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• Entertainment

Things to do in Baltimore this week: Preakness Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Cylburn Market Day and more

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of May 5-11, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

May 5, 2019

• Opinion

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

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.

By David Zurawik

Apr 16, 2019

• Opinion

Pitts: Fox 'News' doesn't deserve a seat at the table

Leonard Pitts Jr: Fox News does not deserve to be treated as a legitimate news organization.

• Opinion

Covering Trump as media figure challenges my core journalistic beliefs more and more

I'll be honest, some weeks I don’t know if I’m evolving to a higher ethical plane or losing my journalistic religion bit by bit as I struggle to communicate what I see as President Trump’s toxic effects on American media and culture.

By David Zurawik

Aug 16, 2018

• Maryland

Radio station WLMD offers 1,000 watts of memories

History of Laurel's former radio station, WLMD.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Trump's preexisting condition

If there's one thing candidate Donald Trump promised about Obamacare's future, it's that preexisting medical conditions would be covered. Well, now maybe not so much.

• Opinion

Melania Trump gets good reviews from some of same media outlets her husband calls lying and hateful

Melania Trump's performance at Tuesday's state dinner gave media outlets a chance to contrast her qualities with those of her husband.

By David Zurawik

Apr 24, 2018

• Maryland

In Baltimore, in the flesh, Stormy Daniels

Taking time out from suing President Donald Trump and his lawyer Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels takes to the stage at Fantasies strip club in Baltimore.

By Jean Marbella

Apr 20, 2018

• Opinion

Stormy Daniels: It's about the cover-up

The much-anticipated '60 Minutes' interview's most damaging disclosure wasn't about sex, it was about an illegal campaign donation.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: An extremely interesting week for Trump

Trump had an interesting week to say the least, from oil drilling off the coasts to his war on the press to his statements on "s***hole" countries.

• Features

Out magazine names DeRay Mckesson among top 50 influential LGBT Americans

Out magazine names DeRay Mckesson among Top 50 influential people in American LGBT culture

By Brittany Britto

Aug 10, 2017

• Opinion

Comey coverage justifies any media overkill

Sure there was overkill in TV coverage of the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey. But it was justified by importance of the issue and what we learned.

By David Zurawik

Jun 8, 2017

• Opinion

Pitts: Pouring water on concrete

There is nothing intellectual or vibrant about what passes for conservatism these days, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

John Kass: Harvard study: Media has been largely negative on Trump

A Harvard study confirms what John Kass says he has always known: Media hate Donald Trump.

• Opinion

Why this is a dangerous time for Fox News

As bad as things are at Fox News, they could get even worse - much worse if the ratings dip deepens.

By David Zurawik

May 22, 2017

• Food & Drink

Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen went to Grand Central after Baltimore performance

In Baltimore for a Hippodrome Theatre performance, CNN's Anderson Cooper and Bravo's Andy Cohen stopped by Mount Vernon gay bar Grand Central.

By Wesley Case

May 1, 2017

• Features

Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper to bring boozy tales, 'Housewives' taglines to Baltimore

Those among the Bravo-and-CNN-channel-flipping fans who would kill to get drinks with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper have their chance. Kind of.

By Quinn Kelley

Apr 27, 2017

• Entertainment

Charm City Bluegrass Festival, M3 Festival and Steve Winwood: this week in Baltimore's arts scene

Bluegrass, metal, country rock and Steve Winwood: this week in Baltimore A&E.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Apr 22, 2017

• Entertainment

Top 2017 events in the Baltimore area

Here's a list of some of the biggest events to look forward to in Baltimore in 2017.

By Brittany Britto

Jan 6, 2017

• Opinion

Why are we so grammatically incorrect?

Why can't Americans speak/write English correctly? My friends Annette and Max recently moved back to Europe after living in Baltimore County for 20 years. They are living in Southern France while looking to buy a condo in Zurich or Germany. Not only are Annette and Max fluent in English, French and German, but Sammy, their yellow Labrador, understands commands in all three languages.

• Opinion

Huppke: In election's aftermath, let's remember: We are all Americans

In the election's aftermath, let's remember that we are all Americans, says Rex Huppke.

• Opinion

Megyn Kelly's debate question foreshadowed the story of 2016 race

All the seeds of Donald Trump's potential destruction were there in the summer of 2015 when he was riding so high, and it foreshadowed how the bombastic reality TV star would be critically wounded as a result of his flaws.

By David Zurawik

Oct 14, 2016

• Opinion

Megyn Kelly's debate question foreshadowed the story of 2016 race

All the seeds of Donald Trump's potential destruction were there in the summer of 2015 when he was riding so high, and it foreshadowed how the bombastic reality TV star would be critically wounded as a result of his flaws.

By David Zurawik

Oct 14, 2016

• Opinion

Trump's scorched earth

Trump didn't melt down in Sunday's debate. What he did was actually worse.

• Opinion

Trump lives to fight another day in remarkable, tabloid debate with Clinton

This presidential campaign has been so tabloid and downright strange that I didn’t think I could be stunned by anything I saw or heard in these closing weeks.

By David Zurawik

Oct 10, 2016

• Harford

Abingdon Regal Cinema to air second Clinton-Trump debate live for free

As a larger-than-life and unusually dramatic presidential race winds down, Regal Cinemas is betting Sunday's presidential debate may be worth watching on the big screen.

• Opinion

Expect more artifice than authenticity in 'town hall' debate

Town halls today have almost nothing to do with the real meaning of the term. Instead, they have become another instance of TV taking a staple of American life and shaping it to fit its commercial imperatives while trying to create the appearance that the institution is still doing the righteous, public-minded work it was originally intended to.

By David Zurawik

Oct 7, 2016

• Entertainment

Pikesville's Jason Berman helps bring 'The Birth of a Nation' to screens

Immediately after reading the script for "The Birth of a Nation," Jason Berman knew this was a movie he wanted to produce. Now, the Friends School graduate is confident the film will succeed despite controversy.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 6, 2016

• Opinion

A night of shocking revelations for Mike Pence

Pence owes Kaine a thank-you note for informing him of all the crazy stuff Trump has said. Apparently he had no idea.

• Opinion

Is Donald Trump a one-trick pony?

A cliché holds that one never gets a second chance to make a first impression. Four years ago, though, President Obama didn't do well in his first encounter with Mitt Romney, but he bounced back in the second without any character transplant. Can the set-in-tone Donald Trump do likewise next time?

By Jules Witcover

Oct 3, 2016

• Opinion

Roughly Speaking podcast: David Zurawik on the Clinton-Trump split-screen; three good books (episode 156)

Dan talks with media critic David Zurawik about last Monday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Paula Gallagher has three book recommendations.

By Dan Rodricks

Sep 30, 2016

• Health

Baltimore city health commissioner to appear on CNN town hall on opioid epidemic

Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen will appear on CNN tonight to talk about the opioid addiction epidemic that has swept the country.

• Opinion

In Supreme Court battle, another effort to delegitimize a president

Wednesday column on controversy over Obama Supreme Court appointment

By Dan Rodricks

Feb 16, 2016

• Opinion

Trump to do town hall with his favorite media poodle, Joe Scarborough

Even in the profoundly compromised realms of politics and cable TV, rarely is the quid pro quo as obvious as the one involved in MSNBC's announcement today that it will telecast a town hall tomorrow night featuring Donald Trump and "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski.

By David Zurawik

Feb 16, 2016

• Opinion

A white man just can't catch a break

Leonard Pitts Jr. imagines a conversation between two white male militants holding hostage a federal building.

• Opinion

CNBC debate yields confusion rather than clarity

The nicest thing I can say about Wednesday night¿s GOP debate on CNBC is that it was lively. But that¿s where the nice stops.

By David Zurawik

Oct 28, 2015

• Opinion

Yet more Democrat love in The Sun

Democratic candidates didn't distinguish themselves in recent debate — despite what Jules Witcover may believe

• Opinion

Civil, yes, but first Democratic debate was a softball game

Jonah Goldberg: Democrats rarely get asked the tough questions Republicans get from the mainstream media.

• Hillary Clinton

Clinton, Sanders battle for the left in first debate

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By John Fritze

Oct 13, 2015

• Opinion

CNN, Sanders provide space for Clinton to own stage

Don't blame CNN's Anderson Cooper. As moderator of the first TV debate among Democratic candidates, he tried.

By David Zurawik

Oct 13, 2015

• Opinion

Debate aimed to make GOP hopefuls look bad

Debate aimed to make GOP hopefuls look bad

• Opinion

Rawlings-Blake never controlled her media persona

In wake of Freddie Gray's death, media mistakes were devastating

By David Zurawik

Sep 11, 2015

• Opinion

Finding a TV journalist who can take on Trump

Billionaire, GOP presidential candidate walks all over journalists

By David Zurawik

Jul 26, 2015

• Opinion

Use of 'thug' has nothing to do with race

Reader from Catholic church in South Carolina decries critiques of the use of the word "thug."

• TV

Syed case and S.C. shooting show nonjournalists, pros working the same ground

Syed case and S.C. shooting show outsiders, pros working the same ground

By David Zurawik

Apr 10, 2015

• Maryland

Tom Zirpoli: Flip-flops illuminate GOP hypocrisy

• Maryland

Tom Zirpoli: Flip-flops illuminate GOP hypocrisy

• Management Change

'Ellen' to take Oprah's place next fall on WBAL

• Opinion

From 'Salinger' to 'Mitt' and 'Chicagoland,' TV rediscovering documentaries

Documentaries were supposed to be a dying genre -- and living proof that we were becoming dumber as a nation.

• Opinion

'Affluenza': Just the latest way to shirk responsibility [Commentary]

A Texas verdict that a drunk-driving teen was too rich to know better has people up in arms, but such ruling may be more common than many think