Rob Archer 🎙️
@robarcher
Voiceover Artist. News anchor. Media critic. 25+ years in LA radio (KNX · KFI). Murrow & LA Press Club winner. Writing about what's happening to broadcasting at Archer's Line → therobarcher.com
In one week, the world ends. A short story. www.therobarcher.com/p/sun-day-a-...
I'm currently reading this translation, and it's terrific. The text feels like it's alive today.
Every layoff saves money. Some also eliminate the people who know how to keep the place running. www.therobarcher.com/p/the-price-...
ABC settled. It got targeted anyway. Now ABC is publicly fighting back against the FCC and asking viewers to help defend its stations. Disney hasn't suddenly become a First Amendment crusader; it's more that it's discovered appeasement isn't working anymore. www.therobarcher.com/p/local-tv-p...
A Post-News World - where people say they value journalism and verifiable facts... but they consume news through social media that only reinforces what they already believe. www.therobarcher.com/p/a-post-new...
Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden don’t agree on much. But they do agree that government officials shouldn’t be able to pressure private companies into suppressing speech. www.therobarcher.com/p/bipartisan...
Journalists are often accused of bias when they point out that a claim is unsupported. But saying there's no evidence for a claim isn’t bias. It’s reporting. www.therobarcher.com/p/journalism...
The ultimate cost of the brain drain happening in journalism, government, and the military. Archer's Line: www.therobarcher.com/p/the-cost-o...
Institutions die long before they collapse. Journalism may be finding that out right now. www.therobarcher.com/p/the-cost-o...
Donald Trump and MAGA won't be around forever. What will every media company that bent the knee do then? www.therobarcher.com/p/well-remem...
Scott Pelley sits down for an interview after his firing. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
We're living in a post-news America. www.therobarcher.com/p/living-in-...
The most successful television news program in history just got handed to someone who has never run a television news program. Again. 🏹 www.therobarcher.com/p/the-unmaki...
Google is killing search as we know it. Here's what's replacing it: www.therobarcher.com/p/google-zer...
Nothing was more joyful than seeing Stephen Colbert lose it. Here's one from the old Colbert Report.
Craig Swagler, former head of CBS News Radio, joins Charles Feldman and me for a post-mortem on its final day of broadcasting. Friday morning on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe & watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etpg...
36 years ago, Donald Trump faced a tough interview from Barbara Walters. This was how it was done in the Before Times.
The audience is disappearing at CBS News. That’s when television executives panic. www.therobarcher.com/p/the-clock-...
There was a time when names like Colbert, Letterman, 60 Minutes, CBS News Radio, and the AP felt built to last. Not anymore. www.therobarcher.com/p/the-long-g...
Trump keeps using the most dangerous word in American politics. www.therobarcher.com/p/the-most-d...
Something went very wrong at CBS News last night. www.therobarcher.com/p/cbs-disast...
A sitting FCC commissioner just accused her own agency of trying to intimidate media companies. And she put it in writing: “The threat is the point.” My latest Archer’s Line: www.therobarcher.com/p/fcc-war-go...
World News Roundup began as a warning about fascism. CBS New Radio is ending in an era when much of the media seems afraid of moral clarity. My latest for Archer’s Line: www.therobarcher.com/p/good-night...