Olympic coverage is annoying, dated
“When Bob Costas speaks breathlessly about an upcoming ski race where he already knows exactly what happened…it’s a blatant fiction that everyone knows about,” says Linda Holmes on NPR. Network...
View ArticleLeno is exacerbating our anxieties
Comedians, particularly those in the role of late night comic that Jay Leno has occupied for many years, are in the business of easing our anxieties, says Lee Siegel in The Daily Beast. Instead, Siegel...
View ArticleNBC should allow Williams to return
News anchor legend Walter Cronkite gained credibility by adopting a square persona that called to mind a “favorite uncle or trusted family physician,” but in an age of infotainment, Brian Williams had...
View ArticleWilliams risked life to cover war
Brian Williams, an NBC anchor and journalist, was censured and suspended for an incident that took place while he was embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq. NBC should remember: Mr. Williams was collecting...
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