No historian needed here. John Berman of CNN‘s “New Day” fact-checked President Trump’s comments about the influenza pandemic. “The closest thing is in 1917, they say, right? The great pandemic certainly was a terrible ...
Question: How did Al Roker mess up his shoulder? A) Flipping his Vette B) Snowbording Zermatt C) Arthritis According to the NY Post, Al Roker announced that he will undergo total shoulder replacement surgery ...
The future seems to be female in the Nashville news scene. But the truth is the present is pretty female as well. Music City is unique in many ways, but one thing stands out ...
After 20 years on the air, Kevin Christopher — the news anchor of LEX 18, NBC’s affiliate in Lexington — will retire on at the end of August. “When you think of a news ...
Former Peoria WEEK-TV journalist Denise Jackson announced she will challenge incumbent Denise Moore for the 1st District spot on the City Council. A board member of Southside Community United for Change and a substitute ...
When Treasure Roberts wore her hair in braids while appearing on WMBD/WYZZ News earlier this week, most viewers in Peoria, Illinois, probably didn’t think twice of it. But it was a pretty big deal for the reporter/fill-in ...
Variety is out today with a deep-dive piece on CNN anchor Brianna Keilar’s rise at CNN, highlighting some of her contentious interviews with Trump officials in recent weeks – according to CNNcommentary.com. “She will not move ...
It seems Vice President Mike Pence is having a slot filled that’s typically reserved by someone else. According to the New York Times, when Pence traveled to an event in Florida on Wednesday, he was ...
On Thursday, CNN Republican commentator Ana Navarro is scheduled to host a roundtable for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The fact she is a Republican talking head, supporting a Democratic candidate, has been raising ...
The list is NOT life. It’s pretty much the opposite in fact, at least professionally. And the list of NBCUniversal casualties just hit the Bay. According to the Mercury News, layoff notices were handed ...
The White House has rescinded the renomination of Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, who questioned President Trump‘s attempt to regulate social media – which was a completely unrelated issue of course. Two weeks ago, the Senate ...
MultiChannel sat down with the man who will be heading a new venture to appeal to the black community… and beyond. Newly named Black News Channel president and CEO Princell Hair takes the reins ...
Well, sadly, for the fifth month in a row, with bitter sweetness, we’re “gladly” bringing you a pallet cleanse from the worlds of COVID-19, civil unrest and a presidential election – in the form ...
It’s happened all to often in 2020. Reporters breaking the number one rule: Never become the story. But through no fault of their own, and on occasion, only because they were doing their jobs, ...
It’s the one question, every patient, politician and parent is asking. “Where’s the vaccine?” But so much has to happen even IF a vaccine is developed, before it’s injected into John Q. Public. ...
According to TheWrap, Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed Thursday, saying it shows the “weakness” of his position. Trump tweeted Thursday morning, ...
Britain’s public service broadcaster has come under fire after a news segment featuring an uncensored racial slur was aired on TV. In the segment, broadcast Tuesday night on the BBC‘s “Points West” program, Correspondent ...
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC10 anchor and former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema will retire from his morning news post later this year, the station confirmed Thursday. After more than 25 years, Sikahema plans ...
According to Cleveland.com, Al Roker remembers the early days of his TV career in Cleveland with great pride. But they weren’t without dark clouds. On Tuesday, Roker released his new book, “You Look So ...
According to CNN, Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld, who helped launch the cable news era as the first president of CNN, has died. He was 88. His widow Pat O’Gorman and daughter Juliette Reverand confirmed his ...
She shouldn’t count on Bill de Blasio‘s endorsement but, according to TheWrap, Maya Willey, a legal analyst for NBC News, is stepping away from her role as a contributor at MSNBC to explore running ...
There are certainly enough conspiracy theories to go around. Of course there’s the age-old one about Ted Cruz‘s dad palling around with Lee Harvery Osward. Then of course there’d the idea that injecting ...
According to WSVN, broadcast pioneer, Ed Ansin changed the television industry. It all started back in 1962 when his father, Sydney, bought the South Florida station then known as WCKT-TV. At that time an ...
When in doubt, DO NOT MAKE COMPARISONS TO NAZIS. This is the first rule of reporting even more so than Fight Club’s first rule was to Fight Club. According to the Denver Post, ...
Regis Philbin has died. The beloved television star, whose career spanned 60 years, was 88 years-old. According to a family statement shared with PEOPLE magazine “We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed ...
The love affair between the president and Fox News seems to include more rebounds than Dennis Rodman. But even after a rekindling of sorts with Chris Wallace, POTUS is only sending his friends with ...
Jerry Taft was a household name in Chicago, a beloved meteorologist for more than 40 years, with 33 of those years at ABC 7-Chicago. Even more so than his love for the weather, and ...
As an on-air reporter, you’re going to want to ignore 99% of what viewers have to say about your appearance. Here’s a story about the 1%. According to USA Today, it was all ...
According to The Wrap, Heather Childers was ousted by Fox News after being benched for appearing visibly sick in March, when shows at the network were still operating out of studios in Midtown Manhattan ...
Alisyn Camerota arrived at CNN shortly after leaving as an anchor for Fox News. At one point, she had relatively nice things to say about her former workplace, if not the “workplace environment” per ...
The fact that an op-ed has to be written that basically boils down to “how about a little research?” is a sad statement on the current affair of news, but so be it. One ...
During Monday’s episode of Today, Savannah Guthrie shared the news that she will be undergoing another eye surgery. After suffering from a retina detachment last year, she will now have a cataract removed. On the ...
WNEM-TV, the Meredith owned CBS affiliate in Flint/Saginaw, MI, is looking for a new general manager. Julie Zoumbaris left the station this week after 2 1/2 years as GM. She had worked for WNEM ...
According to the New York Post, Nina Kapur, a television journalist for CBS2 in New York, has died following a moped accident, the station said on Sunday night. She was 26 years old. Kapur ...
The love affair between President Trump and Fox News is seemingly over. In fact, the president is already well into a rebound relationship with home-wrecker OAN. But old habits die hard. President Trump ...
Well, it’s a good thing MSNBC rid itself of all that controversy when Chris Matthews hit the brick. Joy Reid was recently named as the replacement in Matthews’ coveted time-slot. But hold ...
WITI-TV (Channel 6) reporter Suzanne Spencer, who almost exactly a year ago was promoted to anchor the station’s Saturday evening newscast, will co-anchor the Milwaukee Fox affiliate’s morning news starting Aug. 3. Spencer broke the ...
In a story NewsBlues has been following, things are getting worse before better at WPLG. According to the Miami Herald, more members of the WPLG family have come down with the coronavirus. So far, ...
Does being pro-Black Lives Matter mean that you are anti-cop? It does not. An icon of the Philadelphia broadcasting scene opines he was terminated for this reason however. According to PhillyMag, Longtime attorney and ...
Jeff Zucker is in the midst of a race race. According to Deadline, CNN’s Chief announced the expansion of its beat covering race, with plans for several new positions. Delano Massey will lead the beat, and ...
School’s out for summer… and potentially longer than that. It’s nothing to laugh out for the kids OR the parents so here IS something to laugh at – some great summer themed news bloopers: ...
Today, in our feature entitled “Stop writing memos after you’ve clearly taken multiple Ambien,” according to OhioValleyResource.org, a west Kentucky television station manager told his employees they need his permission before getting tested for ...
In more public forums, and under his real name, Blake Neff would brag that anything that his boss Tucker Carlson would read off that prompter – Blake wrote the first draft. The only thing ...
Different reporters prepare for interviews in different ways. Some craft and draft questions in the exact way they want them offered. Some like to hit prepared bullet points. Others feel confident after enough research ...
On the one hand, Tucker Carlson is on a high, recently coming off his highest ratings of all-time. So, PR-wise, how could it be one of the worst weeks ever in the short history ...
This just in! Progressives progress. Conservatives conserve. So it made perfect sense when according to TheWrap, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson attacked CNN’s Don Lemon Wednesday over differences he sees in Lemon’s broadcasts from seven ...
Boundaries aren’t always broken where one might expect. Bolivia isn’t known as the most progressive of Latin American nations. But according to NBC News, Leonie Dorado, 26, is blazing a trail as the ...
According to WVXU, you’ll have to wait three more months to see WKRC-TV’s new late afternoon anchor team of Meghan Mongillo and Adam Clements. Mongillo was heading to the hospital today to deliver her ...
The timing is definitely right as discussions are being held in newsrooms and beyond around the country. It’s not so much the racism that comes with burning crosses and swastikas. The racism being addressed ...
Bay Area TV and radio stations continue to trim their payrolls as the coronavirus pandemic deals a critical blow to the economy. Late last week, Scott Reiss, a sports anchor and reporter at KTVU, ...
Dallas-based NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky has revealed he has the coronavirus and is opening up about how he’s dealing with it. Chesky, 34, shared his status in a lengthy message on Twitter in which he explained how ...
It’s the story of a missing child, now presumably safe and yet there still may be more questions than answers surrounding the ordeal. According to the NY Daily News, the 1-month-old daughter of Canadian sports anchor ...
Hugh Downs, the legendary TV broadcaster whose career has spanned more than six decades, died on Wednesday. He was 99. Molly Shaheen, his great-niece, confirmed his death. In 1978, Downs began anchoring “20/20’s” second ...
The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that Grind City Media will launch a new morning program “Rise & Grind with Jessica Benson and Meghan Triplett,” according to NBA.com. The show will debut on Monday, July ...
It has been a few months since a high-profile Fox News employee has been fired amid sexual harassment allegations, so to be fair, it was only a matter of time. Something had to ...
WPXI-TV reporter Cara Sapida has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She made the announcement on social media (full status below). “I’m praying one of these mornings soon enough I will ...
According to Deadline, the legendary NBA announcer who famously cries “Yes!” when a basket is made won’t be doing any play-by-play when the league’s restarts its paused season. Marv Albert told the New York ...
It’s the virus that has so many reporters breaking the number one rule. Through no fault of their own, they’re becoming the story. According to LMTonline, KGNS news director and news anchor Jerry Garza ...
You may know Matt Schlapp from his many appearances as a panelist on Fox News and CNN. Behind-the-scenes sits in the very powerful position as chairman of the American Conservative Union. However, Comcast has ...
Sharon Reed is a former anchor in Atlanta, Cleveland and St. Louis. In her travels she has encountered some real newsroom boneheads even, appallingly, in the management ranks. She has some thoughts and anecdotes ...
Let’s catch you up. Van Jones was a key player in passing the Trump administration’s 2018’s prison reform bill, which enjoyed bipartisan support (a term last used in… well, 2018). Cut to 2020, as ...
WXII 12 News’ Morning Anchor Kimberly Van Scoy has announced that she has been diagnosed with congestive heart disease. “I want to say thank you so much for your kind e-mail and messages,” Kim said ...
A cold case out of Iowa involving a local anchor just hit an unfortunate milestone. According to KCCI Des Moines, this weekend marked 25 years since Mason City, Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit disappeared. The ...
In a story NewsBlues has been following, we’re pleased to bring you great news out of the heart of central Pennsylvania. CBS 21 News anchor Robb Hanrahan has left the hospital after suffering a “massive ...
Mark Zuckerberg has had some egg on his (ahem) face on occasion over the course of the last few weeks – when to censor, if ever, whether to follow in Twitter’s footsteps by slapping ...
CNN’s New Day Weekend anchor Christi Paul apologized for saying “gypped” on-the-air. Someone on Twitter called her out for doing, citing the “stigma attached to being Roma/Gypsies.” As NPR notes, “the term [gypped] carries ...
“I can not tell I lie” was a famous quote that George Washington probably never said, but that didn’t stop one Fox News contributor from lying about her co-panelist – and right in front ...
Les Crystal, who was president of NBC News in the late 1970s before serving for more than two decades as the executive producer of PBS’s NewsHour, died on Wednesday. He was 85. Crystal had ...
Emergency surgery is never really good news, but luckily for one reporter, there’s a happy ending. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CBS46 chief meteorologist Jennifer Valdez had artificial disc replacement surgery on her spine ...
KTRK ABC13 is reporting that its own President and General Manager, Wendy Granato, has tested positive for COVID-19. This is reportedly at least the second positive result for a Houston television staffer. Channel 13 anchor ...
Kayleigh McEnany might have thought it was a home game when she visited ‘Fox & Friends,’ but her block must have come right after morning coffee. The trio was reportedly practicing journalism in grilling McEnany about President Trump‘s ...
Soledad O’Brien has one of the best Twitter accounts going. So if that’s any indication of how her newest project will go, tune in. According to Deadline, O’Brien will host a one-hour special ...
A New York City apartment… a Mercedes… a hundred thousand dollar diamond ring… She can explain it all. According to MassLive, the Alden Shoe Co. Inc. claims in a new lawsuit that former ...
A California sports anchor is obviously, and rightfully, saddened by the passing of her father – but she’s also pointing a finger at the governor of Arizona. According to News12.com, Lina Washington has a ...
So the person who demanded people recognize that Jesus was a white man… as well as Santa Clause wants you to hear her thoughts regarding ‘Gone with the Wind,’ According to Deadline.com, former Fox ...
No word on what Tucker Carlson plans to do with his “winnings.” Some say, he’ll donate to charity, others to help correct that crippling case of perpetual “Shock face,” but either way Carlson ...
WWL-TV Investigator David Hammer did a little more than investigating while on the job in New Orleans. He saw a woman who had driven her car into floodwaters under an underpass and sprang to ...
So here’s how it breaks down. There’s a little bratty 11-year old kid who doesn’t get picked in gym glass. So he wanders down to the kindergarten where he starts his own game ...
Chris Wallace has some nerve criticizing the President – but to actually do it on a commie, female, Disney show!?!?!!?! Chris, don’t forget who writes your checks! According to TheWrap, Wallace appeared on ABC’s “The ...
Arizona State University has one of the more prestigious journalism schools in the country ranking in the midst of the likes of Northwestern, Columbia and Harvard. So when ASU retracted a job offer to the ...
It’s just what everyone wanted these days – MORE NEWS and in now way, just the most basic strategy to garner lost advertising dollars during the COVID purge. According to WRAL.com, viewers can now ...
The daughter of Cleveland meteorologist Dick Goddard says that her dad has tested positive for COVID-19, according to WKYC.com. “My precious father had COVID,” Kimberly Goddard posted on Facebook. Her post quickly had hundreds ...
If ya can’t beat ’em, hire someone who will discredit them. According to Deadline.com, President Donald Trump lashed out at a CNN poll on Monday that showed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden with a ...
Surgeon Dr. David Samadi has joined Newsmax TV as lead medical contributor. Samadi is director of men’s health and urologic oncology at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York. He will comment on coronavirus news ...
Love or hate him, Donald Trump knows how to masterfully manipulate the media to his benefit. One of his oft used strategies is the “squirrel.” Anyone who has seen Pixar’s “UP” immediately knows the ...
KSAT-12 “Good Morning San Antonio” and “KSAT 12 News @ Noon” anchor Leslie Mouton surprised social media followers by posting her immediate resignation: “Big changes! After almost 21 years I am starting a new chapter ...
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against an upstate New York man, charging him with stalking local TV news reporter Charlie Specht, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said 62-year-old Paul E. ...
There are massive protests all over Minnesota these days. Just about all of them over the four officers implicated in the death of George Floyd. There is one however, taking place outside WCCO-TV in downtown ...
The Mad Dog bit back and POTUS didn’t like it one bit, but in addition to the war of words between President Trump and his former Defense Secretary, a proxy war broke out between ...
Journalists around the country are paying a price for doing nothing else than their jobs, supposedly protected by the First Amendment. According to RobertFeder.com, the phenomena’s been rampant in Chicago, where the hazards of ...
Lynn Martinez is an anchor in Miami, co-hosting ‘Deco News’ on WSVN 7News. She also has a podcast, in which she dispenses advice for the lives of others, while giving a glimpse into ...
After 7 years on the job, popular morning and noon weather anchor Maclovio Perez was seen being escorted from the KRIS/KZTV building in Corpus Christi Tuesday afternoon – according to sources. An escort out happens ...
Just add him to the list. Another journalist arrested by police while covering the protests in the aftermath of George Floyd‘s death. Miami’s 7News social media producer Joel Franco was arrested by Miami-Dade police. According ...
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade says there’s a double standard when it comes to social distancing expectations when it comes to those protesting the coronavirus and those protesting the police killing of unarmed black man ...
CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, has toyed with idea of running for mayor of New York City publicly since 2015. Now, in a New York Times interview, he said quite directly that he will run ...
Chopping Block Station, otherwise known as “CBS” has led other sheep to the slaughter. Veteran White House correspondent Mark Knoller has reportedly been laid off by CBS News. Knoller has been at CBS News for 32 ...
Amid a protest in Hong Kong regarding the city’s legislative council debating the controversial bill, CNN senior international correspondent Anna Coren was pepper-sprayed as the security tried to disperse the crowd. China approved a ...
