The media credits the Pats' win to Myra Kraft's spirit
Is the media suggesting that Myra Kraft’s spirit intervened to help the New England Patriots win the AFC Championship and propel the team to the Super Bowl?
Diane Sawyer's meteorological faux pas
Meteorologists cry foul after ABC News’ Diane Sawyer relies on cliches to report on the deadly tornados that struck Alabama earlier this week.
The media wrestles with Joe Paterno's legacy
The death of legendary football coach Joe Paterno put the media in the delicate position of balancing Paterno’s legacy with the ongoing sexual abuse scandal at Penn State.
Panel Rants and Raves
Priase for The New York Times coverage of Apple's labor practices in China; WBZ's Lisa Hughes steps aside from hosting an award ceremony; Bloomberg's unusual interview with billionaire Warren Buffett; and more.
ABC airs an interview with Newt Gingrich's ex-wife
ABC News lands a major interview with Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife. Was it appropriate for the network to release such potentially damaging news so close to the South Carolina Primary?
Websites go dark to protest piracy legislation
Proposed anti-piracy legislation before Congress leads to unprecedented protests by major websites, including Google and Wikipedia.
A fee dispute with DirecTV cuts WHDH's signal
A dispute between Sunbeam and DirecTV leaves thousands of viewers without WHDH or NBC programming. What could this mean for your Super Bowl Sunday?
Panel Rants and Raves
An Ohio TV station's highly unorthodox coverage of a public corruption trial; why do news organizations turn to former politicians and lobbyists for opinions and analysis; Google's new journalism award; and more.
Local TV stations air a graphic political ad
Several local television stations aired an ad by fringe presidential candidate Randall Terry that shows graphic images of abortions. Should the stations have more discretion over airing offensive candidate ads?
The media and the Mitt Romney narrative
It would be perfectly fair to say Mitt Romney virtually tied in Iowa and won New Hampshire with a home field advantage. So is the media premature in (or even inaccurate) in portraying Romney as 2 for 2, history-making, and a GOP nominee in waiting?
CBS revamps its early morning broadcast
CBS revamps its early morning broadcast with CBS This Morning and tries to put the “news back into the morning news.” Will the new formula work?
Panel Rants and Raves
What was New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane thinking?; celebrating 60 years of The Today Show; a heated exchange between Soledad O'Brien and The Obamas biographer Jodi Kantor; and more.
Is credit owed for the Globe's sex abuse story?
Ten years after the Boston Globe’s story on the clergy sex abuse scandal, a former editor at The Boston Phoenix laments that the Globe has never once credited their prior reporting on the subject. Is credit due?
Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
This week, the Iowa Caucuses provided the media with the opportunity to play with some new high tech toys. But did the gadgets and gizmos get in the way of the coverage?
Rupert Murdoch gets tricked on Twitter
The perils of taking social media at face value came into the spotlight again as an imposter posing as Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi Deng was erroneously authenticated on Twitter.
