I spent much of last fall at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government as a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy. While there, I researched issues related to journalism, trust and credibility – and in particular what role emerging social media might play in add...

  Thank you, ABC News. Without you, we wouldn't be able to have sex without worrying whether we were "harming" ourselves. We were worried nasal-clearing, spirit-lifting orgasm were the worst thing that could happen to our tired, rundown, useless bodies. Seriously, there is some in...

Twitter has been on steroids over the past few weeks. Interesting enough, it was about 2 years ago right before SXSW that twitter fully took off. I hadn’t even signed up for an account until right about the time before SXSW 2 years ago. Interestingly enough, as seen by the below tweets by @mar...

The video embedded above is of Alisa Miller of Public Radio International. In less than five minutes, she very succinctly shows how much time America’s media focuses on international issues. The most startling fact: aside from ABC’s one-man crews, Africa, India, and South America are lef...

ABC news has been exploring its own sexuality lately, and this week the fine folks there have finally noticed that kinky sex is on the rise and asks 'is the Internet to blame?' Duh. Obviously, they're still becoming comfortable with their own body, and we were a little overwhelmed with a...

  New York madam Kristin Davis—who once counted former New York governor Eliot Spitzer among her clients—is going down. But her clients aren't gong down with her. At least not yet. After her arrest, Davis pleaded guilty to "promoting prostitution" and forfeited nearly $500,000...

All of a sudden a Democrat is in the White House, and Jake Tapper decides to ask tough questions. He wasn’t so interested before. I should point out that I’m okay with the Obama administration being asked tough questions - they’re grownups and that’s why we voted them in - bu...

This morning at 10:24 a.m., Anne Sweeney, the president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, sent out a cryptic email to all staffers informing them that today would be "an extremely difficult day," and that due to a "weakening economy," the group is "now faced with the harsh...

The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato are all performing at the “Kids’ Inaugural Concert” on Monday night. Kids (and adults) can watch it on Disney at 8pm ET. The Supreme Court has decided to hear two education case; whether or not schools can strip search students and wh...

Next month’s Oscars broadcast may benefit ABC in more ways than one. A potential win for Slumdog Millionaire in February could bring heightened interest to the network’s summer schedule. That’s when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire may briefly return. According to TV Week, ABC had alr...