Outside the Beltway

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are changing the perception of the race.

A legendary newsman has passed.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

The guy who found Al Capone’s vault wishes we had a guy like Sean Hannity back in the Watergate era.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

There’s no excuse for the former NBC anchor’s lies. But there are reasons.

MSNBC’s attempt to be the liberal Fox News isn’t working.

Public trust in the news media, along with many other institutions, continues to fall. That’s troublesome for many reasons.

Public distrust of the media is at an all-time high. It’s easy to see why.

Gene Weingarten is not a fan of journalists building a brand.

Todays’ horrific attack on the UN complex in Mazar-i Sharif may well the the Tet Offensive of Afghanistan: a relatively minor event that permanently changed the American public’s view of the war.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.