On today’s podcast, we were joined by Tom Rosenstiel. Rosenstiel is the director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Research Center. He’s also the co-author of a new book called “Blur: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload.” Rosenstiel and I discuss new ethical dilemmas facing online [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sam’s Club – the Walmart-owned megastore that sells almost everything in bulk – is hardly the epitome of glamour. So where does a superstar like Sarah Palin set up shop to sign books here? Amid the pallets of canned green beans? Behind the sea of poinsettias? Near the crates of toilet [...]
Even on Thanksgiving Day, Sarah Palin found time to lash out at her political foes — in this case the media for blowing out of proportion her gaffe on the Korean crisis. In a Facebook posting, the combative Palin addressed a Thanksgiving message to “57 states” — mocking a mistake President Obama made in his [...]
For most Americans, Thanksgiving was a day to spend with family, dining on turkey and dressing, perhaps jogging in the local turkey trot before sitting down to gorge and later watch a little NFL. We gave thanks — for our family, our friends, the food and our fortune, no matter how large or small. Millions [...]
Rick Maiman/Bloomberg News The Cablevision headquarters in Bethpage, N.Y. Don Draper may be saying goodbye to his corporate parents. Cablevision said on Thursday that it was considering spinning off its Rainbow Media Holdings business, which includes the cable networks IFC, Sundance and AMC, which carries the hit series “Mad Men.” Spinning off the cable channels [...]
During Keith Olbermann’s brief suspension from MSNBC for making political donations, former ABC anchor Ted Koppel penned a Washington Post op-ed about the situation — and about “the death of real news.” Responding on the liberal Daily Kos, Olbermann sarcastically described Koppel’s take as “nostalgia for a time when TV news was objective and neutral [...]
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