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Sinclair’s right-wing agenda troubling

  By Don Corrigan Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s plan to buy Chicago-based Tribune Media Co. for $3.9 billion has come under fire and there’s no shortage of local and national critics. Criticism is also being directed at the FCC, which will violate its own rules for reining in monopoly media growth if commissioners seal the deal

The view from Taiwan

by Wen-Hung Hsieh and Shu-Ling Wu The end of WWII led to the split of many regions in Asia. Today, the division between North and South Korea and the complexity of the situation between China and Taiwan remain two of the most pressing issues perplexing countless Asia experts. And with North Korea’s nuclear detonation in

Media narrative misleading

All it takes is a picture and a story that can enrage a large portion of our society and you have the ability to create a national controversy. Who cares whether the story is true or the image represents reality. In today’s age, the ability to draw Internet hits and the opportunity to further your

Time for media to cease coronating sports stars

We thought we knew Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. We’d all seen the television commercials, we all know that Nationwide is on your side, that Peyton might be making our Papa John’s pizza and that, despite his football excellence and his March retirement after winning his second Super Bowl, Manning was everything we have come