news media

• Opinion

Roger Ailes on his way out at Fox, report says

Roger Ailes tenure as the leader of Fox News may be coming to an end, according to a report by Gabriel Sherman of "New York" magazine.

By David Zurawik

Jul 18, 2016

• Maryland

Debates promise cheap entertainment

• Opinion

Stephanopoulos, Williams, Woodruff and TV's lack of ethics

ABC News can continue in its see-no-evil, hear-no-evil stance on George Stephanopolous and his undisclosed $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation forever if it wants. But I guarantee you the network is going to pay when it comes to credibility during the 2016 campaign season if it does.

By David Zurawik

May 24, 2015

• Newspapers

Tribune Publishing names former New York Times exec to head up digital

Tribune Publishing names former New York Times exec to head up digital

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 5/6/15

• Opinion

Schaller's biased view of Fox News

Schaller's biased view of Fox News coverage

• Baltimore City

Baltimore Sun reporter named Marquette public service journalism fellow

Baltimore Sun crime reporter Justin George on April 21 was named a Public Service Journalism fellow at Marquette University and will spend the 2015-16 academic year in Milwaukee leading a team of student journalists to produce stories "with the potential to change policies and lives," the school said.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 21, 2015

• Opinion

Hillary's matter of convenience

Hillary Clinton's word regarding her emails is not nearly enough given Clinton history, says Cal Thomas.

• Baltimore City Paper

Exile On Charles Street: Restaurateur Qayum Karzai's life is split between Baltimore and his native Afghanistan

• Baltimore City Paper

This Week in Alts: David Carr's time on the streets of Minneapolis, reporting a sexual assault in D.C., and more

• Opinion

Former CBS staffer Eric Engberg goes on CNN to rip Bill O'Reilly Falklands claims

Former CBS News correspondent Eric Engberg followed his blistering Facebook post on Saturday about Bill O'Reilly with an appearance Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources."

By David Zurawik

Feb 22, 2015

• Opinion

Bill O'Reilly hits back hard against former CBS colleague on Falklands claims

I had a ringside seat for this TV moment today when Fox News host Bill O'Reilly came out swinging on "Media Buzz" against Eric Engberg and a Facebook post the former CBS newsman wrote Saturday about O'Reilly's performance as a coprrespondent in Argentina as the Falklands War ende

By David Zurawik

Feb 22, 2015

• Opinion

Former CBS colleague challenges Bill O'Reilly on Falklands story

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has been denouncing a "Mother Jones" story questioning his combat reporting during the Falklands conflict in 1982 as a "partisan hit job" since it was published Thursday.

By David Zurawik

Feb 21, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

City Paper remembers alt-weekly hero David Carr

• Opinion

Why serious people discount Fox News

French indignation over Fox News inaccuracies highlights our own waning capacity for moral outrage, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

No right not to be offended

• Sports

What they're saying about the Ravens-Patriots playoff matchup

The Ravens divisional round game against the Patriots has fans and the media in both locales buzzing, with anticipation to face a familiar foe taking hold in Baltimore while something resembling fear has swept New England.

By Jon Meoli

Jan 6, 2015

• Opinion

Biggest stories of 2014 didn't need traditional news outlets

Biggest stories of the year didn't need traditional news outlets

By David Zurawik

Dec 26, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Men are idiots, forfeiture gets the acknowledgment it deserves, and more

• High School sports

Douglass-PG takes top spot in media football poll, McDonogh is No. 3

State Class 2A champion Douglass, of Prince George's County, took over the top spot in the final Maryland High School Football Media State Poll with No. 2 Northwest, No. 3 McDonogh, No. 4 Gilman and No. 5 Franklin rounding out the top teams.

By Katherine Dunn

Dec 9, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: David Carr weighs in on 'Serial,' Marion Barry passes away, and how boxing affected 'The Twilight Zone'

• Politics

Could Ben Carson video foreshadow presidential bid?

Ben Carson video could foreshadow presidential bid

• Opinion

Ben Bradlee, Spiro Agnew and the 'Gray-Haired Grandmother Defense'

The Washington Post editor had a hand in the coverage of a Maryland political scandal, aside from Watergate

• Opinion

Ben Bradlee, nonpareil editor

The death of the famous Washington Post editor is a loss to journalism

• Opinion

Fox swamps liberal media on ideological loyalty, survey finds

When it comes to getting information on politics and government, Fox News has a far greater hold on conservatives than any single media outlet has on liberals.

By David Zurawik

Oct 21, 2014

• Authors

Q&A with author Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter's 18th novel teams his favorite character, Bob Lee Swagger, with a newspaper reporter.

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: "Homicide" wrongful-conviction case revived, Home Depot breach, and RuPaul on Facebook

A wrongful-conviction lawsuit has been revived against Baltimore police featured in David Simon's "Homicide," who are accused of manufacturing and inducing perjured testimony at exoneree James Owens' 1988 trial over the murder of Colleen Williar, for which he served decades in prison. Ars Technica exposes the criminal hacker history of Home Depot¿s chief IT guy, Ricky Joe Mitchell, convicted of sabotaging the network of his former employer, EnerVest Operating. RuPaul is leading a drag queen revolt against Facebook's policy requiring the real, legal name of those who keep accounts on its site.

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Omar and the ACLU, WaPo on Yahoo, Russ Smith on Charles Street, and more

• Maryland

Hogan has tough odds to beat

• Maryland

Megan McArdle: Obama can't just rewrite the law

• Opinion

Sean Hannity on Israel: A barometer on how silly, lost and shameless cable 'news' has become

I only have 2 million other better things to write about. But after 24 hours of waiting for someone else to unload on Sean Hannity, the Fox News host who defines political stooge, I have to say something.

• Opinion

Ben Carson getting the 'good' Fox News push for president

I thought I was over it. I promised myself I was not going to get outraged this election cycle when Fox News allowed its contributors to use their airtime on the highest rated cable news channel to test the waters of a potential candidacy and essentially raise PAC money on-air.

• Newspapers

Tribune completes spinoff of newspapers including The Baltimore Sun

Tribune is just the latest multimedia news company to split up its broadcasting and publishing assets, joining Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and E.W. Scripps, which completed such a spinoff just last week. Such separation is gaining momentum as traditional media seek to adapt to the fast-evolving digital landscape.

• Laurel Leader

At World Cup, Laurel's Kammarman has global view

Michael Kammarman, a product of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club soccer program, is getting a lot of stamps in his passport. The latest stop has been soccer-crazy Brazil, where the former Delaware soccer player is the press officer for the U.S. men's soccer team that is taking part in the 2014 World Cup.

• Opinion

Ready for Hillary? [Commentary]

We're in our second term of a style over substance presidency and can't handle another in Hillary.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Wire: David Simon Repeats, The Wire's Sun Is Not the Real Sun

• Baltimore City Paper

Newsflash: Newspapers Need to Reinvent Themselves for the Web

• Baltimore City Paper

Beyond the Beltway

• Baltimore City Paper

WaPo finds same tax sale crooks the Sun found 6 years ago

• Baltimore City Paper

Mysterious “Corrupt-istan”

• Baltimore City Paper

Media Outlets Publish Misleading Information About Identity of Alleged Palin Hacker

• Baltimore City Paper

Medium Cool

• Baltimore City Paper

F.U. Kevin Spacey

• Baltimore City Paper

Washington Times Reports That Former State Department Official Kept Classified Documents in Public Storage Locker in Maryland

• Baltimore City Paper

The Wire: RIP Butchie

• Baltimore City Paper

Generally Assembled

• Baltimore City Paper

Ex-NSA Official Indicted in Baltimore for Leaking Classified Information to a Reporter

• Baltimore City Paper

Kerry Says Newspapers "Endangered"

• Baltimore City Paper

Sun's b magazine plays fast and loose with story attribution

• Maryland

Pass shield law [Editorial]