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WATCH: Inside the Massacre that Never Happened
The media called it a massacre. Gazans share firsthand accounts of what actually took place on Sunday.
Tanya Lukyanova
7M
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on the Great Biden Cover-Up
The authors of the new book ‘Original Sin’ share all the details of how President Biden and his closest aides misled the American people.
Bari Weiss
Ambition Will Only Get You So Far
Sitting at my mother’s bedside, getting a glimpse of the abyss, I had my revelation: Professional zeal is a finite resource.
Emily Yoffe
Emily Yoffe on When to Hang It Up
The Free Press senior editor reflects on a 50-year journalism career where she was poked, prodded, decried, cancelled, and vindicated.
Suzy Weiss
31M
Why Joe Biden’s Cancer News Has Prompted So Many Questions
The former president’s cancer diagnosis has been met with sadness—and understandable skepticism.
Matthew Continetti
Joe Biden Has No Regrets, and Many Senior Moments
On a muted TV, the former president appeared normal. With the sound on, he was hard to listen to.
River Page
The Gaza Famine Myth
How lazy journalism, bad data, and skewed statistics fueled accusations of war crimes against Israel.
Michael Ames
Dana Perino on Trump’s White House, Fox News, and. . . Love
Bari Weiss
1HR 5M
WATCH: Trump Sued CBS over Its Edited Kamala Harris Interview. Now It’s Up for an Emmy.
A “Giant FRAUD” or award-worthy? Decide for yourself.
Tanya Lukyanova
6M
Douglas Murray: How Death Cults Infiltrated America
The British journalist rails against pro-Hamas protests—and the moral failure of a West that tolerates them.
Bari Weiss
Voice of America Needs to Be Fixed, Not Silenced
Trump’s shutdown delights dictators and punishes people who deserve access to the truth.
Ethan Dodd
Tyler Cowen: Why I (Often) Choose My Phone Instead of Flesh and Blood
Admonishments against the online world miss why it is profoundly human: Without the internet, I would not know most of the people I learn from the most.
Tyler Cowen
The New Rules of Podcasting Are Making Our Debates—and Us—Dumber
I celebrated the rise of new media. What could go wrong with ‘democratizing information’? As it turns out, quite a lot. Witness the Douglas Murray and…
Konstantin Kisin
Axios Founders: Who Broke the Media?
Bari Weiss
1HR 30M
The Group Chat from Hell
Why can’t White House officials just admit they made a mistake and apologize?
The Editors
Uri Berliner: NPR Should Refuse to Take Federal Funds
The broadcaster needs to stop pretending it’s a network for all of America, and become the progressive institution it truly wants to be.
Uri Berliner
Letters to the Editor: Two Personal Perspectives on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Plus: A tip from the great Thomas Mallon on filing expenses in the glory days of magazines.
The Free Press
The New York Times and the Case of the Missing Knife
When the cops recently shot a man in the New York subway, the media portrayed it as a classic police injustice. It was anything but.
Mike Pesca
The Luxurious Death Rattle of the Great American Magazine
In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd.
Joe Nocera
Can Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Save the Left From Itself?
The Democrats desperately need a new vision. Two prominent liberal journalists are offering one.
Bari Weiss
1HR 33M
Peter Beinart, Pundit (Declined)
What makes the author’s campaign of self-promotion conspicuous—week after week, year after year—is his utter lack of inhibition.
Andrew Ferguson
WATCH: Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
Bari Weiss
1HR 8M
Gene Hackman’s Forgotten Classic
‘Under Fire’ is a movie about telling the truth. We could use more like it today.
Charles Lane
How the U.S. Government Controls Ukrainian Media
USAID funded the vast majority of 'independent' media in Ukraine. What American taxpayers don't realize is that their money went to suppressing the…
Tanya Lukyanova
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