Black-Op at Black Rock

Leslie Griffith, 10.08.2009

A journalist in newspaper, radio and television for 25 years

Like Garrison, Rather forged ahead. Challenging those in power...digging up buried bodies no matter who might end up dead.

Think Again: CBS and Dan Rather -- Doing the Right's Dirty Work

Eric Alterman, 10.08.2009

Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

CBS is attempting to portray Rather as some crazy old grandpa. What's more significant, however, is the "Memogate" scandal that could be answered by the Rather lawsuit.

The Life and Death of Ted Kennedy: Continuing to Learn as We Mourn

SaraKay Smullens, 10.17.2009

Family therapist and educator

Even those who win one moment can face horrific, brutal loss in the next. The rich and famous are no more spared than the rest of us.

Is Bernie Goldberg Right? Had Bush "In Fact Volunteered to Go to Vietnam?"

Thomas Lipscomb, 09.28.2009

Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future

Bernard Goldberg has unearthed a "lost fact" in the Rathergate mess: that George W. Bush volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Until valid paperwork is produced, that claim will remain a supposition.

Why Barack Can't Do What Lyndon Would Have: An Essay on Living in the Past

Reese Schonfeld, 09.25.2009

Television journalist

There's been a major power shift in the United States over the past forty years. Power has devolved from the Russells, Kerrs and Johnsons to the lobbyists.

Saving Journalism: Howard Kurtz Is Wrong, Dan Rather Is Right

Josh Silver, 09.18.2009

Executive Director, Free Press

Kurtz asserts that the journalism crisis is not a political issue, but the result of economic and technological forces alone. If only that were true.

The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr

John Farr, 08.27.2009

Writer, editor and lecturer on timeless film

In the wake of the revered Walter Cronkite's passing, I've attempted to isolate the ten best movies about journalism.

July 27 2009 - News Update

Richard Valeriani, 08.27.2009

Former NBC News correspondent

Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid says no vote on Obama health care plan until after recess. If ever.

Dan Rather Wins Big Round In CBS/Bush National Guard AWOL Case

Jackson Williams, 08.21.2009

Austin-based writer

Dan Rather won't let go of his 2007 lawsuit against CBS. There's a reason. He's holding a decent hand, and he's got sticktoitiveness.

Walter Cronkite and the Player Piano

Karen Ocamb, 08.20.2009

Karen Ocamb is the news editor for Frontiers In LA magazine, the LGBT publication,

Cronkite was so important because he was about the only person in this intensely divided America that both sides could trust. He was our no-frills common bond.

Walter Cronkite, Anchorman: When Holdin' It Down Lifted U.S. Up

Barry Michael Cooper, 08.18.2009

Writer, journalist, and filmmaker whose reporting was adapted into the film "New Jack City"

When we lose public figures who become such an enduring part of our private lives, we lose a part of ourselves. We also realize, like Dylan Thomas, that we too, won't go gently into that good night.

Walter Cronkite: When He Wasn't 'The Most Trusted Man in America'

Dan Dubno, 08.18.2009

Producer and Technologist

As we mourn "the most trusted man in America" we also mourn the kind of television news that no longer exists. Today, the job he perfected has largely lost its relevance.

Walter Cronkite, a Journalism Role Model

Don McNay, 08.17.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

Although I am sure that Walter Cronkite had friends in politics, he did not give money to political campaigns or actively support candidates. I won't either.

The Maureen Dowd Nexus

Ashley Rindsberg, 06.20.2009

Independent writer and researcher

Dowd showed us that the media, in its progression from establishment to grass root, from paper to Apple, has reached the Dowd Nexus and is now irretrievably past the point of no return.

Playing "Network Chicken" at CBS News

Dan Dubno, 03.14.2009

Producer and Technologist

Several years ago, Les Moonves, President of CBS, publically suggested he wanted to "blow up" CBS News. What a sad departure from our golden days. CB...

Assumption Presumption: Predicting the Financial Future

Michael Sigman, 01.17.2009

Writer/ Editor, Media Consultant, Music Publisher

If "Dow, 30,000 by 2008: Why It's Different This Time" wasn't optimistic enough, there was David Elias' "Dow 40,000: Strategies for Profiting from the Greatest Bull Market in History."

Dan Rather's Interview with John McCain (Listen)

Michael Weingartner, 01.14.2009

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Uganda Does Not Deserve Seat On UN Security Council, It's Time To Pay Attention

Georgianne Nienaber, 11.01.2008

Investigative journalist, searcher, and author

Our lack of attention to international issues could become the prelude to more tragedy around the world. In the next week or so, Uganda will be pulling out all stops to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Tom Brokaw, You're No Tim Russert

Mark Joseph, 07.04.2008

Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com

Please NBC, let Brokaw resume his status as elder statesmen and reminder to us all of a generation of newsmen who seemed to think that they were better and smarter than their viewers.

Stephen Mansfield vs. Mikey Weinstein

Chris Rodda, 06.26.2008

Senior Research Director, Military Religious Freedom Foundation; author, "Liars For Jesus"

Campus Crusade's total revenue for 2006 was $497,516,000. This mega-fundamentalist organization is hardly some rinky-dink little group of religious enthusiasts that's barely capable of running a church.

What to Do with Meet the Press

Andy Ostroy, 06.24.2008

New York City-based political analyst

There was only one Tim Russert, but in selecting a suitable replacement for Meet the Press, in my opinion, there are only two names from which to choose: Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.