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"Just here for the ratio!" vs. "Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?"
Subscribe to The Present Age to keep up with Parker Molloy's work
Merry Christmas from Parker and The Present Age
How to become a Fox News star, according to Fox News star Jesse Watters
Ted Leo has a good song for a good cause. Check it out.
Old tweets sending well-wishes to Jussie Smollett aren't some sort of "gotcha."
"Don't speak ill of the dead" is anti-journalism
My journalism predictions for 2022
The most important ingredient in the "War on Christmas": victimhood
The ugly origins of the "War on Christmas"
This week's theme: The War on Christmas
Matthew Sheffield talks media's blind spot for religious fundamentalism [podcast + transcript]
Is it data or is it just vibes?
How "the media got it wrong" usually gets it wrong: Rittenhouse edition
How mainstream media outlets get played by the right
Review: is Twitter Blue right for you? It depends
Comedian Michael Ian Black will say pretty much anything for $85. [podcast + transcript]
I cannot take you seriously if you use the word "woke" unironically in 2021
This is a story about milk, but also about what happens when the press doesn’t do its job
I sure hope this newsletter stuff works out
Time for a social (media) experiment
No bull: stop falling for PETA's shenanigans
Author Pete Croatto explains how the NBA became a cultural phenomenon [podcast + transcript]
The persistent myth of drugged Halloween candy
Get a hobby! (No, really, get a hobby)
Writer Thor Benson thinks a lot about the pandemic and mental health
"What are we outraged about today?": bisexual Superman who has a slightly different slogan edition
Watching this singing competition has me asking what it means to be real
Nick Lutsko is more than just the sweaty man singing in your Twitter timeline [podcast + transcript]
How The Washington Post lost this longtime subscriber
"Is someone making more than $400,000 per year rich?" Yes. Next question.
Is anybody out there actually okay?
A year after Trump said he wanted to "get rid of the ballots," has the press learned anything?
Eddie Geller is a Florida Man who wants your vote [podcast + transcript]
Term limits for columnists now, please
It's hard to have much faith in humanity these days
Franchesca Ramsey shares the secret to a successful social media detox [podcast + transcript]
Mainstream media gushes over Kim Jong-un, certified hottie
"The 'It's about ethics in horse paste journalism' phase of the discourse"
The 8 interviews that helped get this project started
Why did the Washington Post interview "the pandemic's wrongest man" for an article about COVID-19?
Friday forum: What keeps you going?
Writer Molly Jong-Fast has health anxiety — and maybe you do, too [podcast + transcript]
Nobody needs to see Al Roker get knocked over by a wave during a hurricane
The Washington Post's profile of Maggie Haberman misses the mark in one important way
What are some of your favorite Substacks?
Artist Bryan Brinkman explains the WTFs of NFTs [podcast + transcript]
A YouTube channel of irrational fears... that I can't stop watching
Climate journalist Eric Holthaus believes in a better world [podcast + transcript]
Joe Galbo is the man making memes for the U.S. government (podcast + transcript)
Media mistakes in covering a police video illustrate unaddressed problems
"When the snow melts away, do the Cubbies still play in their ivy-covered burial ground?"
The smartest media criticism you've never seen
To end this public health crisis, journalists need to humble themselves
Carlos Maza at the end of the world (podcast + transcript)
A society of Holiday Inn Express guests
Community thread: podcast guest suggestions
Right-wing media politicized COVID. We'll all pay the price.
Former Congressman Joe Walsh is trying to stop a monster he helped create (podcast + transcript)
"What are we outraged about today?": Captain America edition
A year later, Trump's bizarre 4th of July speech makes sense
Community thread: promote your work
The GIF that keeps on… GIFfing?
New study highlights the virality of hate
Community thread: TV/movie/music/book recommendations
The future is Florida, and that has me worried
The tyranny of t-shirts... or something.
The Tucker Carlson profile industrial complex
In conversation with Will Butler of Arcade Fire
Fox News and the power of yelling about "cancel culture"
The Q&A: Michael Hobbes from the "You're Wrong About" podcast