The "Absurd" TV News Cult Of Personality
Tailored suit, tasteful hair, good posture, all business, only rare hints of perkiness. I've been checking out Katie Couric, really putting the evil ...
Tailored suit, tasteful hair, good posture, all business, only rare hints of perkiness. I've been checking out Katie Couric, really putting the evil ...
Mark Joseph | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media
Please NBC, let Brokaw resume his status as elder statesmen and reminder to us all of a generation of newsmen who seemed to think that they were better and smarter than their viewers.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
With the Indiana Jones dynasty back in all its glory (including a tidal wave of corporate tie-ins), I'm tempted to re-rent my favorite of the four mov...
Steven Crandell | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living
Change is essential to save our planet. And we need to get over our resistance to the "weirdness" of doing things differently.
Al Eisele | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media
Former CBS newsman Roger Mudd has written his memoir, and it's not likely to endear him to his former colleagues.
Steven Weber | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media
The recent duh-bates evoke fashion shows where propped-up models strut their cotton-mouth pouts and spout the season's latest trends.
Baltimore Sun | David Zurawik | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media
Walter Cronkite, the most widely known and respected anchorman in network TV history, will be joining the Columbia-based Retirement Living TV channel ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.03.2007 | Media
Why should Williams cross his fingers and hope his message takes with reporters when he can get it out there himself? He's a blogger, dammit, no man speaks for him!
Michael Giltz | Posted 10.29.2007 | Entertainment
Tonight on PBS's American Masters, they take a close look at the life of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. Linked to the new biography by David Michaeli...
Peter Mehlman | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics
The lament (in liberal circles) is that, no matter what crimes the Bush administration commits, nothing sticks.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media
On Monday, George Clooney stopped by "Late Night With David Letterman" to promote his film "Michael Clayton." After being asked about his Oscar, the a...
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 09.17.2007 | Media
In accordance with CBS policy at the time, Walter Cronkite retired from the "CBS Evening News" in 1981 at age 65. "Old anchormen, you see, don't fade...
Last night, John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis...
In a candid interview via satellite from China, Olympic...
Update: Keith Olbermann had Rachel Maddow on "Countdown" Tuesday night to celebrate...
"How honest are we if we tell the truth most of the time &...
Obama's been to Hawaii. We're moving...
I've read the comments. I know what some of you think. Yawn. It's not a story. He's not...
UPDATE: A day after Roseanne's blogs from below...
RENO, Nev. — So much for hugging in church. A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged...
Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps. With all the play his name gets right now,...
NEW YORK — The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat,"...
As much as I dreaded turning 30, believe it or not I'm actually starting to...
Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the...
BURKE, N.Y. -- Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy...
Los Angeles Times | Howard Rosenberg | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media