Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of made men who wouldn’t kill as many people if they had to clean up after themselves… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! The danger of writing the “Ultimate Book” of anything is if you wind up demonstrating... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Florida: Don’t Go Near the Water (with Oba Chandler)
(Author's Note: This story was originally published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Orlando Sentinel, and Weekly Planet in 1993. Every time Oba Chandler's name has recurred in the press, I get calls about it. Joan Rogers and her daughters, Michelle and Christe, were brutally murdered on June 1, 1989. Several years later, after an intensive... Continue Reading →
From Waco to wackos, NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders is always there, always fair! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a courtroom audience of people who think all evidence should be presented with smaller words and in fewer days… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I have done my best to keep the Casey Anthony case at arm’s length from day... Continue Reading →
The Day John Lennon Died: a compelling music history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Certain days in all of our lives we can’t help but remember. I was sitting at my desk here in St. Petersburg with “The Today Show” on in the background when the first plane flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I was in my kitchen in Gainesville, Florida, on March... Continue Reading →
Cops producer Morgan Langley, Bad Boy? Discuss! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When did the TV show COPS become such a piece of irrefutable Americana? Probably when the first bar of “Bad Boys” played, back in 1988. It was the original docu-reality series when it debuted on Fox more than 20 years ago and took viewers for their first ride-along with the men and women of... Continue Reading →