Under the cover of launching a little-known feature, the social media giant has been funneling money to America’s biggest news organizations—and hanging the rest of the press out to dry.
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Not Everything Can Move to Substack or the Times
A healthy media still needs organizations that fit in-between, such as the Washington Monthly.
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The Chaos Is The Point
What motivates Trump followers? Racism? Conservatism? Cruelty? Part of it may be simple disruption. A historian explains.
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What’s the Real Point of the Lincoln Project?
Democrats shouldn’t reject their help, but they also shouldn’t give them money.
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Staying Above the Fray by Avoiding the Facts Is Not a Neutral Position
What the news room of the New York Times could learn from their editorial board.
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Why We’re Talking About Racism More Than We Have in Decades
Getting to the truth about what it means to be an American is the question that is on the table right now.
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Sloppy Reporting on Iran Could Inadvertently Start a War
The Iranian president didn’t call Trump “mentally retarded,” so why did I get a news alert saying he did?
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People Are Highly Politically Engaged But They’re Tuning Out Politics
Trump fatigue has set in, and it’s hurting progressive media more than conservative media.
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What the Media Should Learn From Trump’s Latest New York Times Attack
One form of propaganda is to rip routine processes from context and make them sound nefarious.
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Trump’s Charges of Treason Escalate His Dangerous Rhetoric
Where does he go from here?
