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I'm not sure who actually won tonight's CNN/YouTube debate -- distinguished mostly by the top candidates dancing around a series of surprisingly astute questions fielded from the public through the video sharing Web …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, cable tv, fred thompson, tv journalism, video streams
Nov 29, 2007
"It says something that, with all these important politicians in the room, Chuck Norris is drawing the biggest crowd." A friend who works for a big local communications company made that observation to me in the "spin …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, cable tv, tv journalism
Nov 29, 2007
I'm not sure who actually won tonight's CNN/YouTube debate -- distinguished mostly by the top candidates dancing around a series of surprisingly astute questions fielded from the public through the video sharing Web …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, cable tv, fred thompson, tv journalism, video streams
Nov 29, 2007
I imagine the blogosphere is burning up this morning with fans complaining about Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves' surprise win on Tuesday night's finale of Dancing with the Stars. Once Castroneves had …
Tagged: music, pop culture, reality tv, media business, network tv
Nov 28, 2007
I can't tell you for sure whether Billiam, the snowman concerned about global warming in the first CNN/YouTube debate, will make an appearance at tomorrow's reprise here in St. Petersburg. But I can tell you who won't …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, cable tv, fred thompson, tv journalism, video streams
Nov 27, 2007
After watching last night's dances before final voting in ABC's ratings juggernaut Dancing with the Stars, I'm even more confused. Is this show an actual dance competition, where contestants are expected to, you know …
Tagged: pop culture, reality tv, network tv
Nov 26, 2007
If I'm correctly reading the information initially circulated by ABC and Facebook, the two debates they are presenting in New Hampshire Jan. 5, just three days before the state's primaries, will feature even less input …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, network tv, tv journalism
Nov 26, 2007
Like all good anchors, Anderson Cooper is a pretty good salesman when he wants to be. And when we talked on the afternoon before CNN's last Democratic debate in Las Vegas Nov. 15, what Cooper was selling was the …
Tagged: internet, government, pop culture, media business, cable tv, fred thompson, journalism ethics, tv journalism
Nov 23, 2007
Here's a clip of Bob Hite addressing his DUI arrest in the 11 p.m. broadcast Wednesday night. It was an echo of the apology Thomas Lake wrote about in his well-crafted story for Thursday's paper following up on the …
Tagged: media business, local tv, journalism ethics, tv journalism, video streams
Nov 21, 2007
I'm vacationing with my family in Indiana, so I'm in no position to help with coverage of WFLA anchor Bob Hite's arrest this morning for driving under the influence. Obviously, it's an infraction which couldn't come …
Tagged: media business, local tv, tv journalism