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A cheap shot from Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann issued his declaration of independence last night. But in doing so, he smeared New York Times reporter Brian Stelter (photo), whose account of a peace settlement between Olbermann’s...
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More on Olbermann, Greenwald and Stelter
Glenn Greenwald has posted a statement from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann as well as his own withering response regarding the cease-fire between MSNBC and Fox News. Here’s what Olbermann told Greenwald: I...
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An entertaining look at the New York Times
David Carr torments a flack at Tribune Co. At long last, I got to see “Page One: Inside the New York Times” at a screening last night at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center. It’s a terrifically entertaining...
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Why Brian Williams’ return will be a disaster for NBC News
Brian Williams I really don’t understand why the folks at NBC News think serial fabricator Brian Williams can be rehabilitated. CNN’s Brian Stelter reports that Williams’ second act could be announced...
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Lewandowski can’t tell CNN viewers what he really thinks
Corey Lewandowski gives an affectionate shove to reporter Michelle Fields earlier this year. If CNN wants to hire Donald Trump’s thuggish ex-goon, Corey Lewandowski, as a commentator, well, let’s just...
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Why CNN shouldn’t have hired Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski. Photo via CNN. Previously published at WGBHNews.org. I don’t care that Corey Lewandowski is a partisan hack. And though it bothers me that he was Donald Trump’s thuggish enforcer, I...
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The template for the Bezos-Baron revival of the Post was set early on
Marty Baron, center. Photo (cc) 2017 by the Knight Foundation. I was struck by how little new information there was in this New York Times overview of Marty Baron’s years as executive editor of The...
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It’s time for the feds to stop hassling and spying on the press
FBI headquarters. Photo (cc) 2008 by zaimoku_woodpile. Previously published at GBH News. It was a move reminiscent of the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which allowed federal investigators to spy on the...
View ArticleBari Weiss, James Bennet and the selective omission of relevant facts
I had a chance on Monday to listen to Brian Stelter’s CNN podcast with Bari Weiss, the semi-conservative journalist who left The New York Times over what she perceived as an overabundance of left-wing...
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Brian Stelter’s departure is just the latest blow against media commentary
Brian Stelter. Photo (cc) 2019 by Ståle Grut. The cancellation of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and the departure of its host, Brian Stelter, is a development that resonates beyond one outlet and one...
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John Harwood’s brand of truth-telling is no longer welcome at CNN
Chris Licht, left, hanging out with a notable truth-teller. Photo (cc) 2017 by Arforv The way forward for CNN was less talk, more news. Instead, Chris Licht, the new chairman and CEO, seems to have...
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The template for the Bezos-Baron revival of the Post was set early on
Marty Baron, center. Photo (cc) 2017 by the Knight Foundation. I was struck by how little new information there was in this New York Times overview of Marty Baron’s years as executive editor of The...
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It’s time for the feds to stop hassling and spying on the press
FBI headquarters. Photo (cc) 2008 by zaimoku_woodpile. Previously published at GBH News. It was a move reminiscent of the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which allowed federal investigators to spy on the...
View ArticleBari Weiss, James Bennet and the selective omission of relevant facts
I had a chance on Monday to listen to Brian Stelter’s CNN podcast with Bari Weiss, the semi-conservative journalist who left The New York Times over what she perceived as an overabundance of left-wing...
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Brian Stelter’s departure is just the latest blow against media commentary
Brian Stelter. Photo (cc) 2019 by Ståle Grut. The cancellation of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and the departure of its host, Brian Stelter, is a development that resonates beyond one outlet and one...
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John Harwood’s brand of truth-telling is no longer welcome at CNN
Chris Licht, left, hanging out with a notable truth-teller. Photo (cc) 2017 by Arforv The way forward for CNN was less talk, more news. Instead, Chris Licht, the new chairman and CEO, seems to have...
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Chris Licht understood what was wrong with CNN but had no idea of how to fix it
Photo (cc) 2010 by CNN Center I started out writing a much longer post about Tim Alberta’s astonishing 15,000-word takedown of CNN’s now officially embattled CEO, Chris Licht. But I decided there’s...
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Nobel winner weighs in on a shocking police raid against a newspaper: ‘It’s...
Eric Meyer. Photo (cc) by Sam Bailey / Kansas Reflector How stunningly authoritarian was a police raid on a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas? Here’s an indication: When independent media reporter...
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Does Fox News lead or follow its audience? Yes.
Brian Stelter. Photo (cc) 2017 by nrkbeta Does Fox News lead or follow its audience? I’ve long thought it was both. During the 2015-’16 presidential campaign, Fox tried to take out Donald Trump, as...
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