Fourth Estate


NBC Announces Sunday Today with Willie Geist

NBC has announced they are launching Sunday Today with Willie Geist, a reboot of the network’s Sunday morning programming that is more in line with the ratings dominant CBS Sunday Morning. The long-expected announcement was made on Thursday during NBC’s Upfront presentation. Upfronts are annual presentations by the networks to […]


CNN and NY1 Land New York Democratic Debate

CNN and NY1, the Time Warner Cable-owned New York City cable news station, have reached a deal with the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton and Sanders campaigns to host a debate in New York in April 14. The debate will be held five days before New York’s primary. Both […]


Clinton and Sanders Agree to Debates, But Not Together

With New York’s primary on April 19 rapidly approaching, the Clinton and Sanders campaigns are increasing the pressure on the other to agree to a debate in the state. The candidates have both agreed to debating in the state, but the campaigns have not agreed on when. On Sunday, former Secretary […]


Journalists Blast Nick Kristof Column on Trump

On Saturday evening, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof published a column criticizing the media for helping lead to the rise of Donald Trump. Of the media, Kristof writes, “We were lap dogs, not watchdogs.” Kristof attributes this to three major failures on the part of the media. First, the […]