As Twitter becomes more ingrained in media culture, bashing it—mostly by way of media establishment types—has come into vogue. The most recent snark-filled critique of the social networking site spewed forth from New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley...

Barack Obama, the brilliant political tactician we saw in his historical White House run, is the same one who has effectively sandbagged the Right on the Fairness Doctrine.

It was little surprise, looking at the assembled Brahmins of the Fourth Estate, that what followed was basically a collective rant about the fading power of the institutions they represent.

When it became public last week that ABC News was jobbing out the bulk of its Iraq coverage to the BBC, it wasn't surprising to start hearing talk of other potential alliances between major news organizations.

Those thinking that the most exciting race for the White House in modern history would lead to a higher level of discourse on cable news should think again.

Two publishers—News Corp's Harper Collins and Bertelsmann's Random House—already have books on the Bernie Madoff scandal in the works. No surprise they see dollar signs in this tragedy of billions lost in the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.

NBC's decision to install Jay Leno at 10 pm on its schedule five nights a week is a shrewd economic ploy—an admission that the network doesn't have the creative chops to develop scripted hits, and a game-changer for the network television business that will inevitably leave some winners and losers in the wake of the landmark deal.

Minutes after the violence broke out in Mumbai, via phone, email, and Twitter, I received a flood of inquires that all more or less said: "Are you back and okay?"

Look no further than Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin or the Olympian ratings for the big speeches at the Republican and Democratic conventions for proof of what I've believed for months—the race for the White House is by far the best reality show on TV.