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• Opinion

Goldberg: Trump's personality is his biggest re-election obstacle

Goldberg: The problem for Mr. Trump is that if the central question of the election is him, he will lose because he is not popular.

• Politics

Baltimore City Council moves to continue work with nonprofit involved in 'Healthy Holly' deals

Still under audit for its role in the "Healthy Holly" scandal, Associated Black Charities gets City Council support to keep managing public money.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 13, 2019

• Opinion

Honest Ads Act aims to minimize foreign election interference

Legislation would help voters see who is targeting us with paid ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google — the platforms of choice for Russian interference.

• Maryland

Ellicott City to be featured on 'Heart of Heroes' TV show focusing on May 2018 flood

Ellicott City is being featured on this Saturday’s “Hearts of Heroes” television show. The episode airs Saturday morning at 10 a.m. on WMAR, the local ABC station.

By Jess Nocera

May 3, 2019

• Maryland

Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Catonsville resident and Towson University student, continues on 'American Idol'

Harmon will appear in the show's top six this Sunday on ABC.

By Cody Boteler

May 3, 2019

• Maryland

Bel Air's Emma Kleinberg gets ticket to Hollywood on 'American Idol'

Emma Kleinberg is “going to Hollywood.” The 2015 John Carroll School graduate who grew up in Bel Air sang “American Privilege” by Allen Stone for her “American Idol” audition in October that aired Monday night on ABC.

By Erika Butler

Mar 19, 2019

• Maryland

Ready for its closeup: Laurel in movies, TV

Laurel has been mentioned in movies and television shows with some actually filmed in the area.

• From the Community:

Reactions to the 91st Academy Awards including Berg and Harberts

The 91st Academy Awards faced a far amount of drama before it even aired. For the first time in 30 years, the awards went without a host. The controversy began with the resurfacing of some of Kevin Hart's old tweets that were deemed homophobic. ABC was hoping that the controversy would help raise viewership because of the drama but instead people had a visceral reaction and called for a boycott. ABC then decided to air the Oscars without a host, which was a surprising move but was actually well received. Most industry insiders thought that a hostless Awards show would ...

• Sports

Ravens fans in D.C. area who have Verizon FiOS may not be able to watch playoffs due to blackout

Verizon FiOS subscribers across the country are suffering a sudden television blackout of key broadcast channels this week after the company’s content negotiations with a major media company, Tegna, fell through. Affected channels include WUSA, the CBS station in Washington.

• Opinion

Mighty no more: The sad, greedy decline of network television into games and circuses

Today, the networks are ragged ghosts of their former greatness featuring prime-time schedules filled with on-the-cheap game shows and endless reality competitions, culturally-empty reboots of series that spoke to zeitgeists long gone, and news desks mostly anchored by cookie-cutter personalities.

By David Zurawik

Nov 27, 2018

• Sports

Five things to look for from Maryland football after its bye week

From the injuries to safeties Darnell Savage Jr. and Antwaine Richardson to the way Maryland interim coach Matt Canada will rotate his running backs, here are 5 things to look for from the Terps coming out of their bye week.

By Don Markus

Sep 29, 2018

• Sports

Jordan McNair's father: Maryland coach DJ Durkin 'shouldn't be able to work with anybody else's kid'

In an interview with Michael Strahan on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Martin McNair said the coach, who is on administrative leave along with three other staff members pending a review of the team’s culture, should not return to the sidelines.

By Colin Campbell

Aug 16, 2018

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Crony-industrial complex thrives on security clearances

Rachel Marsden: President Trump should revoke security clearances for anyone leaving the public sector.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Don't buy the polls showing Republican approval of Trump's Helsinki performance

Don't buy the polls showing Republican approval of President Trump's Helsinki performance, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Racial bias requires more than a training day

Starbucks bias training was worthwhile but society's problems run deeper than that.

• Opinion

ABC knew what it was in for when it rehired Roseanne

S.E. Cupp: How did ABC think the relationship with Roseanne Barr would go? Suddenly becoming a network star again would put the crazy back in the bottle? Sorry — that's not how it works.

• Opinion

Pitts: This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr

The cancellation of Roseanne Barr's show after she sent out a racist tweet is vindication, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Zurawik: All praise to ABC for canceling 'Roseanne' after Barr's hate-speech tweet

ABC cancelled "Roseanne" after Roseanne Barr tweeted what was widely decried as a racist remark about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to president Barack Obama. It was a rare bit of moral clarity from a TV network.

By David Zurawik

May 29, 2018

• Opinion

Fox News isn't 'state run,' it's just factual

David Zurawik is unfair to Fox News and to President Trump on 'animal' remark.

• Politics

Democrats vying for Maryland governor set for TV debates beginning Monday

The Maryland Democratic Party on Thursday announced that the nine candidates vying to win the June 26 primary election for governor have agreed to four televised debates, a scheduled that begins Monday.

By Doug Donovan

May 17, 2018

• Business

Sinclair removes its TV stations from Playstation Vue

Sinclair Broadcast Group has removed its network affiliate TV stations from the Playstation Vue streaming service in a dispute with Sony

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 4, 2018

• Opinion

Trump v. Comey media war opens with a bang on ABC

The James Comey-Donald Trump show is just starting to heat up.

By David Zurawik

Apr 15, 2018

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Free speech takes another hit

Cal Thomas: The Parkland, Fla., teen upset by criticism from a Fox talk show host is "cowardly" and "immature."

• Features

Baltimore native to audition for 'American Idol' in Sunday's episode

Baltimore native Les Greene will perform Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" in an audition on Sunday's episode of ABC's "American Idol."

By Brittany Britto

Mar 16, 2018

• Entertainment

'The Bachelor' recap: The best moments from The Women Tell All

From #glamshaming to Caroline's (who?) drunken outbursts, here are the highlights from "The Bachelor's" Women Tell All special.

• Entertainment

'The Bachelor' recap: After hometowns, Arie chooses a surprising final three

We've made it to hometowns week on "The Bachelor" — and there's a surprise in store for Arie's final three.

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast renews ABC affiliations

Sinclair Broadcast announced renewals and extensions of its affiliations with ABC stations

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 10, 2018

• News

St. Paul's School for Girls teacher arrested on sexual assault charges

St. Paul's School for Girl's upper school teacher arrested Friday for the alleged sexual assault of a student.

• Opinion

Matt Lauer firing: This is what real reckoning looks like

This is what a cultural reckoning looks like. Eight days after Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King spoke movingly of their reactions to allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by CBS colleague Charlie Rose, a shaken Savannah Guthrie told viewers today that Matt Lauer had been fired at NBC.

By David Zurawik

Nov 29, 2017

• Opinion

Zurawik: How Sinclair compromised the news on an Alabama station it owns to support Roy Moore

Sinclair Broadcast Group is now a leading player in the right-wing echo chamber that includes Fox News and Breitbart. On CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, I explained how it used its Alabama station last week to try and attack the credibility of a Washington Post report on Moore. Take a look.

By David Zurawik

Nov 12, 2017

• Harford

Iconic sports journalist Jim McKay honored with award, exhibit at Harford Community College

"The Wider World of Jim McKay," an exhibit about the life of sportscaster Jim McKay, will open with a reception Thursday evening at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College.

By Allan Vought

Nov 11, 2017

• Opinion

'Long Road Home' and the lack of honor in political, media leaders today

We are a nation led by too many men and women today who have no sense of honor. That's the thought on which I ended a binge screening of the seven-part National Geographic mini-series with last Sunday. Events on the media and politics beat this week have only deepened my belief in that feeling.

By David Zurawik

Nov 2, 2017

• Howard County

Innovation takes center stage at Changemaker Challenge

The Horizon Foundation and United Way of Central Maryland hosted the Changemaker Challenge on Monday and awarded $10,000 grants to three winners with projects to improve life for residents in Howard County.

By Kate Magill

Oct 31, 2017

• Harford

The Wider World of Jim McKay: Celebrating His Life and His Work

The late Jim McKay, beloved by millions as the host of ABC's "Wide World of Sports," is the recipient of the 2017 Robert and Anne Heighe Award for Excellence in Equestrian Journalism. The award w

By Erika Butler

Oct 20, 2017

• Entertainment

Lynda Carter talks 'Wonder Woman' mania ahead of Baltimore Comic-Con performance

Lynda Carter, TV's Wonder Woman, looks forward to singing and meeting fans on her own terms when she performs at the Baltimore Comic Con

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 15, 2017

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast finalizes $240 million Bonten Media deal

Sinclair Broadcast finalizes a $240 million deal to buy Bonten Media

By Lorraine Mirabella

Sep 5, 2017

• Entertainment

'Bachelor in Paradise' premiere recap: What happened before the shutdown

The season premiere of "Bachelor in Paradise" alludes to the controversy that shut down production

• Sports

ESPN to air documentary 'Baltimore Boys' featuring Dunbar boys basketball

The prolific Dunbar boys basketball teams of the early 1980s will be featured in an ESPN documentary titled 'Baltimore Boys,' set to air at 8 p.m. Aug. 8.

• Maryland

Carroll-backed product fighting it out in the 'Funderdome'

Local fans of Court Grabbers will have to tune in to ABC's new show "Steve Harvey's Funderdome" on Sunday night, July 23, to see if the product designed to

• Opinion

Network news finding its future in live-streaming, Snapchat

Three journalists are sitting on the edge a desk in a newsroom, offering analysis and cracking jokes probably no one thinks is as funny as they do. Could this be the future of network news?

By David Zurawik

Jul 18, 2017

• Features

‘Bachelorette’ contestant Eric Bigger talks Baltimore, basketball and reality TV

Bigger, one of the final four contestants on this season of "The Bachelorette," grew up in Reservoir Hill.

By Danielle Ohl

Jul 17, 2017

• Maryland

Carroll County Public Library schedules (July 6-12)

The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call

• Opinion

Maybe it's time for press to push harder for transparency from Trump

It's easy to dislike the Washington press corps. But siding with Team Trump as it limits access hurts us all.

By David Zurawik

Jun 23, 2017

• Maryland

Carroll County Public Library schedules (June 8-14)

The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call

• Features

This Day in History: Oct. 27

In 1947, “You Bet Your Life,” starring Groucho Marx, premiered on ABC Radio. (It later became a television show on NBC.)

• Maryland

Carroll County Public Library schedules (May 11-17)

The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast Group timeline

May 2017: Sinclair Broadcast Group said it will buy Tribune Media Company for $3.9 billion after the FCC loosened rules on TV station ownership in late April.

• Business

Assets held by Sinclair Broadcast and Tribune Media

Sinclair Broadcast Group

• Maryland

Carroll County Public Library schedules (April 27-May 3)

The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call

• Business

Sinclair Broadcast announces plans to buy Bonten Media Group for $240 million

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has agreed to buy the stock of New York-based Bonten Media Group Holdings for $240 million.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 21, 2017