Monday, July 06, 2009

GMA Leads With Michael Jackson

The night Michael Jackson died I wrote about why we mourn celebrities: “With the loss of anyone famous what we’re really mourning is the passage of our own lives, their death a marker on OUR journey.”

Topics: michael-jackson, cnn, iran, abc, gma

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

This Was CNN

Topics: cnn, msnbc, fox-news

Monday, June 29, 2009

Update on CNN’s “Declaration of Independence”?

How goes CNN’s campaign to become the cable news source of straight, independent news, as opposed to leftwing or rightwing opinion, which, in their marketing formulation, is how CNN positions MSNBC and Fox news respectively? Two nuggets give us conflicting clues.

Topics: cnn, campbell-brown, bias

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

CNN Segment on Neda (I Speak About Her Courage)

Topics: cnn, iran, neda

Friday, June 19, 2009

Toobin: No Bias in the Media (Except CNN’s Competitors)

During a Wednesday segment titled, “Is Fox News ‘Fair and Balanced?’” CNN contributor Jeffery Toobin made a curious point. He doesn’t believe there’s any institutional bias in the media other than at Fox News and MSNBC. The comments come as CNN seeks to revive its ratings against both cable news networks and seeks to retool itself as a straight news source…

Topics: media, obama, cnn, fox, bias, toobin

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A Line is Finally Drawn in the Media’s Ongoing Palin-Bash

It may be of little consolation to the supporters of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin but we can now say there is an uncrossable line in the media’s ongoing Palin-bash: Jokes about her daughters getting “knocked up” at baseball games go too far. Some of us would have drawn the line months ago and for less offensive “jokes,” but at least the media now have a metric against which to judge their skits, sketches, and news segments.

Topics: cnn, palin, huffington, campbell-brown, toobin, letterman

Sunday, June 14, 2009

CNN Pressured Into Greater Iran Coverage

From the NYT: “Cable news normally serves as the front line for breaking news, but the channels largely took the weekend off as Tehran exploded in protests after Iran’s presidential election. The performance of the American cable news, especially CNN, spawned an online protest by thousands on Saturday and Sunday, showing that viewers can try to pressure news organizations about their coverage in real time via the Internet.”

Topics: cnn, iran, huffington, twitter