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CNN's Tapper says he aims coverage beyond politics
Jake Tapper's new show on CNN, "The Lead," is premiering at a time when cable TV keeps moving further down the road of partisan news presentation. But ask him about it, and there's no waffling. "I am not a partisan, and I am a journalist — not...
Tags: Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Media Industry, Jerry Sandusky, Television, Ted Koppel
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Claire McCaskill, Susana Martinez, Barbara Boxer, Jim DeMint, Same-Sex Marriage
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Obama the decider
A rare phenomenon occurred on Capitol Hill the other day when two ranking officials of the Obama administration testified that they had differed with the president they still served over providing arms to the rebels in Syria seeking to oust dictator...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Martin Dempsey, September 11, 2001 Attacks, John McCain, Wars and Interventions
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Are media losing their way in mad #My2K and #Lauerfail hashtag chases?
The Baltimore SunFrom #SaveBigBird and #womeninbinders, to #Lauerfail and #DrunkDianeSawyer, it seems like we are awash in stories with hashtags these days --stories about the 140-character wonders of Twitter and their impact on media and politics. And while there is...Tags: Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, NBC (tv network), Big Bird (fictional animal), Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Election Day coverage reflects low-road tone of 2012 campaign
The Baltimore SunThe partisan media madness started early Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show with host Steve Doocy somehow turning a report on midnight voting in Dixville Notch, N.H., into an attack on President Barack Obama for his handling of the September...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Voting, New York City, Satellite and Cable Service, Polls
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MSNBC editorializes, CNN reports at moment of Obama victory
The Baltimore SunIt was fairly obvious by about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday that most cable and network analysts thought President Obama was going to be re-elected. But they didn't have the data to make the call until 11:17. When that happened at NBC News and CNN, viewers were...Tags: Media Industry, Feist, Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dick Cheney
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West Friendship: Fire department chief among those who saved Virginia woman
As a community we are beaming with pride. West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Miller was among a team of Maryland Wildland Firefighters whose rescue efforts saved the life of a woman in Virginia on July 3. Members from the 20...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, American Cancer Society, Genesis (music group), Energy Resources
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Response to ABC's Robin Roberts a reminder of TV's power to connect
The Baltimore Sun"Good Morning America" co-host George Stephanopoulos used the adjective "staggering" to describe the response to his on-air partner Robin Roberts' announcement this week that she has a blood disease and needs a bone marrow transplant. In the 24 hours...Tags: Charity, Good Morning America (tv program), Bone Marrow, George Stephanopoulos, ABC (tv network)
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Facebook promotes organ donations
Facebook has launched a program to promote organ donation, which grew from a conversation between the social media company's chief operating officer and a Johns Hopkins surgeon already passionate about the cause.
COO Sheryl Sandberg and Dr. Andrew M....Tags: Charity, Media Industry, Washington, DC, University of Maryland Medical Center, Facebook
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ABC News shows hidden video of gay 'counseling' at Bachmann clinic
The Baltimore SunABC News, which has been making its own news this week with Diane Sawyer's Jaycee Dugard interview, kept the ball rolling Monday night with a report on the Christian counseling clinics run by the husband of GOP candidate Michele Bachmann. She refers to...Tags: NPR, Gays and Lesbians, Hospitals and Clinics, ABC (tv network), Michele Bachmann
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TV press doing the job on debt ceiling - Networks carry Obama's Friday news conference
The Baltimore SunDuring the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN). I thought TV coverage during that crucial time in...Tags: Jim Cramer, Television, NBC (tv network), The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (tv program), Katie Couric
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Will Murdoch scandal make us pull back from Brit tabloid values?
As the scandal that sunk Rupert Murdoch's News of the World continued to unfold last week, one of the questions that loomed was whether there would be any fallout on this side of the Atlantic.
What most American analysts were wondering was whether...Tags: HLN (tv network), The New York Times, Mass Media, Journalism, Movies
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