bret baier

Gov. Martin O'Malley is supposed to be Maryland's political TV star. Just ask him.

Not only was the fake CNN debate between Martin O'Malley and Rick Perry a sorry example of what political discourse has come to on the low road of cable news TV these days. It was also a ratings failure.

You have to admire the financial muscle if nothing else of Baltimore's Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Former Washington Post media critic and Daily Beast Washington bureau chief Howie Kurtz is joining Fox News.

Kathy Griffin's desperate efforts to get some shock buzz New Year's Eve on CNN were so obvious that I vowed I wouldn't write about her -- wouldn't write about her kissing Anderson Cooper's crotch and trying to make sure every viewer knew what she was doing.

Paul Ryan being selected as Mitt Romney's GOP running mate was big news late Friday night, and no one on television did a better job of covering it on the fly than MSNBC. I can't believe I typed those words either.

With Mitt Romney now officially President Obama's opponent, it truly appears to be game on at the Fox News channel -- at least, if this morning's "Fox & Friends" is any indication.Today's version of the morning show featured a four-minute-plus, anti-Obama video that resembled propaganda films from 1930's Europe more than it did responsible TV politics of today.

I hate the unprecedented extent to which Fox News has involved itself in Republican politics, but the channel presented a first-class, rousing and illuminating debate among GOP candidates Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty Thursday night.