Tag: Lauren Ashburn

He had a long run and now gets to slow down, but not leave the game. Others will face more difficult choices with such a fragmented audience.

"It’s truly scandalous that high-ranking Biden officials denied what the conservative media were reporting all along."

I’m not saying journalists shouldn’t give these spats some brief attention, but do we really need to cover every round of these squabbles as if they were as important as the furor over the president accepting a $400 million jet from Qatar?  

The wall-to-wall coverage from Rome blew everything else off the screen.

Television news has plenty of flaws, and so do journalists, but it still has more impact than all but a few podcasters.  Especially in the hands of a president.

Television used to revel in playing clips of jabs or funny comedian lines. This year, the shows were pretty much left empty-handed.

"I do believe that as long as we have people who have something unique and special, we can be successful."

It's no secret that President Trump hates negative coverage and counters it by attacking the media. But the anti-tariff bellringing, especially from some of his supporters, proved too much.

Many TV executives believe streaming is the answer. But that, especially for the old-fashioned evening news, means they’re competing for mindshare with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and so on.

This isn't NASA-style rocket science. Losing talented journalists with decades of experience and insight hurts newsgathering across the board.