Tucker Carlson and Fox News paving a prime-time path toward fascism | COMMENTARY
I suppose it is naive to be shocked by anything from Fox News and its prime-time star Tucker Carlson. But even though I have been arguing for years that Fox...
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HBO’s documentary on Obama speaks powerfully to this moment of racial reckoning in American life | COMMENTARY
If you were looking for a representative American who best embodied the narrative of the hero quest and some of the tensions and contradictions in national life today, it would...
Rep. Jim Jordan’s new media image: from Mr. Snarly to Mr. Squirmy | COMMENTARY
During the first impeachment hearings of then President Donald Trump, I wrote about Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as the snarling face of the Republican Party. In media terms, he radiated...
Moving as they might be to some, TV hearings are no longer changing the course of history | COMMENTARY
Once upon a time, televised hearings could galvanize the nation, set the national agenda and even change the course of history. Think of the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, which spelled...
Public has a right to be angry about growing confusion on masks | COMMENTARY
After almost a year and a half, here we are stuck in the middle again on COVID, masks and how best to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. In...
Jacqueline Jones named dean at Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism & Communication
Jacqueline Jones will succeed DeWayne Wickham as dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism & Communication, President David K. Wilson announced this week. Jones will assume her new...
‘Audible’ sensitively, powerfully takes viewers into life and death at Maryland School for the Deaf | COMMENTARY
Football games under the lights, a homecoming dance line with everybody moving in sync, high school pep rallies with lots of bass drums banging, a sweet moment of nighttime intimacy...
WBAL anchorman Stan Stovall to retire in 2022 after 50 years in TV news.
Veteran WBAL-TV anchorman Stan Stovall will retire in 2022, the station announced Wednesday. No date has been set. Until that time, Stovall will continue to co-anchor the 6 p.m. newscast....
Can we please try to get a little less gung-ho in our coverage of rich guys in space? | COMMENTARY
I was already tired of the gee-whiz coverage of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going into space before Mr. Branson actually went there Sunday (or, went somewhere close, depending on...
Women who save others fight to save themselves in a story line that brings grace, depth to TV dramas today | COMMENTARY
She has a father who is slipping into dementia and has written her and her sons out of his will. Her 21-year-old son won't leave the nest despite her threats...