Integrity is not good for one’s career prospects on network television. You have to think that ABC executives are beside themselves with anxiety due to Jimmy Kimmel’s courageous condemnations of the Republican Party’s firearms fetish–especially so soon after he called out the GOP’s fixation on snatching health care from millions of Americans. Outside of ABC […]
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Maddow’s Magic, Megyn’s Misfire
How else can I say it? Rolling Stone’s recent interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is required reading for any serious student of politics and history; it should be included in any university course that looks back on how the mainstream media handled the unique controversies of the Trump administration. Asked about her coverage of Trump, […]
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Megyn Kelly: Nothing But Contemptible
What’s next–interviewing Holocaust deniers? Slavery defenders? Defrocked priests who abused minors? People who torture animals for fun? It’s hard to imagine NBC sinking any lower than its decision to air Megyn Kelly’s interview tomorrow night with a conspiracy theorist so vile his name does not merit being mentioned here. Whether motivated by greed or a […]
