Extra Credit: Cable TV killing political journalism
Taking in the starchy-prim controversy over MSNBC’s indefinite suspension of commentator Mark Halperin for what the New York Times described Friday as “profane disparagement” of President Obama, the first thing that pops to mind is one of the famous scenes from “Casablanca.”
Internet TV, economy taking toll on cable services
NEW YORK - TV subscribers are ditching their cable companies at an ever faster rate in the past few months, and many of them aren't signing up with a satellite or phone competitor instead.