Whenever I think my progressive values might need a reality check, all I have to do is go to the online version of my
Category: Media
“Why do you support such a liberal agenda?” An honest answer in a tough market
Recently, Charlotte NC Mayor Dan Clodfelter proclaimed April 30, 2015 to be Honesty Day. In response, the editorial page editor of the Charlotte Observer–Taylor
The New York Times has a new slogan…er, cliche
Slogans are sort of micro tweets, intended to sell brand by as much repetition as possible. “This is CNN” is innocuous enough, even as
“Halal in the Family” sitcom tries, but fails
I was super-excited for the launch of “Halal in the Family,” a web series that the creator, Aasif Mandvi has described as “an exaggerated
On Fox, Ferguson is a media sport and a blood sport
They had to do it; they just had to do it. They had to gloat about the findings of the Justice Department’s Report on
Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine
I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of
Missouri State Auditor’s suicide: The gun
The sad details surrounding the suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich continue to emerge. But something is missing in the reporting: the gun
CNN quiz show puts reporters at risk of being mocked
There was a day when Walter Cronkite was the master journalist of all of American television news. We knew the serious side of him;
NBC News: Discipline Brian Williams, but look at yourself, too.
More than forty years ago, Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein taught us to “follow the money.” Those words of wisdom certainly
In partial–and only partial–defense of Brian Williams
Brian Williams may be about to lose his position as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. It is now clear that he