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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

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Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Katie Couric To Host Interview Webcast, Stay At CBS Through End Of Contract

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

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But despite some of the lowest ratings in the newscast's history, she says she will remain there until her contract expires in 2011.... She appears...

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CBS: Credulous, Breathless Stenography

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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The American Seniors Association serves a radical right agenda. If I can find this out in thirty minutes, why couldn't CBS do at least that much?

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Prediction: Katie Couric's Report on Texting Will Save More Lives Than Her Campaign on Colon Cancer. And Guess What? It Will Save Your Job as Well!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

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Texting is worse than a personal phone call. Have you even been in a retail store, such as Starbucks or McDonald's, and seen an employee texting? How do you feel?

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Farewell Walter Cronkite

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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At the funeral today, Andy Rooney recounted how they met during World War II, when the Air Force would arrange to take them on bombing missions. Rooney became too upset to go on and stepped down.

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That Cronkite School of Journalism -- An ASU Alum Looks Back

Greg Archer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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I can't help but wonder what that solid, creative titan of a man would have thought of 21st century broadcast media (and some print media) before he passed on.

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Health Care: How's It Going to Affect Me?

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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President Obama must explain how the plan can offer Americans more choices and more security, remain deficit neutral, and keep long-term costs down.

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And That's the Way It Was...

Murray Fromson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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When I first met Cronkite, he was a hawk, a supporter of the conflict in Vietnam like so many Americans of his generation. What led to his profound change of heart about the war?

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Open Letter to the Next Generation of Cronkites

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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As we embrace Twitter and the blog, we must also be committed to forging a new pathway to the truth and the hard work of uncovering the information necessary to sustain a healthy democracy.

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Walter Cronkite To Posthumously Guest Star on "Ghost Whisperer"

Craig Bierko | Posted 08.20.2009 | Comedy

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Cronkite will play "Alfred Keagan," a lovable bank security guard who can't seem to face the loss of his Korean war-bride.

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CBS To Keep Cronkite's Voice On "Evening News" Intro

AP | Brian Stelter | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — CBS says the voice of Walter Cronkite will continue to be heard announcing the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric." Cronkite record...

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Walter Cronkite's Words: Read His Blogs

Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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The legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite is dead at age 92. Among many other achievements, "the most trusted man in America" helmed the "CBS Evenin...

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Edward R. Murrow Awards: CBS Wins Best Newscast, NBC Takes Five

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

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NBC News won five Edward R. Murrow Awards, but the "CBS Evening News" won for best broadcast, the Radio-Television News Directors Association announce...

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"CBS Evening News," "ABC World News" Hit All Time Ratings Lows

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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Both the "CBS Evening News" and ABC's "World News" suffered all-time ratings lows last week, the week of June 15, 2009. Both broadcast's anchors &mda...

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Jon Stewart Teases Katie Couric About Ratings, Old Viewers: "Every Three Stories, A Free Prostate Exam!" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

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Jon Stewart teased Katie Couric about her newscast's rating woes — and its older viewers — Thursday night on "The Daily Show." Couric, who paid...

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Swine Flu: Trying to Think Correctly

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living

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Nobody wants to overreact, but nobody wants to be caught unprepared. Responsible members of the media are faced with the difficult task of properly informing without needlessly alarming the public.

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Dr. Ruth, Robin Leach and Ellen Degeneres all in a Lucky Week!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style

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During the vegan dinner Lucky and I schmoozed with Byron Howard, one of the directors of the animated Disney hit film Bolt. Lucky spent the whole time flirting with him!

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Rampage Nation: The Press No Longer Cares About Epic Gun Violence

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

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The press now covers shooting sprees the way it covers killer tornadoes: They're one-day stories, they're acts of nature, and all people can do is try to stay out of the way.

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Evening News Ratings Up On Bad Economic News

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Tough economic news and the arrival of the Obama administration have helped bring more viewers to the broadcast evening news shows, a...

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Katie Couric In Prime Time: CBS To Experiment With 8PM

New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

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On Wednesday at 8 p.m., CBS will pre-empt "The New Adventures of Old Christine," which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, to put on a program featuring a star...

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Katie Couric Ratings Rise: Best Week Since February 2007

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — After two years of relentlessly bad ratings news, Katie Couric finally has something she can smile about. The "CBS Evening News" anc...

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Katie Couric Debuts New, Shorter Haircut On "CBS Evening News"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

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"CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric debuted a new, shorter haircut Monday night — and before you even start wondering whether it's sexist to ...

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Network Evening Newscasts' Ratings Stall During Election 2008

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

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If anything could slow the inexorable decline of evening news viewership, it should have been this year's riveting presidential campaign, which produc...

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Joe Lieberman Katie Couric Interview To Air Wednesday

Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

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The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports that Katie Couric's interview with Joe Lieberman will be airing Wednesday night on the CBS Evening News at 6:30 p...

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Zeros and Ones in a Box

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

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The television station business is terrible and, given today's uncertain economy, the future is ominous.

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