Marty Kaplan, 07/30/12

Director, Norman Lear Center and Professor at the USC Annenberg School

No wonder media outlets maximize political drama. It holds audiences, and that's great for the bottom line. But there is zero civic virtue in paying attention to campaign coverage.

Peter H. Gleick, 07/30/12

President, Pacific Institute

Are you confused by the debate over fracking? I'm not surprised. The public debate is complex, angry, boisterous, a mix of science intertwined with politics, and complicated by a lack of information (or even intentional disinformation) on all sides.

Jeff Jarvis, 07/30/12

Author, 'Public Parts' and 'What Would Google Do?'

I still believe that if NBC gave the fans what they wanted rather than trying to make them do what NBC thinks it wants, NBC could win by growing audience and engagement and thus better serving sponsors. I ask you to imagine what Olympics coverage would look like if Google had acquired the rights.

Michelangelo Signorile, 07/30/12

Editor-at-large, HuffPost Gay Voices; SiriusXM radio host

The news on Friday about Amazon's Jeff Bezos giving $2.5 million to the effort of marriage equality in Washington State marked a milestone. And here we are, in a media firestorm over this pipsqueak, Chic-fil-A?

Chris Weigant, 07/30/12

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

Mitt Romney doesn't really fit the classic wimp definition, as even Newsweek sheepishly concedes. Anyone who remembers the primary campaign knows that Romney is no classic "wimp." Instead, Romney is a world-class weasel.

Daniel R. Schwarz, 07/30/12

Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature at Cornell University

"It's not print paper that I value for itself of all things; it's the ability to keep in place this fantastic news gathering machine. If economics change enough, if people don't want print paper, then why should we put out a print paper?"

Warren Adler, 07/30/12

Author

Every time we click on something, we are recorded somewhere, our resumes recycled for future exploitation. Not only is Big Brother watching, so are his siblings, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins. There is no place to hide.

Jeff Schweitzer, 07/30/12

Scientist; Fmr. White House Senior Policy Analyst

An honest debate about different world views is healthy in a democracy. But the GOP has taken us away from that legitimate debate by running against a candidate of their own creation, one not remotely resembling the real Obama.

Erin Spens, 07/30/12

Co-founder and editor, Boat Magazine

Boat Magazine is a biannual nomadic publication that focuses on a different city for each issue -- we choose cities with big stories to tell and we pick up and move there for a few weeks, working with locals to put each issue together.

Thomas Church, 07/30/12

Business & Life Strategist

It's easy to get in the media. Just lie, cheat and bribe. That's what 25 year-old Ryan Holiday, author of Trust Me, I'm Lying:Confessions of a Media Manipulator has revealed in this wildly controversial book.

Uloop, 07/30/12

Online Marketplace for College Life

Social media is on the rise, with the Internet leading the future of journalism, effecting the current state of the consumption of journalism.

Jonathan Kim, 07/30/12

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews and the Uprising Show

The lines between art, journalism, and documentary filmmaking are often blurry ones. In 2008, director Alison Klayman, at the age of 24, found herself crossing those hazy lines to record the story of a man famous for doing the same.

Jason Linkins, 07/29/12

Editor, Eat the Press

WHO WILL HOPE THE LONDON OLYMPICS SUCCEEDS THE HARDEST? Will it be Gibbs? Madden? Boris Johnson? David Cameron? Mitt Romney? Barack Obama? Whoever does wins zero electoral votes and twenty-pound gift certificate to Boots.

HuffPost Radio, 07/29/12

Beyond Romney's hoof-in-mouth moment in London, Arianna and Torie Clarke clash over policies abroad , guns after Aurora, career vs. kids, and rape jokes.

Ken Coleman, 07/27/12

Host, The Ken Coleman Show

There has been a lot of clucking surrounding the comments Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy made on my radio show on June 16. Increasingly, we see a well-oiled publicity machine that is redefining tolerance as, "either you agree with me or you need to button your lips."

Deepak Chopra, 07/27/12

Author, 'Spiritual Solutions'; founder, The Chopra Foundation

India needs to adapt to international scrutiny -- that's the entry fee for walking on the world stage. Oprah provided a kind close-up; many harsher ones are likely to come.

Ian Reifowitz, 07/27/12

Author of 'Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity'

On Tuesday, the New York Times ran a classic "both sides do it" article, one that sacrifices truth in the name of balance.