Tyler


About Tyler

Tyler is the chief media reporter for TKNN, with the news organization since its founding in November of 2010. He has previously served as chief political reporter and chief political anchor for TKNN.

PBS and NPR Team up for 2016 Convention Coverage

PBS NewsHour and NPR have announced that they will partner for coverage of the 2016 presidential conventions. The two also say they will also have live primetime coverage, which NPR says is a first for public media. The two outlets will form one group of journalists who will contribute to […]


Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Sends Letter to CNN Over Whitfield Comments

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R-TX) sent an official letter to CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker over the comments made by weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield about the Dallas shooting over the weekend. During CNN Newsroom, she referred to the gunman’s actions as “courageous and brave.” She then apologized on the […]


Jeb Bush Announces 2016 Presidential Run

Almost six months to the day after heĀ announcedĀ he was “actively exploring” a presidential run, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) jumped into the presidential race today. Bush announced his run in Miami, Florida, which is also the hometown of fellow presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio. The two are both from […]


Hillary Clinton Takes First Interviews of 2016

Typically, when a candidate’s presidential announcement is followed by a round of interviews with national media. This serves to quickly boost the candidate’s name identity around the nation. For example, almost every Republican candidate has granted their first post-announcement interview to Fox News’s Sean Hannity. However, the Clinton campaign did […]


South African High Court Attempts to Take Action on Sudanese President’s Indictment

EDITOR’s UPDATE (5:07 ET): The AFP article was actually referring to the previous decision by the judge. There is still no ruling yet on an arrest. TKNN regrets the misunderstanding and error. UPDATE #2 (2:49 ET): EWN is reporting that al-Bashir has left South Africa. The departure was confirmed by […]