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Alas, Kacie McDonnell Not Leaving Fox 29 to Marry Prince Harry

Fox 29 traffic reporter Kacie McDonnell stalked Prince Harry during the royal Jersey Shore visit today, but alas, her dreams of becoming SILs with Kate […]

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Could Fox News Gosnell Documentary Result in a Mistrial?

Today, Kermit Gosnell’s lawyer arrived in court ripping mad that Fox aired an hour-long documentary called “See No Evil–The Kermit Gosnell Case” over the weekend. […]

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Former NBC Page: In My Story, Matt Lauer’s a Hero, Not a Villain

  Last Saturday night, my husband and I had some friends over for a little dinner party. When the conversation shifted from innocuous topics—colleges their […]

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Liberal Fox News Pundit: Keep Foreign Muslim Students Out of U.S. Colleges

The Earth shook this week. Am I the only one who felt it? I couldn’t believe what I’d heard, and so I listened intently to […]

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From Cursing News Anchors to Baseball Players: When It’s OK to Swear on TV

If you ask me, the greatest moment of Julius Genachowski’s soon-to-expire tenure as chairman of the FCC came on Saturday.

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Ryan Lochte Responds to Fox 29 Interview “Haters”

Last night in New York, Olympic swimmer-turned-reality TV star Ryan Lochte spoke out about all the criticism he received after flubbing a recent Fox 29 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]