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Article The Newsroom: Cable News Media Played for Laughs and Cries

If everybody hates it, that usually means I like it. The Newsroom on HBO is one of the best things to come along in a while. Not just because it is Aaron Sorkin, not just because Jeff Daniels is not Tom Hanks and certainly not just because I hate the Tea Party too. All over the place and almost like the real thing, it is television worth watching.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - July 23, 2012, 7:17 pm - Article
Keywords: television

Article Addicted to Bristol's Show: Can Sarah Save Us?

The extreme voyeurism of reality television reaches out and tweaks the worst part of our natures. If Bristol Palin left her diary on the table in your kitchen, would you read it? If a Palin reality show was filmed in Alaska and nobody watched would it really be real? These questions and more bedevil me as we journey to the land of the midnight sun where the men are men and apparently the women are too in Bristol Palin: Life's A Tripp.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - July 4, 2012, 9:47 am - Article
Keywords: reality, television

Article Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp - It Sure Is.

There was a simpler time. There was a time gone by. Somewhere before the summer of 2008, most of us had blissfully only heard the name of Palin in the context of Michael of Monty Python fame. Now you can try as you might and you cannot avoid the juggernaut media domination that is Palin-nation. Her, him, them - all on TV. Help.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - June 24, 2012, 2:30 pm - Article
Keywords: reality, television

News Bristol Palin's 'DWTS' run fuels conspiracy theories

USATODAY.com

Posted by: News Editor - November 17, 2010, 3:36 pm - News
Keywords: television, dance competition, brandy, mark ballas, bristol palin, bottom of the leader board

News Bristol Palin explains 'Dancing With The Stars' success

USA Today

Posted by: News Editor - November 10, 2010, 8:32 am - News
Keywords: television, dance competition, 'gop plot' un-celebrity

News Rick Fox Eliminated On 'Dancing With The Stars'

MTV

Posted by: News Editor - November 3, 2010, 9:25 am - News
Keywords: television, dance competition, cheryl burke, reality, bristol palin