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What does Glenn Beck’s departure from Fox News mean for America?

By Nathan Fulkerson | April 24, 2011

After a short three years on the Fox News channel, Glenn Beck is leaving his show. I guess we might as well chalk it up as a victory for the evil liberal conspiracy that only we in the journalism business must be privy to. The Christian Science Monitor...

Journalism is becoming less and less respectable

By Aaron Brooks | March 7, 2011

When people ask me what I do, I tell them I sell crack. I tell them this not because I deal crack, but because it is much better to be thought of as a crack dealer than a journalist. As a crack dealer, my only clients are addicts; whereas being a journalist,...

Want an open discussion on race? You have to hear both sides

By Phil Case | November 29, 2010

Whenever the topic of racism gets brought up in the media, you will almost always hear someone arguing that it continues to exist because we, as a country, are unwilling to engage in an open discussion about race. Cable news anchors often present this...

NPR analyst gets analyzed

By Shadonna Merriweather | November 10, 2010

What strung thousands of NPR listeners into debate this week was former NPR news analyst Juan Williams' own American perspective of Muslims in today's society. Williams' appearance on the "O'Reilly Factor," which airs on Fox News, provided what some may...

Weighing in on the Ground Zero mosque

Weighing in on the Ground Zero mosque

For the past couple of months, politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens have weighed in on the Cordoba House, an Islamic community center (with a mosque) that would be built within two blocks of Ground Zero. As part of our new "In Focus" series, various...