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Phil Liggett remembers the early days of Tour de France coverage in the United States, which would involve him traveling to Paris at the end of a stage,

One reason ProPublica is doing such great work in documenting hate during the Trump era is found in its embrace of the role of journalism as a "moral force."

By David Zurawik

Jul 3, 2019

NBC’s first Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night was worthy of high praise for its informed and spirited conversation about democracy.

By David Zurawik

Jun 27, 2019

Jules Witcover: Two functions of American media have emerged in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

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

By David Zurawik

May 20, 2019

The Wall Street Journal reported that MSNBC journalist Stephanie Ruhle has traveled with and offered business advice to Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 21, 2019

If you are good, yet silent on racism, maybe you're not really as good as you think, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Kamala Harris, who was one of the standouts of the explosive TV hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, will get a chance to connect with caucus-goers in Iowa and voters across the nation tonight on CNN. That’s a big deal for the California senator so early in this race.

By David Zurawik

Jan 27, 2019

Looking for ways to keep the faith and push back against White House lies.

By David Zurawik

Nov 30, 2018

Mainstream media's war on Donald Trump deserves a little resistance like banning CNN's Acosta.

Even by the contentious standards of President Trump’s generally troubled relationship with press, what happened Wednesday at the White House between him and reporters from CNN, NBC, PBS and American Urban Radio Networks is truly shocking. His response to CNN's Jim Acosta is beyond the pale.

By David Zurawik

Nov 8, 2018

President Trump says FBI should be talking to "whoever they deem appropriate" in Kavanaugh background check and it's a growing list.

By no conventional definition can Ben Jealous be fairly described as a socialist.

Ben Jealous’ campaign for Maryland governor is sending letters to local TV stations asking them to pull ads the campaign says were deceptively edited to paint Jealous as a “socialist.”

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 9, 2018

Jules Witcover: Most of today's reporters have developed thick skin, and in the service of the public's right to know they will continue to report on the president's contemptuous serial lying.

If anyone still thought President Trump didn’t see Sinclair in political terms as part of his media support system, his Tuesday night tweet denouncing the FCC for not granting approval for the Maryland company's purchase of Tribune Media should dispel that notion.

By David Zurawik

Jul 24, 2018

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Terry McAulay goes from refereeing high school football games in Howard and Anne Arundel counties to the NFL and now to NBC.

A discussion on Fox News between David Bossie and Joel Payne about left-wing language ended with Bossie saying Payne was "out of his cotton-picking mind."

Good old fashioned reporting and a moral compass made this a good week for journalism and a bad week for President Donald Trump's lies.

By David Zurawik

Jun 21, 2018

Gayle King brings moral authority to CBS' coverage of the Texas family separation story.

By David Zurawik

Jun 18, 2018

For all the times I criticize cable news for its sins, it is an absolute pleasure to watch MSNBC report, critique and challenge the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of separating parents and children from families that had come seeking asylum at the Texas border.

By David Zurawik

Jun 15, 2018

Everything you need to know to watch Justify try for a Triple Crown during the 150th Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 8, 2018

Here’s what you need to know about Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

By Jonas Shaffer

May 28, 2018

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

Here’s what you need to know about Preakness Day.

By Jonas Shaffer

May 19, 2018

Mayor and observers offer impressions during the Greater Baltimore Committee's annual meeting.

By Meredith Cohn

May 14, 2018

The allegations against Tom Brokaw and Joy Reid warrant independent investigations by NBC, not the kind of slow walk it's done for Matt Lauer.

By David Zurawik

Apr 29, 2018

Getting a jump on his six Democratic rivals for Maryland governor, state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. is up with the first cable TV ad in the 2018 primary election campaign.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 28, 2018

President Donald Trump's propensity to freewheel on Fox News made him. Now it might break him.

By David Zurawik

Apr 27, 2018

Still one of Maryland’s best-known Republicans — a two-time statewide candidate — Steele has increasingly found himself at odds with a party he led as chairman just seven years ago.

By John Fritze

Apr 8, 2018

Coverage of the March for Our Lives in Washington is going to feel like it is everywhere — especially on TV. And the coverage matters, journalistically and culturally.

By David Zurawik

Mar 23, 2018

I have seen a lot of strange things on cable news TV the last 25 years, but the journey through live interviews that former Donald Trump aide Sam Nunberg took Monday on MSNBC and CNN was one of the strangest and saddest.

By David Zurawik

Mar 6, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 24, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 23, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 22, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 21, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 21, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 19, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 18, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 17, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 16, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 15, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 14, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 13, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 12, 2018

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 11, 2018

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 10, 2018

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 9, 2018

When it comes to coverage of President Trump today, one narrative is crafted by platforms that have become weapons for him, while the other is largely the function of platforms operating under traditional journalistic standards. It's propaganda vs. journalism. Let's not make the two sound equal.

By David Zurawik

Feb 9, 2018