Walter Cronkite is widely regarded as an icon -- and, to many aspiring journalists, a role model. He and his coverage of the Vietnam War are often referred to as a highpoint in journalism even today. Jonah Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times has a vastly different opinion. In today's column, he writes...
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MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow recently visited Afghanistan -- and anchored her show from the country -- to find out what was really going on and to see for herself whether we're fighting a losing battle. Fair enough. But Tom Hayden, in The Nation, argues that Maddow did not make the best of her time...
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Yahoo News has just reported on some previously-unreleased FBI documents which contain fairly shocking allegations against the late Walter Cronkite, host of the CBS Evening News for 19 years and one of the most respected journalists of all time. The documents include the claims of a confidential informant who once told the...
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Danny.
I just don’t get it.
In your piece “A Retrospective: 28 Media Leaders Who Died This Decade,” you acknowledge the contributions of several well-known media figures who have died since 2000. Nice names. Good people. But they are all WHITE!
You couldn’t think of ANYONE who wasn’t white? Really?
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As the face of media evolves, it's important to honor the figures who helped define, shape and set the standards in their industries. These are some of the most prominent members of the media who passed away over the past 10 years. Take a look back with some snippets from their respective New...
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Twitter has been declared the most popular word of 2009 meaning, I presume, that in less than 12 months the act of Twittering has gone so mainstream that even your parents know what you're talking about. It also means that this is how a whole lot of people are getting their...
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When Walter Cronkite passed away in June his FBI records became available to the public. Who knows what juicy tidbits those files might have uncovered! Actually we will never know because some enterprising soul at the FBI opted to destroy the files two years ago under some policy the FBI has,...
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Another ten days before the Summer of Death comes to a close. Will we make it?! There is an old saying that celebrity deaths come in groups of three, but this summer they've been coming in pairs with one person's passing being overshadowed by a more famous counterpart.Who else...
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