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The last place I thought I would be directing Baltimore voters for coverage of the 2020 mayoral race is WBFF. But there is no TV or radio outlet in Baltimore making a bigger commitment to covering this race than the Sinclair-owned station.
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CBS Sports rose to playoff level even with their second-string crew Saturday night. Too bad the Ravens didn’t with all their Pro Bowl players.
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Media critic: After the disastrous Iraq invasion in 2003, I did not expect to see the windbags of war back on TV as tensions mounted with Iran.
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Being an incumbent is generally considered a tremendous asset when it comes to getting free media during an election. But it might be just the opposite when it comes to running for mayor in a city as beleaguered as Baltimore.
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"McCarthy," a documentary on Senator Joseph McCarthy, is history you can trust in these truth-challenged times. It's history PBS can be proud of.
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Looking back on the media decade: too much hate, not enough hope. Looking ahead: Need to protect legacy values, First Amendment in digital age.
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This has been a decade of revolutionary, existential media change most of which would have happened had he never stepped off that escalator into the heart of the nation’s political life.
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A first look at Thiru Vignarajah, whose media effort stands out in a crowded field at this early point in the race. He announced a $100,000 media buy last month that has him on local TV, radio and social media.
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I’ve gone global in my holiday viewing, watching mainly series made in other countries and dealing with other cultures. Here are five series that not only totally engaged me with their storytelling, but also opened my mind to new ideas and made me care about people and places that in some cases had not been on my radar.
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While there has been more political coverage than ever on TV in 2019, the question that demands not just being asked but also honestly discussed is whether all that television time and talk has made any real-world difference.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision this week to remove former Trump aide turned political analyst Boris Epshteyn from its airwaves is good news, no two ways about it. But I am not near being ready to buy the spin being sold with the cancellation, claiming the company is moving away from commentary to make way for more fact-based local news and investigative journalism.
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Fox and the NFL Network delivered a top-of-line production from pregame to postgame of the Ravens' 42-21 victory over the New York Jets on Thursday night.
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Sinclair cancels commentaries by Boris Epshteyn, chief political analyst. Epshteyn’s servile pro-Trump commentaries were a source of widespread criticism of the Hunt-Valley-based broadcaster since he joined the company in 2017.
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Never in the last 100 years, going back to the beginning of radio and mass electronic communications, have Americans been so bombarded with misinformation, lies, propaganda and conspiracy theories.
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The closer we get to crucial elections like those for Baltimore mayor and American president in 2020, the angrier I get about Facebook and what it is doing to our democracy.
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After ESPN's nonstop praise for Lamar Jackson and his teammates Monday night, Baltimore fans will never again be able to say the Ravens get no respect from national announcers.
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Baltimore TV news needs to get better if this city is ever going to improve. And I see little evidence that any of the major stations here are committed to making that happen. An outside review agrees.
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Mary Bubala is promoted to co-anchor of evening newscast at WBFF replacing Jennifer Gilbert.
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Zurawik: Congressman Jim Jordan is the snarling TV face of the GOP in Trump’s impeachment hearings
Jim Jordan is the perfect choice to be the face of the Republican Party in the impeachment hearings, representative of those who have put on moral blinders and pledged their allegiance to President Trump.
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This week after watching the televised impeachment hearings and the reaction to them by some of the major players in right-wing media, I fear we have already lost more of our democracy than we will ever recover. Ever, ever, ever.
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The Democrats succeeded Wednesday in staging a TV-friendly hearing without dumbing down the impeachment process. In media terms, that's a very strong start.
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By all means, watch the impeachment hearings this week. Don’t miss a moment if you can help it. But don’t sit down in front of the screen expecting to be saved.
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WBAL said the audience of 568,371 for the Ravens-Patriots game was the largest audience for an NFL telecast on the channel in five years.
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This is where the war on patriarchy is now being most publicly fought ― with the men who write, produce and buy the narratives that play a role in shaping the world views of millions of viewers.
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Is David Simon on the wrong side of history with his defense of James Franco?
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For all the attacks on Facebook this month, the biggest liar in the history of the presidency still has the largest media platform in the history of the world to exponentially spread his lies.
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After more than a quarter century of weekday mornings on WCBM, Frank Luber is stepping down.
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What the visuals this week are telling us about Elijah Cummings and Donald Trump: honor vs. shame.
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Democracy is drowning in a sea of conspiracy theories. And now even Hillary Clinton has thrown in with those playing this dangerous game.
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Why Ronan Farrow's "Catch and Kill" is so much more than just a best seller.
