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The Deterioration and Death of Old Media

· Sunday, December 4, 2022 · 7 comments

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Chris Matthews Retires

· Tuesday, March 3, 2020 · 35 comments

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

Brian Williams Will Stay At NBC, But Won’t Anchor Nightly News

· Thursday, June 18, 2015 · 6 comments

Brian Williams will apparently stay at NBC News notwithstanding last year’s scandal, but he won’t be anchoring the network’s marquee newscast.

Brian Williams and the Pressures of War Correspondents

· Monday, February 16, 2015 · 58 comments

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

Juror B29 Did Not Say Zimmerman ‘Got Away with Murder’

· Saturday, July 27, 2013 · 108 comments

ABC News selectively edited their interview with Juror B29 to give a false impression of what she said.

Is College a Scam?

· Thursday, July 7, 2011 · 89 comments

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

Why American News Networks Stink

· Monday, January 31, 2011 · 39 comments

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

Partisanship, Segmentation and the Mass Media

· Sunday, November 14, 2010 · 7 comments

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

Walter Cronkite Dead at 92

· Friday, July 17, 2009 · 17 comments

Markets in Everything

· Monday, June 15, 2009 · 9 comments

Two Blogs that Pass in the Night

· Monday, May 26, 2008 · 16 comments

Press Corps Patriotism

· Wednesday, October 3, 2007 · 50 comments

Mike Wallace Says Ahmadinejad an Impressive Fellow

· Thursday, August 10, 2006 · 17 comments

Reporters And Citizenship

· Wednesday, June 28, 2006 · 6 comments

Charles Gibson Named Sole Anchor of ‘World News Tonight’

· Tuesday, May 23, 2006 · 2 comments

Dan Rather a Future Blogger?

· Wednesday, April 26, 2006 · 2 comments

ABC Anchor Bob Woodruff Injured by Iraq Bomb

· Sunday, January 29, 2006 · 13 comments

Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff to Anchor ABC News

· Monday, December 5, 2005 · 3 comments

ABC and CBS in No Hurry to Name Permanent Anchors

· Tuesday, August 16, 2005 · 1 comment

ABC Peter Jennings Dead from Lung Cancer at 67

· Monday, August 8, 2005 · 1 comment

Peter Jennings Dies of Lung Cancer, Aged 67

· Monday, August 8, 2005 · 6 comments

Peter Jennings has Lung Cancer

· Tuesday, April 5, 2005 · 15 comments

Inaguration Speech Reaction Roundup

· Friday, January 21, 2005 · 8 comments

CBS May Use Multi-Anchor Format

· Tuesday, January 18, 2005 · 1 comment

Tom Brokaw Farewell Video

· Thursday, December 2, 2004 · 2 comments

The 28th Amendment

· Monday, November 22, 2004 · 9 comments

Networks Won’t Air Giuliani and McCain Speeches

· Tuesday, August 24, 2004 · 5 comments

Cronkite, the ‘Newspaperman,’ Lays Down His Pen

· Monday, August 16, 2004 · 1 comment

Toby Keith: Democrat

· Friday, July 23, 2004 · 2 comments

Full Disclosure for Journalists

· Monday, July 19, 2004 · 6 comments

Reagan and Schwarzenegger

· Tuesday, June 1, 2004 · 6 comments

Kerry Medals Flap

· Monday, April 26, 2004 · 6 comments

Brokaw for Veep?

· Monday, March 8, 2004 · 10 comments

LENO CROSSING OVER?

· Thursday, October 9, 2003 · 3 comments

HOUSING VOUCHERS

· Wednesday, September 10, 2003 · 4 comments

SOLDIERS, WHINING, AND THE PRESS

· Friday, July 18, 2003 · No comments

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