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SNL's Golden Age End

Dennis Perrin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dennis Perrin

When Jake and Elwood Blues took their act onscreen, they left behind a thriving, coke-fueled franchise. SNL's fourth season was its most popular to da...

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Walter Cronkite, a Journalism Role Model

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

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.

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CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.

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Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

I would like to see Malcolm Gladwell test his theory about Southerners being more prone to violence than Northerners.

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