cable news

Broke As a Peacock

Stevie Converse — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:08:25 -0800

For Cable News, On to the White House

Stevie Converse — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:58 -0800

Fox Stations Pull Down News Corp. Profit

Stevie Converse — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:45:12 -0800

ABC, Affiliates End News Now Talks

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:42:55 -0700

One of the most ambitious ideas yet proposed for a digital-era network-affiliate partnership is dead.

After more than five years of on-and-off discussions about a national-local cable news channel built of content from ABC News and ABC affiliates, the ABC Affiliate Association’s board of governors pulled the plug on any further talks.

Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:37:53 -0700

Getting a story on the evening news isn’t easy for any correspondent. And for reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is especially hard, according to Lara Logan, the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. So she has devised a solution when she is talking to the network.

Cable TV's Disaster Coverage Gets Low Marks

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:14:15 -0700

Tens of thousands have died in the natural disasters in Myanmar and China, but the coverage has been fighting for airtime with Campaign 2008 on the U.S. cable news channels.

NBC News, MSNBC: Uneasy Coexistence?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:00:16 -0700

NBC News has managed to achieve the near-impossible this election season in getting Hillary Rodham Clinton and George Bush to agree on something.

That something, however, is antipathy toward NBC News.

How Small Stories Become Big News

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:28:05 -0700

The signature defect of modern political journalism is that it has shredded the ideal of proportionality.

Important stories, sometimes the product of months of serious reporting, that in an earlier era would have captured the attention of the entire political-media community and even redirected the course of a presidential campaign, these days can disappear with barely a whisper.

Clinton Wins W. Virginia, Obama Wins the Headlines

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:25:55 -0700

A man who had trouble getting the media to pay attention to his presidential bid finally generated a lot of headlines last week. When he showed up to endorse Barack Obama at a Michigan rally on May 14, John Edwards not only made news, he helped change the story line.

That Pundit on Fox News? An Upstart Named Rove

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:41:42 -0700

Late Thursday night, Karl Rove, the architect of the last two Republican presidential victories, was on his new television perch at Fox News, offering free advice to Senator Barack Obama as he closed in on the Democratic nomination.

Big Loser in Pennsylvania Primary: Cable News Networks

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:06:13 -0700

If you thought the never-ending Democratic primary match was bruising Sens. Hillary "Rocky" Clinton and Barack Obama, consider the damage to any polish that may have remained on the news media's reputation.

Political Coverage Is More Noise than News

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:52:59 -0700

After months spent consuming endless cable TV news coverage of this endless presidential campaign, I've got a theory: The more attention they pay to a subject, the less viewers actually learn.

A New Star as Campaign Programs Shuffle: The News

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:02:47 -0700

The 2008 presidential race truly is about change: Tucker Carlson of MSNBC, Paula Zahn of CNN and John Gibson of Fox News were swept out of the way to make room for newsier programs that treat each night like election night — a Super Tuesday that never ends.