| Jan 17, 2024 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyToday I’m grieving the loss of my friend Norman Lear. Like millions of other TV viewers, I watched the Emmy Awards on January 15. The show honored Norman, who died late last year, as the Hollywood legend that he was. He was also the most deeply principled and decent...
| May 31, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s favorite local TV chain is about to get a lot bigger thanks to — wait for it — Donald Trump. Trump’s Federal Communications Commission is paving the way for Sinclair Broadcast Group — already the nation’s largest TV conglomerate — to take over Tribune,...
| Jun 3, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyFrom the television sets in our living rooms to our local movie theaters, diversity appears to be the new black. Fresh off the success of small-screen hits like Fox’s musical drama Empire, CW’s telenovela-inspired Jane the Virgin, and ABC’s...
| Oct 8, 2014 | Environment / HealthWhat planet does Big Media think it’s living on? Over 300,000 people filled the streets of New York City in September as part of the worldwide People’s Climate March, a stirring call for action on global warming. But if you watched TV news that day, you...
| Sep 17, 2014 | Economy / BusinessIt doesn’t take long for viewers of #RichKids of Beverly Hills to realize the show is deliberately trying to make you feel poor. Watching heiresses in their mid-twenties drop more on a day of shopping than the average American spends buying a home makes the...
