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After decades of writing about television and media, this is the year that I have lost journalistic faith in two TV news institutions in which I have long believed: 60 Minutes and CNN.

Sounds like we'll be seeing Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," in Baltimore in the coming years. At least around parents' weekend.

Sounds like we'll be seeing Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," in Baltimore in the coming years. At least around parents' weekend.

After a four-year reprise, a 19th-century British law once again governs sexual relationships in India.

Mizeur gets national exposure on MSNBC

Channel, anchor had no other choice after such hateful speech

If you don't know by now about the truly sick comments MSNBC host Martin Bashir made about Sarah Palin, you need to see this video.

I am not going to go deep on live TV coverage Friday of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

'PBS NewsHour,' once one of the nation¿s most influential broadcasts, is on the brink of marginalization - if not extinction.

One of the ways you can judge a talk show's energy and momentum -- or lack of such -- is by the guests.

It's easy enough to lose a campaign based on faux-gaffes; commit a real mistake, and you're sure to pay.

It's the visual imagery that usually dictates how a story plays on TV -- as well as how viewers perceive it.

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

I did something foolish last week. I spent at least four hours a day with cable TV news, starting Tuesday.

If you came to cable news Tuesday looking for hard information and analysis that would help you sort through the virulent spin from both sides on what's known as either Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act, depending on your politics, here is a snapshot of what you found.

Showtime's "Homeland" returns with incisive looks at moral issues, politics.

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.

Not all Christians equate their faith with homophobia, and they must stand up and be counted

Gov. Martin O'Malley followed his Wednesday afternoon speech on the Mall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington by appearing on the Rev. Al Sharpton's MSNBC program to hold up Maryland as an example of a state that is striving toward justice.

Watching the debut this week of Al Jazeera America, I couldn't help but remember reviewing the first week of Erin Burnett's show on CNN in October 2011.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is promising TV viewers a first-of-its-kind format in a new cable channel the Hunt Valley broadcaster wants to roll out across the U.S

Enter Al Jazeera with deep pockets and an old-school, hard-news strategy

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

Seven months into his first term, Rep. John Delaney of Maryland is charting a centrist course in a Congress bitterly divided by partisan politics. The effort, observers say, could be crucial in determining whether the Democrat will win re-election in 2014.

And, man, is the actual journalism he's been doing at CNN this week needed now in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict as MSNBC and Fox sink deeper into their ideological swamps.

George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin at 10 p.m. Saturday, and it was a network news operation, ABC, not any of the all-news cable channels, that had the best initial coverage.

Cable news was mostly bad news in Day One of the Trayvon Martin trial.

Mayor discussed Vacants to Values, obesity and gun violence

The Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department will host a blood drive Thursday, June 27, 3-8 p.m., in the fire hall at 6275 Old Washington Road.

Chris Cuomo, one of the hosts of "New Day," sounds like someone who has thought a lot about his TV image and what he's getting into as the point man in trying to make mornings matter at CNN.

Recently I have made some very interesting observations about people and politics.

Jonah Goldberg asks: If Obama is right that the war on terror is essentially over, why the need for massive surveillance?

HAVRE DE GRACE — Harford County Executive David R. Craig on Monday launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in 2014, betting that he can overcome the suspicions of the far right of his party and the Democrats' 2-1 registration advantage in Maryland.

This segment of Chuck Todd's "The Daily Rundown" Monday got more media bounce than usual for the show thanks to MSNBC commentator Michael Steele sounding very serious about running for governor in Maryland.

You know what, maybe there is some justice in this world. I was angry Monday when I saw David Axelrod, the latest Obama pensioner hired by MSNBC, dare to take on Bob Schieffer, of CBS News.

Last week was a great one for cable news watching. Not because any one channel did such outstanding work, but rather because several stories clamored simultaneously for the camera¿s attention. The choices that a channel makes in such situations are usually one of the best barometers of where it really lives.

Liberals should use more logic when trying to appeal to conservatives.

If you want to know what makes MSNBC's "Morning Joe" so much better than anything else on morning TV, check out this video of a discussion Monday morning about President Obama's awful failure to marshall support for even the most tepid gun reform.

Leonard Pitts says the senator's attempt at "outreach" shows how far the GOP has to go in appealing to blacks.

The Sun is proof there's 'liberal bias' in the media

In a letter sent to the Johns Hopkins Medical community Friday afternoon, Faculty Dean and CEO Dr. Paul Rothman labeled Dr. Ben Carson's comments on gay marriage "hurtful" and "offensive."

Dr. Ben Carson got a tough lesson in the past week on how quickly the angry and divisive world of cable TV can chew you up.

Dr. Benjamin Carson, the famed Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, apologized Friday for his "choice of words" and use of examples in discussing gay marriage on Fox News earlier in the week.

Leonard Pitts says Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong to advise gay athletes to lie about their sexuality.