The Audacity of Dopes
No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.
No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
The New York Post's Page Six reports Wednesday on supposed bad blood between Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer, and says the outgoing ABC "World News" a...
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Never underestimate how much shear chutzpah, ambition and attractiveness can get a person in this day and age. Try at least $1.2 million.
Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
President Obama called on America's journalists -- and the media executives for whom they work -- to recommit themselves to the standards of journalism that Walter Cronkite practiced.
Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
Israeli government approves construction of hundreds of new homes in occupied West Bank. How do you say, "Up yours, Obama " in Hebrew?
Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media
Charlie Gibson leaving ABC's World News after only a few years in the top spot is news, but is shaking no foundations. It's also not at all surprising who is replacing him: Diane Sawyer.
Posted 10.19.2009 | Media
The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana reports that Charlie Gibson is "livid" over the choice of Diane Sawyer as his replacement on ABC's "World News." Dana ...
Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, who stands firmly atop the evening news ratings race, released a statement on the news that Diane Sawyer wil...
Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
Below is the text of the e-mail Charlie Gibson sent to colleagues at ABC's "World News" announcing his departure from the program. He will retire in ...
Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
Diane Sawyer will replace Charlie Gibson as ABC "World News" anchor, the New York Post's Michael Starr first reported. Sawyer will become the second ...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business
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?
Michael Russnow | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
The fact that our president won't stand behind his words when they become controversial makes me quite concerned about his future.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media
Iowa seems to have a tortured relationship with Time Magazine polls! In the Trusted Newsman poll, Iowa results favored Katie Couric, by a wide margin. But the overall results placed Couric in last place.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media
Well, in a result that he will probably accept as downright apocalyptic for America, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has been selected, in an online poll...
ABC News | JAKE TAPPER and KAREN TRAVERS | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media
ABC News: by Jake Tapper and Karen Travers President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal A...
Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media
The State Department asked Twitter to delay a "critical network upgrade" scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use th...
Eric Deggans | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media
I find it disturbing to see that the nation's first stab at real health care reform in more than a dozen years may start off with a cynical partnership between a politician and a network news division.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics
When it comes to taking responsibility for her failures, Sarah Palin is George W. Bush with lipstick: nothing is ever her fault.
Jim Lichtman | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media
We don't need flash, flag-throwing or yelling at the camera. We just need honest, factual stories. And we need reporters who can give us those stories in a responsible and trustworthy manner.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media
ABC's "World News" anchor Charlie Gibson may not be as known for his comedy chops as evening news leader Brian Williams, but he showed he can hang wit...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Tough economic news and the arrival of the Obama administration have helped bring more viewers to the broadcast evening news shows, a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Serious and occasionally somber, Barack Obama launched a massive media blitz Tuesday evening to address a variety of topics that have consumed his adm...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
President Obama did a series of television interviews Tuesday with the intention of promoting his stimulus plan. But with two of his nominees withdraw...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media
Diane Sawyer says ABC reporters will fuel themselves for the inauguration with cholesterol and junk food, but that George Stephanopoulos is a healthy ...
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 02.04.2009 | Living
We now have something outside ourselves to struggle against. A very real and tangible angst.
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics