Category: CNN

Will Penn State prompt change in college culture?

Posted by – November 23, 2011

The Christian Science Monitor, in an editorial, notes that the NCAA will “examine” Penn State’s loss of control over its sports program following the sex and coverup scandal. But it says the NCAA needs a robust solution to break the culture of sports dominance in colleges.

The newspaper concludes:

Individuals who have been charged will be held responsible in a court of law. But Penn State and the NCAA need to break a culture that serves an institution first instead of the values its stands for.

Click here for the editorial.

Making a sad story even sadder, the New York Times reports Victim 1, according to friends and others, was taunted by classmates after it became widely known this month that he had testified against Sandusky as part of a case that ultimately caused Joe Paterno, the longtime football coach at Penn State, to lose his job. Click here for the story.

Politico and The Daily Beast offer analysis of the CNN GOP presidential debate.

Analysis: CNN’s prime-time lineup reflects a network in disarray

Posted by – January 26, 2011

Deborah Potter, executive director of NewsLab, a broadcast training and research center, and a former network correspondent, offers a scathing analysis of the decline of CNN in the latest issue of American Journalism Review. (Or, as my friend Mel Dillman likes to say, the “Clinton News Network.”)

A disgraced ex-governor, a talent show host and an Oprah wannabe. Not a bad guest list for Letterman, perhaps, but as prime-time anchors on a cable news channel? This is what’s become of CNN.

Ciick here for the full article.