TV News
I Don’t Need Healing After What Happened in Boston and Neither Do You
I know this is going to come as a shock to you. After all, you were right there through it all last week—the horrific […]
The Guardian Is Wrong: News Is Good For You
It’s probably no surprise that one of the most popular things on the Internet last week—in a week full of Boston bombings, Texas explosions, attempted […]
Don’t Just Blame CNN’s Fran Townsend for Boston Reporting Mistakes
The breaking news alerts on my iPhone played like a stinger symphony. CNN’s Fran Townsend reports that a suspect has been arrested in the Boston […]
Ali Velshi: Out At CNN, In At Al Jazeera
An item we missed last week: Philly homeboy Ali Velshi is leaving CNN for Al Jazeera. That’s probably not quite as high a profile for […]
Veteran Journalist: Local TV News Is a Waste of Your Time
A Charleston Gazette editorial about local TV news has created a stir in newsrooms around the country—not because it was written by respected veteran network news […]
Saying Goodbye to Heavy Makeup and an Unplaceable Accent: Barbara Walters Is Retiring
Reports have surfaced that 83-year-oldBarbara Walters is getting her own show on FXX, the new FX spin-off network for 18-34 year olds retiring from broadcast […]
“Jesus Stomping” Sounds Bad, But It’s Not
Fueled by Fox News, the stomping of Jesus and the young man who tried to stop it has become a national story, a national outrage […]
Ann Curry Could Save Matt Lauer From Getting Fired From the Today Show
Television hosts and anchors have an unusual relationship with their viewers. It is a relationship that is constantly analyzed, measured and dissected by researchers, focus […]
The Congressman and the Bikini Model
It was during the State of the Union speech, as President Obama was making his way down the aisle to the podium, that Congressman Steve […]
Why Aren’t There More Gay Faces on Philly TV News?
The gossip mill has been churning full force lately with reports of cozy drinks between the Flyers’ Scotty Hartnell and local TV weather glamourpuss Sheena […]
Killer Christopher Dorner’s Mom Was Watching Manhunt Coverage in a Bar, Eating Chips
While the LAPD is still trying to identify whether rampage killer Christopher Dorner was or was not killed in a cabin in the San Bernardino […]
Will “30 Rock” Be Renamed the “Comcast Building?” Updates and Reactions on the Comcast-NBC Deal
Yesterday afternoon, Comcast announced they’d buy out GE’s remaining share of NBC for $16.7 billion, meaning TV programming and distribution are at last united. Here’s […]
The Decline of Fox News
Like many liberals, I felt there was one appropriate response when I heard that Fox News ratings had plummeted to their lowest levels in 12 […]
How Sarah Palin Can Make a Comeback and Stay True to Herself
Sarah Palin’s rock-star status is fading fast. Rewind one year ago and cable news networks were carrying her speeches live and in their entirety; her […]
Sheena Parveen Replaces Hurricane Schwartz at NBC 10’s Nightly News Weather
In case you’ve noticed that your nightly weather forecast has gotten a little bit prettier, you’re not dreaming. Recent NBC 10 acquisition Sheena Parveen […]