Making Sense of the Media

Recently, talk show host Diane Rehm apologized to Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for incorrectly stating he has dual…

Bruce Jenner dominated the mediascape this week for emerging as Caitlyn Jenner – in lingerie from a Beverly Hills boutique that evokes 1940s Hollywood -…

The world of TV news, and TV fake news, was shaken this week. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was suspended without pay for six months after his…

Trolls aren't just those mythical uglies who live underneath a bridge and tend toward harassing travelers with impossible riddles.Internet trolls are…

Cell phone calls, texting, Facebook, Twitter and email are really adding to our daily stress, right?Not necessarily.There's a new study that says we…

The terrorist attack on the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo led people around the world to proclaim "Je Suis Charlie -- I am Charlie."Twelve people…

Decades old allegations of sexual assault have come back to haunt Bill Cosby in a big way.And, it all started with a viral comedy routine about Cosby's…

"The Interview" is a comedy from stoner bros Seth Rogen and James Franco about a TV entertainment reporter and his producer who get an interview with the…

It has become an odd Thanksgiving tradition at the White House -- the pardoning of a turkey.But this year it turned serious after a communications…

Uber -- the ride sharing app company -- is getting all kinds of attention.And not just because of its innovative way to get you around town with…

Taylor Swift used to be just a considerable blip on the American media landscape -- country music star and tweener heroine.Not anymore, though. With the…

One of the big winners in the 2014 midterm elections wasn't a politician, it was Fox News. With huge Republican wins in the Senate and the House came big…