Health Care, Character, Journalism, and America's Future
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.
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.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business
The legacy of George W. Bush's final days in office will be degradation of the environment, endangered species and the safety of working people.
HuffPost | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley released a statement today (found below) critiquing an editorial that ran in the New York Times on Sunday. T...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...
Steven G. Brant | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media