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</div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/opinion/kurtz-shrinking-media/index.html">Why consumers are fleeing the media</a><span time="1363580447" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Mar 18 2013 00:20:47</span> </h2> <p>The slow-motion shrinkage of the news business is driving away part of the public.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/opinion/kurtz-shrinking-media/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/opinion/kurtz-iraq-media-failure/index.html">Media's failure on Iraq still stings</a><span time="1362999080" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Mar 11 2013 06:51:20</span> </h2> <p>The 10th anniversary this month of the invasion of Iraq will remind most people of a divisive and dubious war that toppled Saddam Hussein but claimed the lives of nearly 4,500 Americans and more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/opinion/kurtz-iraq-media-failure/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/kurtz-olbermann-espn/index.html">Bring Keith Olbermann back to ESPN</a><span time="1362484920" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 05 2013 07:02:00</span> </h2> <p>Keith Olbermann -- formerly of MSNBC, formerly of Current TV, formerly of Fox, formerly of ESPN -- wants back in the game.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/kurtz-olbermann-espn/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/opinion/kurtz-hannity-ellison-dust-up/index.html">Hannity-Ellison dust-up shows our broken politics</a><span time="1362156181" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Mar 01 2013 11:43:01</span> </h2> <p>When I saw the headlines about Sean Hannity getting into a shouting match with a Democratic congressman this week, I assumed the combative and conservative Fox News host had just gone off on him.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/opinion/kurtz-hannity-ellison-dust-up/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/25/opinion/kurtz-media-gay-marriage/index.html">Media walk tricky line on same-sex marriage</a><span time="1361794548" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 25 2013 07:15:48</span> </h2> <p>As same-sex marriage has become accepted in a way that would have been unthinkable a decade ago, the media have -- perhaps unwittingly -- played a crucial role.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/25/opinion/kurtz-media-gay-marriage/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/opinion/kurtz-axelrod-gibbs/index.html">MSNBC, a bastion of Obama advocates? </a><span time="1361451292" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Feb 21 2013 07:54:52</span> </h2> <p>David Axelrod is a smart guy who knows a heck of a lot about politics and the press.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/opinion/kurtz-axelrod-gibbs/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/opinion/kurtz-state-of-the-union/index.html">When a sip of water gets more attention than a president</a><span time="1361275745" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 19 2013 07:09:05</span> </h2> <p>Remember the State of the Union?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/opinion/kurtz-state-of-the-union/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/opinion/kurtz-gunman-manifesto/index.html">Blaming media in California gun rampage is nuts</a><span time="1360584793" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 11 2013 07:13:13</span> </h2> <p>It was strange -- and strangely creepy -- to discover that the former California cop accused of murder has so many opinions about cable pundits and anchors.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/opinion/kurtz-gunman-manifesto/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/opinion/kurtz-media-fat-obsession/index.html">Enough with stories about who's fat</a><span time="1360242824" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Feb 07 2013 08:13:44</span> </h2> <p>Can the media get over their collective obsession with weight?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/opinion/kurtz-media-fat-obsession/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/kurtz-obama-gore-whining/index.html">Obama, Gore, stop whining about right-wing media</a><span time="1359981765" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 04 2013 07:42:45</span> </h2> <p>I never realized that the conservative media were so eye-poppingly powerful.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/kurtz-obama-gore-whining/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinion/kurtz-immigration-reform/index.html">Be a little skeptical on immigration reform </a><span time="1359634259" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Jan 31 2013 07:10:59</span> </h2> <p>The mainstream media -- you know who you are -- are rooting for immigration reform.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinion/kurtz-immigration-reform/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/opinion/kurtz-palin-commentator/index.html">Sarah Palin's fall from media stardom</a><span time="1359371785" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Jan 28 2013 06:16:25</span> </h2> <p>There was a time, as she emerged from the rubble of the 2008 campaign, when Sarah Palin was the hottest cultural figure in America.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/opinion/kurtz-palin-commentator/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/opinion/kurtz-media-manti-teo/index.html">Let Manti Te'o be the end of sports hero worship</a><span time="1359117060" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Jan 25 2013 07:31:00</span> </h2> <p>We in the media seem to be dealing with a whole lotta liars:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/opinion/kurtz-media-manti-teo/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/kurtz-jill-kelley/index.html">Jill Kelley, caught in crossfire of Petraeus scandal</a><span time="1358889296" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jan 22 2013 16:14:56</span> </h2> <p>Jill Kelley was clearly conflicted as she sat down with me in a downtown Washington office to tell her story for the first time.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/kurtz-jill-kelley/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/opinion/kurtz-armstrong-oprah/index.html">A loss for Lance, a win for Oprah</a><span time="1358512537" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Jan 18 2013 07:35:37</span> </h2> <p>Oprah Winfrey didn't pussyfoot around.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/opinion/kurtz-armstrong-oprah/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/opinion/kurtz-lance-armstrong/index.html">Can even Oprah save Lance Armstrong?</a><span time="1358164497" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Jan 14 2013 06:54:57</span> </h2> <p>The advance buildup has all been about Lance Armstrong as he prepares to enter the church of Oprah and seek absolution for his sins. But this much-anticipated television moment is as much a test for Oprah Winfrey as for the disgraced former cycling champion.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/opinion/kurtz-lance-armstrong/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/opinion/kurtz-andrew-sullivan/index.html">Journalists, take a hint from Andrew Sullivan</a><span time="1357815664" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Jan 10 2013 06:01:04</span> </h2> <p>When blogger Andrew Sullivan began urging readers to support his online venture, I could hear journalists everywhere slapping their foreheads and saying:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/opinion/kurtz-andrew-sullivan/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/opinion/kurtz-gore-al-jazeera/index.html">Why Al Gore's Al Jazeera deal doesn't seem right</a><span time="1357562346" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Jan 07 2013 07:39:06</span> </h2> <p>So Al Gore starts a liberal cable network, which turns into a complete and utter flop, then sells it to a Middle East potentate in a deal that will bring him an estimated $70 million.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/opinion/kurtz-gore-al-jazeera/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/opinion/kurtz-fiscal-cliff/index.html">Hijacking the media -- Trump shows how easy it is</a><span time="1357209894" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Jan 03 2013 05:44:54</span> </h2> <p>After a year of national gridlock that ended on the precipice of a cliff, Donald Trump went nuclear.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/opinion/kurtz-fiscal-cliff/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/31/opinion/kurtz-gregory-guns-media/index.html">Don't lock up David Gregory or deport Piers Morgan</a><span time="1356953353" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Dec 31 2012 06:29:13</span> </h2> <p>I went out on a limb the other day and said David Gregory should not be behind bars.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/31/opinion/kurtz-gregory-guns-media/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/opinion/kurtz-newtown-media-staying-power/index.html">Will media stay focused on gun story?</a><span time="1356001272" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Dec 20 2012 06:01:12</span> </h2> <p>The conventional wisdom is that Newtown has just a few more days to run as a major media story.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/opinion/kurtz-newtown-media-staying-power/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/17/opinion/kurtz-media-newtown/index.html">Tragedy brings out best, worst of media</a><span time="1355732543" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Dec 17 2012 03:22:23</span> </h2> <p>A sudden tragedy brings out the best in the media: journalists racing to the scene, ferreting out the details, leading the nation through its grief.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/17/opinion/kurtz-media-newtown/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/13/opinion/kurtz-cia-star/index.html">CIA's most famous operative is a secret star</a><span time="1355393385" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Dec 13 2012 05:09:45</span> </h2> <p>Maya is about to become the most famous CIA operative since Valerie Plame.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/13/opinion/kurtz-cia-star/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/opinion/kurtz-news-organizations/index.html">Free online news era on its way out</a><span time="1355145291" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Dec 10 2012 08:14:51</span> </h2> <p>It's time to pay up, America.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/opinion/kurtz-news-organizations/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/opinion/kurtz-subway-photo/index.html">Why the outrage over photo in subway death</a><span time="1354717909" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Dec 05 2012 09:31:49</span> </h2> <p>It was a horrifying front-page photo in every sense of the word.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/opinion/kurtz-subway-photo/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/04/opinion/kurtz-baldwin-harass/index.html">Media, stop stalking Alec Baldwin</a><span time="1354616851" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Dec 04 2012 05:27:31</span> </h2> <p>Okay, so Alec Baldwin isn't the world's most sympathetic character. He throws tantrums, smacks the occasional photographer and was once caught on tape calling his preteen daughter a "thoughtless little pig."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/04/opinion/kurtz-baldwin-harass/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/opinion/kurtz-media-meanness/index.html">Media meanness: When the nastiness goes too far</a><span time="1353928560" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Nov 26 2012 06:16:00</span> </h2> <p>About halfway through The New York Times review of TV chef Guy Fieri's Manhattan restaurant, I realized that the author was wielding a meat cleaver.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/opinion/kurtz-media-meanness/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054310/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/19/opinion/kurtz-murdoch-tweets/index.html">Murdoch's shameful slam of 'Jewish-owned' press</a><span time="1353309110" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Nov 19 2012 02:11:50</span> </h2> <p>There are things that I admire about Rupert Murdoch. He has maintained a lifelong commitment to newspapers, long after it became clear that they were no longer profitable. He has a feistiness at 81, when he could be happily sitting on a yacht somewhere. 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