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It feels like we might have seen the torch of leadership in the 2020 Democratic race seized from Joe Biden on that TV stage in Miami Thursday night.

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

Trump will do his dirty dance of Twitter transgression during this election, that's a given. But we in the media must resist the temptation to dance along.

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.

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

There has been much ado over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist who won the Democratic Party primary for a New York congressional seat last week. Yet this isn’t the first time a major party has nominated a candidate who believes in Medicare and higher education for all.

Showtime's "The Fourth Estate," about the New York Times' coverage of the Trump presidency, is documentary film making at its best.

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.

Think standards have fallen for prime-time cable news hosts? They have, and the Sean Hannity-Michael Cohen story shows how.

David Zurawik goes into hysterics over the right wing media and ignores the vast left wing media.

Even Fox viewers are beginning to abandon President Trump, says Jonah Goldberg.

No wonder the president and his right wing allies are so threatened by journalists: our prime directive is to find the truth and tell it, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Six months into 2017, and already it's easy to find 10 outstanding TV productions. And all feature women in strong roles.

If it feels like the world of TV news has turned upside down in the last year, that’s because it has.

Season 5 of "House of Cards" is steeped in the zeitgeist of Donald Trump's America.

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

The election of Donald Trump has lifted a lot of media boats - from the New York Times to MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow. Add “Saturday Night Live” to that list of media enjoying a big Trump bump.

Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes has died. Media critic David Zurawik looks back on his legacy.

The Washington establishment rejoiced last week over what seemed to be a windfall "gotcha" moment, as President Donald Trump said he had fired FBI Director James Comey over "this Russia thing, with Trump and Russia." The President labeled it a "made-up story" and, by all appearances, he is mostly correct.

Fox still has the biggest ratings in cable news despite the staggering loss of three-fourths of its evening lineup in the last eight months. But it's also still on the wrong side of patriarchy and male privilege. And the recent firings of host Bill O'Reilly and Co-President Bill Shine underline how much trouble the network is in thanks to its 20-year history of sexual harassment.

The media are taking it from all sides. On the right, President Trump blasts the media for "lying." On the left, Jon Stewart rips the media for letting Trump use them. Despite their opposing political views, Messrs. Trump and Stewart share something in common: They're both talking about the "Mainstream Media." But what is the Mainstream Media? The term isn't just outdated, it's antiquated.

Single Trump tax return does not a full disclosure make

Television’s days might be numbered in a digital world. But it still has an unrivaled ability to cover a wide range of events in a short space of time. And it

So far, Donald Trump's infrastructure plan won't make America great again, says Jonah Goldberg.

Yesterday, I wrote about the higher, ritualistic purpose some of the more responsible cable channels news played on election night as earth-shaking results were

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley declined Thursday to choose between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, saying he wouldn't endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential nomination.

Gerald G. Altman Jr., known to generations of Baltimore radio talk show listeners as "Gerry from Pikesville" who gave voice to various liberal and progressive causes, died Monday of heart failure at Northwest Hospital. He was 92.

Despite the latest primary results from "Western Tuesday" this week, the question remains: "What do we make of Donald Trump?" The answer is as roiled now as it has been for the past 10 months. From pundits to politicians to the professional prognosticators in the mass media, nobody knows. But that doesn't stop them from making spectacularly bad predictions.

Hugs, kisses, contributions and flat-out shilling - what's going on between TV anchors and politicians in this crazed election season? And why does so much of this kissing up involve the Clintons?

1. As much as it wants to be considered a mainstream news organization, Fox News still marches to its own ideological drummer.

Is there anything more obnoxious than a TV correspondent and camera crew making themselves part of the story rather than just trying to cover it as unobtrusively as possible?

Donald Trump is Don Rickles with the political inclinations of Francisco Franco, says David Horsey.

Fox and CNN were the channels most Americans turned to Monday night for coverage of Ferguson.

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

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

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.

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

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

With high-profile political practitioners taking gigs on news outlets, the public needs a score card to figure out who's playing politics and who's doing real journalism.

Jeffrey Kent's provocative art challenges anti-gay marriage attitudes in black community

Jeffrey Kent's provocative art challenges anti-gay marriage attitudes in black community

Jules Witcover laments that propagandistic punditry has largely replaced sober discussion of the nation's affairs

When CNN and NBC News called the election for Barack Obama Tuesday, viewers were offered as clear a snapshot as I have seen of the difference between a news gathering operation like CNN and an propaganda machine like MSNBC.

Forget the broadcast networks of ABC, NBC and CBS. And forget PBS, too, unless you are part of the minority that doesn't have cable or online access.