Last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch titled “DNC Town Hall” which featured parodies of the 2020 Democratic candidates, and all of their portrayals seemed to have one thing in common. From Kamala’s (Maya Rudolph) now famous “that little girl was me” line to Beto O’Rourke’s (Alex Moffat) demonstration of his “8th... Continue Reading →

I remember when the story broke, that a Black man had been murdered in his home by a white cop. For months it stayed in the back of my mind a man murdered in his own home and it being called everything but murder. And this past week came the trial, as a Black American... Continue Reading →

To say the current state of our news is not handled for the current presidential election is, in my opinion, putting it lightly. Journalism has always played a vital role in the electability of presidential candidates. Not to say that it has been the only deciding factor but, as illustrated by Thomas E Patterson, the... Continue Reading →

Finally, the words we have all been waiting for have been spoken: impeachment. Nancy, my darling, you’ve done it again. Good things come to those who wait.  My main source, The Daily, has spent the last week talking about impeachment, what it means, how the whistleblower came forward etc. But I am mostly intrigued by... Continue Reading →

Welcome to the "Critic's Corner" where students from COMM-327- Culture of the News at Simmons University blog about the role of journalism in society. Students will take turns blogging about the weekly reading and about the news.