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Jimmy Fallon’s Crime Against California

Moving ‘The Tonight Show’ to New York Robs Our State of Its Biggest Stage

It’s dangerous for a people to declare one man their enemy and hunt him down. It’s unwise for a state to scapegoat one man for its problems.

Nevertheless, I think California should make an exception and declare war on Jimmy Fallon.

Yes, I know. The comedian who is taking over The Tonight Show next week is cute and cuddly and funny. Yes, he has a combination of musical chops and comic timing that make him a consummate entertainer. And yes, I find his impression of the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb irresistible.

None of …

by Joe Mathews |

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NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik

Trashy Network TV: Prepare to Be Hate-Watched

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik is the author of Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires. An Orange County native, he spent more than a decade as a …

How to Dress Like a TV Writer

Rule Number One: Don’t Wear a Suit

by Michael Sonnenschein |

At my first meeting as a professional writer in Hollywood, I did something dumb: I wore a suit. The meeting went poorly, and years later, I still blame the suit.

I …

Assessing Uncle Rupert’s Schlocky Empire

Rupert Murdoch Did a Lot to Change Journalism. What Was His Biggest Impact?

Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire is vast, stretching across five continents to include film studios, newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and networks. For years, questions have swirled around the tycoon: How …

Al Qaeda—and ‘Homeland’—Return to the Headlines

Dissecting the Terrorist Attack in Nairobi and a Hit TV Show

Hosted by Anne-Marie Slaughter |

New America Foundation national security studies program director Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad, explains to Anne-Marie Slaughter what the terrorist …

Yes, ‘Breaking Bad’ Got Albuquerque Right

My Hometown Is a Circus of Vice. I Love It Anyway.

by Madeleine Carey |

When I tell people that I’m from Albuquerque, they usually tell me that’s where Breaking Bad is filmed.

Yes, I reply. Yes, it is.

Breaking Bad has given me a way to …


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