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Rick Santorum: What's good for Fox News is bad for the country
The Baltimore SunAs Wednesday's GOP debate arrives with Rick Santorum now at center stage, it is impossible not to notice how much his rise is welcomed at Fox News. It is also impossible not to see how deeply owner Rupert Murdoch and chief Roger Ailes have already...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, NBC (tv network), Rick Santorum, Roger Ailes , Television Industry
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'Game Change' - Sarah Palin posse flipping out over HBO film before seeing it
The Baltimore SunLast week, I wrote about HBO's "Game Change" right after screening the two-hour film about the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. You can read it here. I described the film as "so political in so many good ways," and predicted...Tags: HBO (tv network), Regional Authority, Sarah Paulson, Executive Branch, TLC (tv network)
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Rupert Murdoch, Sheila Dixon, John Edwards -- the media and public shame
The Baltimore SunI have been thinking about media and public shame a lot lately. And events this week with Rupert Murdoch globally and Sheila Dixon locally have focused my troubled thoughts. The litany of public figures who have been in the news lately for behaving...Tags: Media Industry, Prosecution, Regional Authority, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Television
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Defense begins in Currie trial
Attorneys for state Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, on trial for extortion and related charges, began his defense Monday by calling a witness who portrayed the Prince George's County legislator as endlessly pleasant, but not very bright.
"On the smart [scale],...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Prosecution, Prince George's County, HealthSouth Corp, Political Corruption
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Obama, Boehner in debt reduction TV showdown -- and CNN gives us Piers Morgan
The Baltimore SunIf nothing else, Monday night's dueling prime-time addresses to the nation by President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner hopefully woke more Americans up to the fact that we are at an epic moment in the nation's history. The narcissists...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Talk Shows (genre), Wolf Blitzer, Billy Ray Cyrus, Piers Morgan
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ABC, NBC and the shameful business of news operations buying interviews
The Baltimore SunLast Sunday, I wrote about the way in which British tabloid values had already taken root in American media and corroded the soul of our press. I was challenging the conventional wisdom here that our journalistic standards are somehow vastly superior...Tags: Today (tv program), Journalism, Mass Media, NBC (tv network), News of the World
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Political comedy bits: The five best of July
About the blogger: Amy Bree Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication & Communication Studies at Towson University. Her research considers the impact of political comedy and political entertainment on everyday life. She also...Tags: Migraine, Media Industry, Jimmy Kimmel, Satire (genre), Wendi Deng
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Bret Baier, Chris Wallace make Fox News a winner at Iowa debate
The Baltimore SunI hate the unprecedented extent to which Fox News has involved itself in Republican politics, but I have to admit the channel presented a first-class, rousing and illuminating debate among GOP candidates Thursday night. Most of the credit has to go to...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Wolf Blitzer, Television, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mitt Romney
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Friday morning talkers: Welcome to the age of the flying car
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. Articles • No! The horror! Rick Perry...Tags: The Washington Post, FBI, Osama bin Laden, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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White House emails show Obama White House attacking, excluding Fox News
The Baltimore SunI honestly don't know if I have the emotional energy for this post today. I fought this battle in 2009 when the White House went to war with Fox, and I have the scars to prove it. I am so tired of standing up for journalistic principles in the middle...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Freedom of the Press, FBI, Censorship, Spiro Agnew
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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: NBC (tv network), Wolf Blitzer, George Stephanopoulos, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry
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Hack this, Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is in trouble and a whole lot of folks are delighted. They are practically drooling at the mouth that the downfall of Fox News could be around the corner. Members of Congress are calling for an investigation into allegations that the...Tags: Journalism, Values, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Computer Crime, Ethics
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