Back when the world was less urgent, about all you had to do to know if you could sleep easily at night was to turn on Walter Cronkite. ...more

March 15, 2009

The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer has been good for laughs — and ratings — but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV's No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public. ...more

March 13, 2009

Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer and his network, CNBC, in their anticipated face-off on "The Daily Show," repeatedly chastising the "Mad Money" host for putting entertainment above journalism. ...more

March 13, 2009

Una disputa entre Viacom y redes de cable amenaza con dejar sin más de 10 canales a los suscriptores. ...more

December 31, 2008

The surprising thing about NBC's plan to give up a third of its prime-time on weeknights to Jay Leno is that the Peacock gang didn't try this move a couple of years ago.. ...more

December 10, 2008

There is a reason the psalmist warned, "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help." (Psalm 146:3) ...more

July 31, 2008

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism ( www.journalism.org), recently spoke to Presstime Magazine about whether the presidential candidates or the media are controlling the campaign message, the increasing importance of political blogs and why The Daily Show is good news for newspapers. ...more

July 27, 2008

YEAR OF BACON: Few people know this, but the pig we know and love today came to North America through Tampa Bay. Yes, we have Hernando DeSoto to thank for dragging his porkers across the Atlantic so we could enjoy the crispy goodness of Porky with our breakfasts, BLTs and spinach salads. ...more

January 15, 2008