Media Monitor- January 13
Greta van Susteren’s efforts to help Haitians recover from the 2010 earthquake, an ESPN pundit who questioned Robert Griffin III’s “blackness” does not get a new contract and Al Roker’s candid admission about an unfortunate side effect of his gastric bypass surgery.
Censorship clash in China
Rebecca MacKinnon and Howard Kurtz on this week’s strike by Chinese journalists; could it lead to greater press freedom?
My Two Cents: The shame of the BBC
Howard Kurtz gives his thoughts on the disturbing findings of an investigation into former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile’s acts of sexual abuse and the BBC’s inability to prevent them.
Cable combat: Joe vs. Mika
Gail Shister, Adam Buckman and Howard Kurtz on angry cable news confrontations- do they generate more heat than light?
Jimmy Kimmel enters late-night wars
Gail Shister, Adam Buckman and Howard Kurtz on the late-night comic’s time slot switch and what it means for ABC’s venerable news magazine, Nightline.
Lance Armstrong plays Oprah card
Christine Brennan and Howard Kurtz look ahead to the disgraced cyclist’s interview with Oprah, when he’s expected to admit to doping.
Media gear up for gun fight
Paul Farhi, Robert Costa, Keli Goff and Howard Kurtz examine media coverage of the gun control debate.
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