'The Mob Doctor' mimics Chicago's past, while 'Revolution' creates a new future

Sep. 18, 2012
FOX's The Mob Doctor, the first of several pilots slotted for the fall television season that were filmed in Chicago, premiered Monday night promising to bring Chicagoans exactly what doesn't apply to their lives. But NBC's Revolution creates a more convincing, if fantastical version of the city. 

Do news consumers care about perceived media bias?

Mar. 15, 2011
NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller stepped down on March 9. The move came in the wake of a video depicting an NPR fundraiser making disparaging remarks about members of the Tea Party. This personnel shake-up at NPR came at a particularly sensitive time for public broadcasting.