Titillating the News Business
Thanks to America Online, we've just hit a new low in the dumbing down of news. Not a bottom, mind you, just a new low. Because the lowest of the low...
Thanks to America Online, we've just hit a new low in the dumbing down of news. Not a bottom, mind you, just a new low. Because the lowest of the low...
John Farr | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
Cronkite projected the idealism of his generation, embracing the conviction advanced by his mentor Ed Murrow that television could be and should be much more than a vehicle for vacuous entertainment.
Kaity Tong | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York
A while back, we had a story on our newscast about how New Jersey was thinking about banning the Brazilian. The wax, not the model.
Andy Plesser | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media
CNN's iReport popularity as a destination has surged with the Iran crisis. A CNN spokeswoman told me that page views for the iReport reached 1 million on Monday
Alex Leo | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media
Had I not watched "The Situation Room" I may have thought my tingly pinky finger was not a big deal...
Jennifer Nix | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media
I hope you'll take a moment to consider why I think your move with the 10 p.m. program is so important, and why David Sirota is the best candidate for host.
Lloyd Garver | Posted 03.15.2009 | Media
I have a stimulus plan of my own: I'm calling for this February 22nd to be National Turn Off TV News Day. It would stimulate good moods and help rid of us of bad feelings and depression.
Libby Mitchell | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media
Dear Keith Olbermann, Thank you for making my job harder. You see, I am a television producer here in Salt Lake City Utah, the state that is home to...
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
The television station business is terrible and, given today's uncertain economy, the future is ominous.
Morning Call | Nichola D. Gutgold | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Anchor. The word evokes the heft and weightiness needed to secure a vessel. In television news, an anchorperson must ''hook'' the audience, and make t...
William Fisher | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media