After Lou Dobbs‘ surprising resignation from CNN Wednesday, what’s next in his professional career?

The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz  quotes a Fox News spokesman as saying the network hasn’t had discussions with Dobbs.  The Los Angeles Times’ political blog Top of the…

John Harwood, in a New York Times Caucus blog titled “If Fox Is Partisan, It Is Not Alone,” presents evidence that “partisan fragmentation throughout America’s news media and their audiences has grown significantly.”

Harwood — noting that he appears on CNBC and…

The White House stepped up its criticism of Fox News over the weekend.  Communications Director Anita Dunn questioned Fox News’ credibility as a news organization, saying it “is more a wing of the Republican Party.”

In an interview Sunday morning with Howard Kurtz on…

Laura Bush/CNN International photo

President George W. Bush will be remembered as someone who stood for freedom and security, former first lady Laura Bush told CNN International in an interview in Paris.

CNN International released the transcripts of the interview conducted by CNN’s…

Opposition to the war in Afghanistan has reached a new high, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released today.

It shows 57 percent oppose the war, up 3 percentage points from the month before. 42 percent are in favor of the…

Is there ever a good time for a president to vacation? The press is reporting there’s no shortage of opinions about President Barack Obama’s vacation next week in Martha’s Vineyard.

Some question the timing. Reuters’ Patricia Zengerle writes:

Some critics have questioned…

CNN has blocked an ad from the liberal watchdog group Media Matters attacking CNN’s Lou Dobbs. Media Matters has responded with a press release attacking CNN.

The Los Angeles Times reports:

The group’s efforts to skewer Dobbs by running the ad during his show failed…

The networks are feeling pressured by the White House to televise presidential press conferences live, reports media writer Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Maybe that’s because they are being pressured, Kurtz suggests in a column titled “The Prez, The Press, The…

Lou Dobbs/ AP file photo/CNN

Starting tomorrow,  the liberal watchdog group Media Matters will use time during Lou Dobbs’ show on CNN — commercial time — to try to pressure CNN to ditch Dobbs.

Media Matters has announced that it’s purchased ad time…

Mark Sanford

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford — apparently deeming his earlier explanations and apologies  inadequate — has reached out to constituents once again with a guest column that appeared Sunday in The State and other newspapers in the state. Here’s…