- BIG NEWS:
- Fox News
- |
- MSNBC
- |
- Katie Couric
- |
- Morning Joe
- |
Over in the Ivory Coast, things are not going well. Last month, incumbent president-slash-strongman Laurent Gbagbo lost an election to Alassane Ouattara, but Gbago has refused to step down.
Sometimes, we really should pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Sometimes, the man behind the curtain gets paraded before us in hopes of distracting us from whatever the hell should be in the glare of the spotlight.
The 'who is WikiLeaks?' question that Julian Assange railed against when I met him in the spring of 2009, now seems to have a simple answer: Julian.
The Kernen mantra that we should just "get government out of the way" disguises the problem with misdirection.
The fraud of Pigford is real. It's tens of millions of dollars, at least. The USDA knows about it. They aren't telling the truth and unfortunately, if we're going to get to the truth it's going to have to come from Republican-led hearings.
The business of marketing is being driven by two seemingly contradictory impulses. Marketers know painfully well that engaging consumers is not only what you know, but how you express it.
As trivial as Ghostbusters and G.I. Joe may seem, those 80s archetypes in film, tv, video games, toys, commercials, sports and music made a lasting imprint that shapes the most serious political debates of the day.
Once upon a time, 2-1/2 years ago, just as the financial crisis was starting to deliver a series of swift kicks to the stock market's nether regions, CNBC was a terrific, informative, "must-watch" business news channel. Then something happened.
The FCC can balance the interests of web services innovators and consumers with those of telephone and cable companies by defining application-specific discrimination as unreasonable.
For his sake, I hope Fox News anchor Dave Briggs still has a job in 2011. The reason I'm not sure is because during his report this weekend about the fate of the 9-11 first responders bill he did the unspeakable: He told the truth.
Does Bloomberg regard himself as a Rupert Murdoch of the political center or a presidential candidate in waiting? Or is he just afraid of becoming irrelevant?
On Saturday, Congress passed legislation which opens up radio spectrum to independent radio stations. Anyone tracking the rise of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh understands the primary political significance of gaining access to spectrum.
I know we're supposed to be celebrating the Obama Comeback Narrative today, but this piece from Sam Graham-Felsen in today's Washington Post, concerning the outcast state of the volunteer base at Organizing for America, isn't playing along.
A new series by "Archie" Comics urges progressives and conservatives to talk about issues without vitriol.
I was lucky enough to be at Larry King's Finale Show Party. It was a very special evening and one I will always remember.
Let's get something straight: Julian Assange is a journalist. You can argue he is not practicing journalism the way you think it should be practiced, but he's a journalist nonetheless. And for many of us he's a hero.
We are the first of our kind. We are interconnected collaborative creatures, and we like to share. We link and like, comment, post and poke. We Yelp when we're hungry, Skype when we're lonely and G-chat throughout the day.
The cover of a celebrity magazine is crucial when it comes to sales. It will play an even larger roll on the iPad starting in 2011.
Jan Herman, 2010.12.21
Scott White, 2010.12.20