’Donnell may join MSNBC. If she can come to terms on a deal with the net, she will likely host the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight, which will put her up against CNN’s Larry King and FOX’s Sean Hannity.

Oh, what fun it would be to see Rosie’s antics every night with Olbermann as a lead-in. The duo couldn’t be more different than O’Reilly and Hannity. And, with Olbermann already pushing O’Reilly’s buttons on a nightly basis, the ensuing cable wars would surely heat up even more. And you thought Rosie versus Elizabeth Hasselbeck on The View was a scorcher!

But maybe we’re a little biased ourselves here. After all, we love a good fight.

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Blogger Mike Rogers, who first outed Larry Craig in October amidst the Mark Foley scandal, argued on last night’s Hannity & Colmes program that Republicans seem to have a double standard when it comes to punishing lawmakers who have committed crimes.

“It’s astonishing to me to see, regardless of this incident, how there’s a different set of rules for Larry Craig because he was with men than, say, a Rep. Kevin Brady, who was guilty of a drunk driving offense,” Rogers said.

“I would say there are a different set of rules for Clinton, or for Gerry Studs,”
Sean Hannity replied — to which Rogers responded, “But Bill Clinton was impeached!”

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Jan. 17, a.m.: Conservative rag, Insight, published by the Washington Times, smears Hillary Clinton; says she plans to attack Barack Obama’s religious roots.

Jan 17, p.m.: All liberal news outlets discredit the story.

Jan. 18, a.m.: Remaining news outlets, sans conservative ones, also discredit the story.

Jan. 18 - present: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, FOX News stand by the story even as both Hil and Barack say it’s utterly false.

Yesterday: Jeffrey T. Kuhner, editor of Insight, tells NY Times that the original article is as “solid as solid can be.” Declines to say who reported the story, as well as who the reporter’s sources are.  Kuhner says Insight stopped using bylines “to encourage contributions from reporters for major news organizations.” He also notes his disappointment that Matt Drudge didn’t link to the story.

Today: NY Times article is published.

Later today: Insight will decry NY Time’s liberal bias.

Tomorrow: Original story will finally be linked to on Drudge.

Tomorrow, p.m.: Apocalypse.

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