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The Slow Death of Journalism, with Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi and Eli Lake revisit the Twitter Files, the Hunter Biden laptop story, and the slow unraveling of trust in the American press.
Eli Lake
49M
The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Free Speech
By issuing subpoenas to Times reporters and their families, this administration has once again shown it never really cared about the First Amendment.
Eli Lake
Two Drinks with . . . The New Yorker’s Master Wordsmith
Joe Nocera says Rachel Aviv is the modern-day Tom Wolfe, and he’s not ashamed to have fangirled.
Joe Nocera
A Miscarriage of Journalism at ‘The New York Times’
Federal judge Roy K. Altman explains how an article by ‘Times’ columnist Nicholas Kristof violates the fundamental rules of fairness and due process…
Roy K. Altman
How ‘The New York Times’ Laundered a Conspiracy
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor on how Nicholas Kristof’s ‘New York Times’ column reflects a press corps that increasingly sees activism as its core…
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor
The Case of Israel vs. Kristof Is Dead on Arrival
Netanyahu wants to punish ‘The New York Times’ for its claims about prison abuse, but the law effectively blocks any lawsuit he’d bring.
Jed Rubenfeld
Nick Kristof’s ‘Dog Torture’ Claim About Israel Doesn’t Pass Muster
Anonymous sources, pro-Hamas activists, and shoddy biology all fed into a dubious New York Times report.
Eli Lake
Back When the Pulitzer Meant Something
In the years before winning the Pulitzer became an exercise in ideological performance, writers like Jimmy Breslin captured the nation’s soul.
Liel Leibovitz
Douglas Murray: There’s a Reason the Shooter’s Manifesto Sounded Familiar
The accusations shouted by protesters outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner didn’t stay outside. Neither did the logic behind them.
Douglas Murray
The American Way Is Under Fire
A shooter on Saturday threatened the president, his administration, and our country’s free press. It was only the latest assault on the foundations of…
The Editors
Luxury Crimes at ‘The New York Times’
At America’s paper of record, wealthy media figures debate the merits of theft.
River Page
Who Decides What’s True on Wikipedia?
Ashley Rindsberg investigates how anonymous editors shape the internet’s encyclopedia through ideological bias, and corrupt the AI systems being trained…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 0M
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