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Penny-Wise Apr. 25, 2018
If you've ever participated in a sleep study, you know that one of the aspects that ironically keeps... Read More
Untold Story of Broadcast Ownership Apr. 19, 2018
Last year, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group agreed to acquire the Tribune Media Company. Since then t... Read More
Sinclair Panders to Trump in Orwellian Video Apr. 03, 2018
Last May, we criticized the proposed sale of Tribune Media Co. to Sinclair Broadcasting, a deal that... Read More
Who's Controlling What You Read? Mar. 09, 2018
As a consumer, if you abhor censorship and want to protect free speech — a basic human right i... Read More
No News Is Good News Feb. 10, 2018
Dear Annie: I'm suffering from what I call vigilance fatigue. The state of our government's affairs ... Read More
Memo to Dan Rather: Shut Up About Memos Feb. 07, 2018
Old liberal media liars never fade away. They just rage, rage against the dying of their dinosaur in... Read More
The Fakest of Fake News Feb. 01, 2018
"Dear News Media: Yesterday while jogging, I noticed a squirrel on my neighbor's lawn. I got to my d... Read More
Dirty College Secrets Jan. 10, 2018
A frequent point I have made in past columns has been about the educational travesty happening on ma... Read More
How Cable News Fuels Polarization Nov. 14, 2017
During a TV interview years ago, I said, tongue-only-slightly-in-cheek, that Roger Ailes, the vision... Read More
Devastating Headlines and Single Fatherhood Oct. 14, 2017
Dear Family Coach: Lately, all of the news is having a disastrous effect on me. Every day, I become ... Read More
Mass Murderers Should Be Deprived of Fame Oct. 12, 2017
On Oct. 1, a 64-year-old Nevada man opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers from a high-rise hotel in... Read More
Devastating News and Constant Rebellion Oct. 07, 2017
Dear Family Coach: My kids are exposed to what seems to be an endless stream of devastating news. Na... Read More
All Rise, or Not, for the United States of Football Sep. 13, 2017
Once again, we've got a lot going on in my hometown of Cleveland that's attracting national attentio... Read More
News or Newsy Covfefe Jun. 01, 2017
Early this Wednesday morning, shortly after midnight the night before, President Donald Trump tweete... Read More
Fox's Sex Appeal Problem Apr. 21, 2017
Bill O'Reilly's downfall has led to plenty of schadenfreude in the media, but I'm not sure the right... Read More
Media Bias 101 Apr. 07, 2017
After the November election last year, a friend of mine asked how many reporters know people with a ... Read More
Coat and Tie Required Mar. 27, 2017
I'm a newspaper columnist. I write this column, but I'm also the columnist for The Herald News, a mi... Read More
Is It Watergate Yet? Feb. 24, 2017
As Donald Trump and his subordinates lash out wildly in their campaign to suppress discussion of his... Read More
Long Before Trump, News Media Wallowed in Alternative Facts Feb. 17, 2017
Most of the news media is at war with Donald Trump, and rightly so. First, journalists should always... Read More
As the Briefing Room Turns Jan. 20, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team had been flirting with moving the daily White House p... Read More
