'Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly' Makes A Tepid Debut
The former Fox News star's debut on NBC featured an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Neither Putin, nor our television critic, was impressed.
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Looking At How News Organizations Report On Terrorist Attacks
After the terrorist attack in London, many people, including Indira Lakshmanan, chair of journalism ethics for Poynter, are looking at how the media cover terrorist attacks.
No Cameras, No Phones: You Can't Watch Bill Cosby's High-Profile Trial
Bill Cosby's trial starts Monday but don't expect it to saturate the airwaves or your Twitter feed. The will be no cameras allowed and reporters who tweet during court are being threatened with jail.
Friday News Roundup - Domestic
Paris deals, Jared's secret channels and a spate of worrying hate crimes seen across the country. Plus, the ongoing mystery that surrounds covfefe. A discussion of the week's most interesting news stories.
'Pink Slime' Trial Begins, But It's The News Media Under The Microscope
The icky name refers to cow trimmings added to ground beef to lower its fat content. In 2012 ABC News revealed the practice. Now a beef company's defamation suit for those reports is finally in court.
CNN Drops Kathy Griffin For 'Disturbing' Depiction Of Trump's Head
The comedian said she went "way too far" in posing with a model of the president's head covered in blood. CNN announced Wednesday it was cutting her from its New Year's Eve coverage.
CBS' Scott Pelley Out As Evening News Anchor, Shifted To '60 Minutes'
It's unclear how fully Pelley embraced the plan or its timing. His newscast lost 9 percent of its audience from a year ago, despite high interest in the news. CBS has not announced a replacement.
Frank Deford, NPR's Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78
The sportswriter was a mainstay on Morning Edition for 37 years, applying his keen wit and incisive eye to games of every stripe. Deford died Sunday, just weeks after hanging up his cleats with NPR.
'The Wounds Of Whiteclay' Journalists Win Prestigious RFK Award
Matt Hanson and Chris Bowling are among 11 student journalists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism grand prize for their series "The Wounds of Whiteclay." They wrote about the beer stores in the tiny village of Whiteclay, Neb., which have plagued the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota for years.
Internal Tensions Flare And Ratings Fall At Fox News
Fox News appears to be struggling without the marquee names that fueled its rise to the top of cable news. Analysts are debating whether the decline is temporary or something more permanent.