Journalists and Journalism

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Like Watergate, but Dumber Like Watergate, but Dumber

“When the president does it, that means it is not illegal!”

May 23, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes

My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes

“I created a TV network for people 55 to dead,” the late, disgraced Fox News founder told me in 2000. “And they don’t want to see anyone like you.”

May 18, 2017 / Joan Walsh

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Trump’s FCC Just Moved Closer to Destroying Net Neutrality. Here’s How You Can Fight Back Trump’s FCC Just Moved Closer to Destroying Net Neutrality. Here’s How You Can Fight Back

The future of the Internet depends on what we do next. 

May 18, 2017 / NationAction

Bret Stephens

Why Does ‘The New York Times’ Have So Little Respect for Its Readers? Why Does ‘The New York Times’ Have So Little Respect for Its Readers?

In the name of ideological diversity, the paper of record has hired a proud and deliberate purveyor of propaganda and misinformation.

May 18, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Tom Price refuses to talk to Dan Heyman

A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price

A West Virginia reporter was treated as “an enemy of the people” for doing his job.

May 11, 2017 / John Nichols

Victory Day Ceremony

World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington

On May 9, while Russia was commemorating the 27 million Soviet citizens who died fighting Nazi Germany, the US political-media class was vilifying the Kremlin and seeking its Ameri...

May 10, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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Trump’s Healthcare Plan Is All About Freedom! Trump’s Healthcare Plan Is All About Freedom!

Freedom for the rich to exploit the poor, that is.

May 9, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite

These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.

May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

A Hundred Days of Trump Denial

A Hundred Days of Trump Denial A Hundred Days of Trump Denial

Leading up to the marker of his first 100 days, I began to internalize small shifts in how the news media regards President Trump.

May 6, 2017 / Leslie Savan

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Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue

Schlesinger and Navasky on McCarthyism… Pollitt, Navasky, Grandin, and Lawrence on ‘Russiagate’…

May 4, 2017 / Our Readers, Victor Navasky, Patrick Lawrence, Greg Grandin, and Katha Pollitt

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