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To Be Real

Steven Weber | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media


Steven Weber

CNN started out by merely being good (remember?), an antidote to the hoary network news bureaus. But with success comes hubris and imitators and competition and eventual madness.

Open Letter to the Next Generation of Cronkites

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


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

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.

World Eagerly Awaits End Of Michael Jackson Tributes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Tracy Klugian, 37, a hardware salesman in Brookline, Massachusetts, has been holding a candlelight vigil for the news ever since the 24/7 Michael Jackson coverage began.

Post-Election: Call it Decompression

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...

The 23/6 Network News Apology-o-Tron

236.com | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media


China has angrily rejected an attempted apology from CNN for their commentator Jack Cafferty saying the Chinese were "goons" and that their products w...