Marc Lamont Hill UN Speech That Got Him Fired From CNN
Marc Lamont Hill UN United Nations Speech That Got Him Fired From. CNN severed ties with contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, following comments the university professor made about I and Pal in a speech at the United Nations. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” a CNN spokesperson said Hill urged […]
Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stations are under renewed scrutiny following Deadspin’s release of a montage of anchors reading the same script about fake news. Since then, many of the anchors featured in the video have been bombarded with insults. In an unusually candid conversation with a local radio station, Doug Emblidge, an anchor at WHAM 13, my Sinclair affiliate in […]
New York Times slams ‘misguided attack on Al Jazeera’
Silencing Al Jazeera was a high priority when Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Yemen moved to isolate Qatar earlier this month, the Editorial Board of The New York Times (NYT) wrote in an opinion piece published on Thursday. “Qatar’s critics accuse the station of supporting Sunni Islamist terrorism and Iranian ambitions.
Colin McEnroe: News media show the kind of restraint, ethics that Trump never has
There is one way to earn the respect of Donald J. Trump: Be a vastly better person than he is. This is not difficult. On Wednesday, Trump was awash in newfound admiration for some — possibly even most — of the mainstream press. At his press conference — first stop on his 2017 “You Have […]
‘Trudeau effect’ restores trust in business, media: report
Despite the tumbling loonie and oil price meltdown, companies headquartered in Canada are the most trusted in the world – but Canadian CEOs still have a lot of work to do on the credibility front here at home, says a new Edelman study. In fact Canadians’ faith in four key institutions including business, media, government […]