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"Just Say Yes": Trump Demands Media Abandon Reality for His Version
The interview moment that perfectly encapsulates Trump's relationship with truth and expectations of media compliance.
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Media Manipulation Watch: The Forces Behind What You're Reading
CBS caves to Trump pressure as Scott Pelley confirms corporate interference at 60 Minutes, while Silicon Valley's shadow networks coordinate the next…
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The Radical Right's Culture Capture: A Conversation with Ana Marie Cox
From AI "slop" to Joe Rogan's rise: Why conservative voices are winning the battle for attention in our algorithm-driven wasteland.
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CBS News Falls to Trump: The Shocking Resignation of '60 Minutes' Producer Bill Owens
How corporate pressure and a $10 billion Trump lawsuit gutted one of America's most trusted news programs.
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The Danger of "Finger to the Wind" Politics
From wrongful deportation to trans rights, Gavin Newsom's calculated shifts reveal everything wrong with modern politics.
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"Not Very Compelling": How NPR's Public Editor Dismissed the Largest Protests of 2025
Media's protest problem goes beyond crowd sizes and into whose voices deserve amplification.
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When Baseball Forgot Its Courage: MLB's DEI Capitulation
The sport that celebrates Jackie Robinson can barely bring itself to mention why he matters.
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Meta's Right Turn: When "Fixing Bias" Means Embracing It
How Llama 4's political rebalancing threatens to normalize misinformation under the guise of fairness
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The Folk Devils Keep Changing, But the Panic Stays the Same
What a 1948 comic book burning in West Virginia tells us about today's anti-trans hysteria
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Send This John Oliver Segment to Anyone Still Confused About Trans Athletes
It's the most thoughtful, fact-based explanation you'll find about what's really happening in women's sports
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Print Media to Mass Protests: "Please Turn to Page 18"
How newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump's return to power
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"Absolutely Not": How Kat Abughazaleh Rejected Media's Trans Scapegoating
Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh shows how Democrats can push back on media narratives that serve the right's authoritarian agenda
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