American corporate news culture is so boringly predictable that it never ceases to amaze me. To run the same repetitive schtick day in, day out, all year, is a testament to the industry's limitless capacity for inanity. The financial pay off is obviously worth it though, and ...read more
by Matthew Casper Along with the rest of the nation, I have been inundated this week by the media coverage of yet another instance of President Donald J. Trump's casual relationship with the truth. Whether on TV, radio, or the Internet, not a day has passed where another ...read more
by Matthew Casper I admit it. I have (more than one) "guilty pleasure" TV show that I regularly watch. Rather than sticking to socially and gender-acceptable viewing options, I have ditched the sports, fantasy drama, and action shows that society wants me to care about. Chandler ...read more
Donald Trump met with 25 television executives and anchors on Monday and according to Politico, told them that he would like a “cordial” and “productive” relationship with them: According to one source in the room, but he still aired some grievances during the off-the-record ...read more
I follow American politics for a living and have a pretty good grip of how the game works. It is messy, corrupt and merciless, and those who survive it at the highest levels truly are a different breed of human being. Generally speaking, this means the majority are at least ...read more
No matter how many times this point is articulated by smart, reasonable people, the media in America will not accept that Donald Trump is infinitely worse than Hillary Clinton and is bent on making this is a two horse race at any cost. Sure, there are outliers who are aware of ...read more
It would appear that the media has almost unanimously declared Hillary Clinton the winner of last night's debate. Hamilton Nolan over at Gawker is calling bullshit on this assertion. Why? Because as far as the data goes, it looks fairly clear Bernie Sanders "won" (whatever that ...read more
If Bill O'Reilly had a modicum of shame, he would have kept himself well away from the Brian Williams saga. But then he is the Fox News network's major star, and you don't get on Fox by having any shame. Comically, O'Reilly laid into Williams after the news broke that he had ...read more
It's official, Ryan Seacrest is now America's only TV host. Reports CNN: CBS confirmed that Ryan Seacrest will host and produce "Fashion Rocks," a two-hour special that airs on the network in September. Seacrest has existing relationships with ABC, to host "New Year's Rockin' ...read more
The yearly White House Correspondents' Association Dinner tomorrow evening represents all that is wrong with the corporate news media. It is event where members of the news media get to mingle in a big swanky hotel with the people they are supposed to be holding to account, and ...read more
By Ben Cohen While I'm fairly sure whole scale fraud occurred in the recent Iranian elections, the level of coverage and scrutiny of the Ahmadinejad regime has been somewhat bewildering. I touched on this in a previous article, but I think it is worth exploring some more. The ...read more
