Glenn Greenwald Quits Intercept

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

‘Anonymous’ Still Anonymous

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

Peek Hack

Up is down. Down is up.

NY Post Agitprop

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

Rethinking the 1619 Project

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

NYT Publishes Trump Tax Returns

Should we question the timing?

A Reminder about Media Bias

Media bias is real, but it isn’t what many claim it to be.

Trump Saves ‘Stars and Stripes’

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

Andrew Sullivan’s Complicated Legacy

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Confessions of a Democratic Voting Fraudster!

Anonymous bullshit from the New York Post.

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Fox News is Leading Prime Time Network

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

Biden’s Veepstakes

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The Business of the News is Business

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

Pentagon Training IDs Press as ‘Adversaries’

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

NPR Hit Hard by Pandemic

Telecommuting has taken a bite out of an industry built on commuting.

Shepard Smith to Anchor CNBC Newscast

The longtime Fox News host has re-emerged at an unusual spot.

Trump’s Mount Rushmore Diatribe

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

‘COVID Parties’ are Bullshit

Some incredibly thin reporting about a story that is almost certainly made up.

If you Need a Laugh

Utterly classic.

Cancel Cancel Culture

The state of American debate is not strong.

Do Violent Protests Get Results?

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

If Minneapolis Were Happening Elsewhere…

A solid piece of satire.

Trump Targets Social Networks

The President has been Twitter on their own platform. Now, he’s following through.

WSJ Chastises Trump’s Slander

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

NYT Devotes Front Page to COVID Dead

All the deaths are fit to print.

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The Atlantic’s Layoffs

The venerable magazine is following industry trends. Is the billionaire owner a monster?

New York Times and the Outrage Mob

The newspaper of record radically altered a column and then misrepresented it.

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There is No Plan

A sober assessment of President Trump’s plan to get the country running again.

That’s Not How It Works

Bad journalism is not needed right now.

The TV Doctors and the Problem of Cable “News”

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Chris Matthews Retires

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

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Subscription Prices Skyrocketing

We seem to be in a new reality. Will readers accept it?

South Carolina Debate Was Terrible

CBS did a lousy job.

Rush Limbaugh Has Advanced Lung Cancer

Sad news from the conservative talk icon.

John Kerry Almost Certainly Not Running for President

He’s tanned, rested, and ready. But it ain’t happening.

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Newspaper Endorsements At Odds with Polls

The leading papers in Iowa and New Hampshire are backing Klobuchar and Warren, respectively.

Jim Lehrer, 1934-2020

A legendary newsman has passed.

Sixth Democratic Debate Draws Lowest Viewer Numbers Yet

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

Viewership For Fifth Democratic Debate Drops Significantly

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Meth. South Dakota Is On It.

South Dakota launched a new ad campaign to deal with its methamphetamine crisis. They missed the mark.

Ocasio-Cortez Settles Lawsuit Over Twitter Blocking, Apologizes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

RealClear Reveals Whistleblower Name, Foments Conspiracy Theory

The man who sparked the investigation into the President’s illegal conduct has been outed in a futile attempt to discredit it.

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Trump Orders Feds to Cancel NYT and WaPo Subscriptions

The President is tired of all the fake news.

Shepard Smith Out at Fox [UPDATED]

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

Bob Woodward Heckled for Doing His Job

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

Fox News Now Little More Than Trump Propaganda Machine

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

Richard Cohen Retires

A bittersweet farewell to a newspaperman past his sell-by date.

Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist, Dead at 75

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.