Zurawik: The upside of Trump rallies, the downside of the darkness he invokes

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

As agitated as I was watching Trump’s rally Saturday, I came to understand something about them that I should have appreciated long before this time: Not only are they a form of media, they are as profound and possibly as brilliant as his use of cable TV and Twitter was in the 2016 race.

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Trump tweets on Pirro's absence suggest Fox feeling some boycott heat

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

Just think if President Trump spent as much time worrying about the nation and its citizens as he does Fox News.

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'House of Cards' final season: It's all about gender, oligarchs, autocrats and lies. Sound familiar?

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

The story that towers over the final season of "House of Cards" is the one about gender with Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) as president of the United States.

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Zurawik: Cable TV owns 2020 race with town halls, candidate interviews. Mostly, that's a good thing

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

Anyone who has been watching any cable news during the early stages of the 2020 race knows how dominant, informational and powerful a role cable news has come to play in providing a microphone and stage for new voices and shaping the national conversation of politics and the presidency.

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CBS Sports Network revisits historic UMBC basketball victory tonight on 'Four Sides'

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

UMBC’s upset of the University of Virginia in last year’s NCAA men's basketball tournament is the kind of feel-good sports story you can’t get enough of, and the CBS Sports Network is serving up another tasty helping tonight at 7 on its “Four Sides of the Story” series.

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Let's remember and celebrate past heroes as we deal with current presidential crisis

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

As Donald Trump gets stranger and seemingly more insulated from reality with every passing day, I am finding comfort in stories of righteousness and courage by men and women in past presidential crises, particularly Watergate. We need to tell these stories and celebrate those who behaved honorably.

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Zurawik: Pugh's out as Baltimore mayor and Young is in, but the fight for transparent, open city government has just begun

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

The ouster of Catherine Pugh thanks to strong reporting in The Sun and elsewhere doesn't mean City government will suddenly become transparent, open and honest.

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Preakness TV audience down about 10 percent year to year in Baltimore — and twice that nationally

David Zurawik
The Baltimore Sun

In a race without a Kentucky Derby winner, Preakness TV ratings were down in Baltimore and nationally.

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