Don Irvine

Former CNN Anchor Takes A Swipe at Cable News

Former CNN reporter and anchor Aaron Brown had a few choice words about the current state of cable news and his former employer in particular during his interview with Gail Shister.

Beck’s Ratings Bounce Back

Fox News host Glenn Beck whose ratings slide created widespread speculation in the mainstream media that he would leave the network and start his own channel has seen a ratings revival this week.

Diane Sawyer Evades Kalb’s Fox News Trap

ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer admitted to watching Fox News and managed to evade veteran reporter Marvin Kalb’s attempts to get her to criticize the top ranked cable news channel.

Viewers Tune Out MSNBC

It was only a couple of months ago when MSNBC was crowing about having beaten CNN in prime time viewership for the second straight year but thanks to unfolding world events they have lost that momentum and now trail the former cable news kingpin.

What Liberal Bias? Biden Hires WaPo Reporter

Vice president Joe Biden has plucked another journalist to serve as his communications director according to the Washington Post’s Chris Cilizza. Veteran political reporter Shailagh Murray is leaving the Washington Post to serve as communications director for Vice President Joe Biden, The Fix learned today.

New York Times Faces an Uphill Battle with Paywall

After nearly fourteen months of planning the New York Times announced this week that starting on March 28th visitors to the paper’s website will be facing potential charges for access to its content. For the very occasional reader ( less than 20 articles per month) the charges will never kick in. But once a reader hits the 21st article they face a plethora of choices.

Death Knell: Online News Readership Surpasses Newspapers For the First Time

The newspaper industry, which has been in decline for several years now, received more bad news with the release of the 2011 Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the Media report.

NPR Videos Are Not What They Seem

It looks like James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas may jhave some ‘splaining to do after an analysis by The Blaze reveals some selective editing of the recently released NPR videos.

NPR’s Vivian Schiller Resigns

Embattled NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned

N.Y. Times Executive Editor Calls Fox Viewers Among The Most Cynical People on Planet Earth

New York Times executive editor Bill Keller ruminating on various subjects at a New York Press Club event late last week had some harsh criticism of Fox News. According to The Cutline Keller had this to say when asked about Fox News Channel:

Spitzer Sputters “In The Arena”

Eliot Spitzer, who wasted no time moving into former co-host Kathleen Parker’s office after she left their CNN show last week, has sent CNN back to the ratings cellar with his new program. Spitzer and Parker often clashed, never finding the necessary on-air chemistry that makes a co-hosted show a success. The former New York governor ran the show as if it were his own, often bulldozing Parker who didn’t have the backbone to stand up to her co-host.

Arianna Huffington Tells Bloggers: ‘Go Ahead and Strike’

Arianna Huffington, fresh off the sale of her website to AOL for $315 million, told unpaid bloggers that threatened to strike to go ahead because no one will notice.

Ho Hum Olbermann Launches FOK News Channel

Almost one month after abruptly leaving MSNBC Keith Olbermann launched his much awaited (by liberals) website the FOK News Channel.

Wisconsin Protesters Try to Disrupt Fox News

BBC Host Tries to Goad Larry King Into Trashing Piers Morgan

The host of BBC’s radio program PM tried to get former CNN talk show host Larry King to trash his successor Piers Morgan without any luck.

CNN Doctors Lara Logan Photo on ‘AC 360′

The general premise of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360″ is that the program gives the viewer the entire picture of the stories being reported on. However, in the case of a segment with Nir Rosen, who sent some inappropriate tweets on the sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan in Egypt, the story became a little cloudy. The story about Rosen was relatively straightforward, and Cooper was very tough on his guest. What made the segment interesting was the photo that CNN chose to use.

Helen Thomas Blows Shot At Redemption

In her first national television interview since leaving her job last year former White House correspondent Helen Thomas sat down with Joy Behar and revisited her remarks on Jews and Israel.

FCC Commisioner Calls for Government Involvment in Journalism

Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps decried the decline of “real journalism” and called for the government to intervene during a speech to the FCBA on Tuesday.

Obama Overwhelmed By W.H. Press Corps.

The mainstream media loved to make fun at what they perceived to be President Bush’s lack of intelligence but even he didn’t resort to writing down reporters’ questions during press conferences.

Matthews: ‘CPAC Is Almost Like a Carnival Levitation Act’

After spending the last few days focusing on the events in Egypt, Chris Matthews turned his attention to the just concluded Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and spent the segment poking fun at and attacking the speakers.