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December 20, 2015

Why the FCC should keep its nose out of TV newsrooms

What on earth is the FCC thinking? The last thing we need is the government mucking around with news content.

December 20, 2015

Opening a Pandora’s box: The uneasy mix of music services and politics

I spend lots of time visiting opinion sites, newspaper sites, magazine sites and blogs, trafficking in all manner of political reporting, analysis, commentary, bloviation and snark. But sometimes I just want to take a break and listen to music.

December 20, 2015

Trumped by Buzzfeed, the Donald dumps a top aide

Trump has always been fun for me to interview, but it’s clear he takes his national image very, very seriously.

December 20, 2015

Backlash builds against CNN for interviewing George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman is stepping back into the media spotlight — and that is generating sparks of controversy.

December 20, 2015

Boehner blasted: Better to be viewed as 'ruthless' like Hillary?

The striking thing about Boehner’s latest round of bad press is that he actually did what the establishment press wanted.

December 20, 2015

From Paris to Washington, love triangles (real or imagined) are news

Monogamy is sooo boring, at least according to the mainstream media.

December 20, 2015

Why a Republican Senate would be horrible news for Obama

It’s looking like the Republicans have an increasingly strong shot at taking the Senate this fall.

December 20, 2015

A 1990s echo for 2016? Papers show Hillary wary of media and Monica

Do these 20-year-old observations have relevance for 2016?

December 20, 2015

Woody Allen and Philip Seymour Hoffman: Media enablers and finger-pointers

I’ve spent a lot of time this past week thinking about Philip Seymour Hoffman. And also about Woody Allen. And the role of the media in making private pain public. And how we all want the inside skinny on celebrities, but how that is often corrosive, not just to them but to us.

December 20, 2015

Sarah Palin for president? Media debate whether she’ll make a political comeback

Bill Kristol stirred up a bit of a fuss yesterday by declaring that there’s no reason Sarah Palin shouldn’t run for president.