January 31, 2017 Media's 'chaos' coverage of refugee ban may obscure the terror debate If there is one word that sums up the media’s coverage of President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and visas, it would be chaos.
January 30, 2017 Trump, Bannon call media the 'opposition party': Does that go too far? The media have risen as one with a resounding message: We will not shut up!
January 27, 2017 The Cable Guy: Trump's constant commentary shatters Washington's stately pace Washington is a city of order and procedure, of carefully parsed words, of message discipline and talking points, of lengthy memos and scripted speeches.
January 26, 2017 Breaking News: Trump doing stuff that he promised to do If the Trump campaign had one signature line—one yuge line—it was that we’re going to build a wall.
January 25, 2017 Charlie Hebdo’s moment: Why some media outlets are afraid to run the cover In the television business, I like to say that people vote with their remote controls. In Paris right now, people are voting with their francs. They are buying up the new issue of Charlie Hebdo in such waves that many French newsstands sold out before 7 a.m. yesterday. The usual print run of 50,000 had been boosted to 3 million, and when that was quickly snatched up, it was upped to 5 million.
January 25, 2017 Split-screen presidency: Media favor controversies over Trump's fast start In just two days, President Trump has met with corporate honchos, union chiefs and auto executives, courted congressional leaders, frozen federal hiring, killed the Pacific trade deal and moved ahead on two major pipelines.
January 24, 2017 After harsh scolding, Spicer and press avoid fisticuffs. Is this a truce? For nearly an hour and a half yesterday, Sean Spicer stood in the White House briefing room and answered reporters’ questions.
January 23, 2017 Online Ugliness: Inauguration sparks anti-Trump vitriol on social media If you didn’t like Donald Trump’s inaugural speech, criticize away.
January 20, 2017 President Trump's Populist Pitch: The meaning of 'America first' The smart thing about President Trump’s serious and sober speech is that he didn’t make it about him.
January 20, 2017 It's Showtime: The promise and pitfalls of Donald Trump's presidency I was sitting on the set of “Outnumbered,” ad-libbing for an hour as Donald Trump landed in Washington yesterday, when the visual struck me.