Topic
Media Criticism
Arguments about how television, publishing, podcasts, and digital outlets shape public taste.
The Megyn Kelly Show·Culture
Maureen Callahan says Belle Burden’s divorce memoir is “a lie”
Callahan’s objection isn’t just that Burden sounds privileged, it’s that the media is treating a very cushioned divorce story like a brave act of survival.
The Megyn Kelly Show·Culture
Maureen Callahan says Carson Daly drinking beer from his shoe shows morning TV is dying
Callahan used Daly’s on-air “shoey” and Jenna Bush Hager’s garbled “biggest ick” moment to argue that NBC’s breakfast hour has stopped passing the breakfast test.