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Reader Mailbag: Disney and Capitalism
A reader writes, "If ‘corporations only care about money,’ as Parker Molloy insists here, Marvel & Disney wouldn’t keep churning out lefty, progressive…
Parker Molloy
Mar 29
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Blame Capitalism, Not "Wokeness," For Changes to Agatha Christie's Books
Corporations care about one thing and one thing, only: making money.
Parker Molloy
Mar 27
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Fake "Trump Arrest" Photos Are A Sneak Preview of the AI-Generated Chaos to Come
Generative AI like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E 2 can be fun to play with. There's also the potential for this technology to be used as an…
Parker Molloy
Mar 22
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Where Are They Now?: The Pundits Who Got Iraq Wrong
One would think that cheering the U.S. into war in Iraq would have been a career-destroying mistake. Alas...
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Mar 20
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Another News Outlet Throws An Employee Under The Bus After Right-Wing Outrage
Axios fired reporter Ben Montgomery after a Florida state employee posted one of his emails to Twitter.
Parker Molloy
Mar 17
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Why The Media Guys Who Obsess Over Trans Issues Won't Tell Us What They Actually Believe
Putting yesterday's post into real-life contexts.
Parker Molloy
Mar 14
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"The Card Says 'Moops'": A Guide to Right-Wing Discourse
How a "Seinfeld" scene can help us understand a popular debate strategy.
Ian Danskin
Mar 13
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On the Right's Call to "Eradicate Transgenderism" (It Means Exactly What You Think It Means)
Yes, criminalizing various aspects of trans people's lives is cultural genocide.
Parker Molloy
Mar 10
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February 2023
An Overlooked Detail in the Scott Adams and Dilbert Story
A look at Rasmussen's attempt to troll the people it polled.
Parker Molloy
Feb 28
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The Secret Of Our Sauce (Is Not Fact-Checking)
I was reminded of an old Thomas Friedman column recently.
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Feb 24
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Oh No, It's Happening Again
The New York Times seems determined to repeat every mistake it made in covering the Holocaust
Parker Molloy
Feb 22
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Your Chatbot Isn't Your New Best Friend (And Never Will Be)
Yes, I let a chatbot write the headline to this piece about why it's irresponsible for news organizations to publish stories pretending that chatbots…
Parker Molloy
Feb 20
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