It’s a fundamental, common sense rule of journalism: Hard news reporters don’t cover their friends. It’s just too difficult to be loyal to the truth when the truth makes a friend look like a jerk, or a crook. The same rule holds for commentators. Can they really give thoughtful, unfiltered opinions… CONTINUE
The Five’s ‘Mitt Derangement Syndrome’
A wise man once said, “Friends don’t let friends watch Fox News’s The Five when Dana Perino is on vacation.” Well, I’m not sure how wise that man actually is. He’s a guy I follow on Twitter, and he at least seems to have a good head on his shoulders…. CONTINUE
If It Bleeds It Leads — Especially If It’s About the President
Bad news is built into the DNA of journalism. Reporters don’t cover the bank that didn’t get robbed or the plane that didn’t crash. Tornadoes and earthquakes and hurricanes make page one. Sunny days don’t. But we all know that most banks don’t get robbed and most planes land safely and… CONTINUE
Does Jim Acosta Have a Constitutional Right … to be a Jerk?
I knew that bank robbers had the constitutional right to due process and that kidnappers and terrorists had due process rights, but I had no idea that a cable television news reporter who repeatedly tries to make himself the story and take over news conferences had such a right –… CONTINUE
Trump Versus Acosta Is Bad for the Brain
Editor’s Note: Here’s another take on the confrontation between Jim Acosta and President Trump. It’s by John Daly. -0- When word came out that the White House was temporarily suspending the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta for “placing his hands” on a White House intern, I was reminded… CONTINUE
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