Media Analysis

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Why Democrats Lose on Social Media While Republicans Lie and Win Big Why Democrats Lose on Social Media While Republicans Lie and Win Big

Dominating Facebook, the world’s largest media platform, enabled the GOP to demonize the Green New Deal.

Dec 8, 2020 / Joseph Romm and Jeff Nesbit

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The Coup That Never Happened The Coup That Never Happened

Oh, you thought there would be a coup just because the president repeatedly said there would be?

Dec 1, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him

Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him

A sore-loser president is promoting a last-minute assault on the underpinnings of discourse on the web.

Nov 30, 2020 / John Nichols

Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Don’t Cancel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

Far from promoting homophobia, the classic holiday special celebrates the fellowship of outsiders.

Nov 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer

The Coup That Succeeded

The Coup That Succeeded The Coup That Succeeded

The most dangerous blows to American democracy have come not from Trump but from the national security establishment.

Nov 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer

The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America The Plot Against America

We must thwart Trump’s plan to destroy our democracy.

Oct 30, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman

The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race

The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race

Strong questions in the final debate handed the political press a golden opportunity to talk about climate change. They blew it.

Oct 29, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard and Andrew McCormick

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The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers

Fewer and fewer reporters cover the local institutions whose decisions most directly affect their neighbors’ lives.

Oct 26, 2020 / Gwen Florio

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The Disabled Community Doesn’t Want Your Pity The Disabled Community Doesn’t Want Your Pity

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort.

Oct 22, 2020 / Sara Luterman

Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal

Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal

Everyone’s talking about it—but in most journalism there’s no telling what the Green New Deal actually is.

Oct 14, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

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