From Peacemaker to Jimmy Kimmel: Can Hollywood unite to preserve democracy?
Posted: Oct 1st, 2025In: Uncategorized2As efforts to intimidate and eliminate Trump critics in media continues, is Hollywood showing that banding together is key to survival?
Read More about From Peacemaker to Jimmy Kimmel: Can Hollywood unite to preserve democracy?Jimmy Kimmel's return: Why didn't Disney do this last week?
Posted: Sep 24th, 2025In: Uncategorized3If Disney executives Bob Iger and Dana Walden had let Kimmel say last week what he said last night, this whole controversy could have been avoided.
Read More about Jimmy Kimmel's return: Why didn't Disney do this last week?Jimmy Kimmel's fate signals Big Media's capitulation
Posted: Sep 18th, 2025In: Uncategorized5The loss of free speech in America signaled by Jimmy Kimmel's suspension has been ushered in by big media companies who refuse to defend their employees.
Read More about Jimmy Kimmel's fate signals Big Media's capitulationWhat's up with the lack of diversity among Emmy winners last night?
Posted: Sep 15th, 2025In: Uncategorized1Could this be a sign of terrible trends to come, given the current war on diversity and inclusion policies?
Read More about What's up with the lack of diversity among Emmy winners last night?Giving political voices control over CBS News won't help the journalism
Posted: Sep 11th, 2025In: Uncategorized6Moves which seem aimed at elevating conservative and anti-woke voices at CBS News won't help the journalism, but could tank their ratings
Read More about Giving political voices control over CBS News won't help the journalismHas Tom Hanks been canceled by conservatives?
Posted: Sep 8th, 2025In: Uncategorized2Four years after some pundits falsely accused me of trying to "cancel" the beloved actor, has Trump or MAGA actually done the deed?
Read More about Has Tom Hanks been canceled by conservatives?The NPR Politics Podcast: Why Trump tries to dominate cultural institutions
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2025In: UncategorizedBeyond seeking authoritarian control, it's about replacing expertise with loyalty and getting back at high brow spaces which always disdained him
Read More about The NPR Politics Podcast: Why Trump tries to dominate cultural institutionsForgetting Hurricane Katrina's lessons on its 20th anniversary
Posted: Aug 27th, 2025In: Uncategorized4America's amnesia about the impact of race and poverty in Katrina's aftermath shows how our refusal to learn from history is crippling our present
Read More about Forgetting Hurricane Katrina's lessons on its 20th anniversaryWhy this year's TCA awards bring a tinge of sadness for a disappearing media era
Posted: Aug 20th, 2025In: UncategorizedThe TV Critics Association's online announcement of its annual award winners serves notice of a fast-changing TV industry
Read More about Why this year's TCA awards bring a tinge of sadness for a disappearing media eraWhy conservative ideologues really wanted to fight over Sydney Sweeney
Posted: Aug 17th, 2025In: Uncategorized1It's less about political distraction and more about invalidating journalists and academics while convincing us we can no longer talk over contentious subjects
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