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What Will 2025 Mean for Journalism? Some Thoughts...
The Platform Is the Problem: Why Staying on X Won't Work
It Turns Out Trump Likes Project 2025 Quite a Bit
Pokémon Go Players Helped Build a New AI—And They Had No Idea
Without 'Libs' to Dunk On Reactionaries on X Face a Crisis of Relevance
Nancy Mace’s Anti-Trans Crusade Exposes the GOP’s Obsession with Manufactured Outrage
Is Bluesky an 'Echo Chamber'? Wrong Question
The Onion Now Owns Infowars, Because Reality's Ridiculousness Finally Outpaced Satire
The Anti-Trans Blame Game: Predictable, Wrong, and Fueling a Dangerous Agenda
Fine, Let's Talk About Trans Athletes
It's Time for a Media Reckoning—No Matter Who Wins Tomorrow
WATCH: The Present Age's Parker Molloy on CNN
No More Euphemisms: Media Gets Real on Trump’s MSG Hate Rally
Playing It Safe Is Risking Democracy: Media’s Silent Endorsement of Authoritarianism
The Media's Trans Problem: Everyone's Talking About Us, No One's Talking To Us
"You Want Lies With That?" News Media Struggle to Cover Trump's Potemkin McDonald's Photo Op
Letting Trump's Words Speak for Themselves
Reading Recommendations for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Washington Post Captures the Weirdness of Trump's Musical Town Hall
Elon Musk's X Is Accelerating Our Descent Into a Post-Truth Nightmare
Trump's "Bad Genes" Remark About Immigrants Should Be Called Out For Echoing Nazi-speak
Journalist Taylor Lorenz Talks Going Independent and Leaving Legacy Media
People Are Sharing Fake Hurricane Helene Photos for Profit and Political Gain
Abortion Bans by Another Name: How Republicans Are Trying to Fool the Public
CNN’s “Message of Unity” Spin on Trump's Helene Response Is Classic Sanewashing
How Media and Politicians Enable Anti-Abortion Rhetoric: A Conversation with Jessica Valenti
The Data is In: Anti-Trans Legislation is Hurting Kids
Book Review: 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter' by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
It's a Big Club, and You Ain't in It
Media Criticism Isn’t a Shadowy Left-Wing "Industry," It’s a Necessary Watchdog
The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman Talks Creativity and the Anxiety of Leaving Songs Behind
How Trump’s Lies Shape the News Cycle
The Wall Street Journal Provides a Template for Covering the Right's Springfield Lies
Unilateral Rhetorical Disarmament — Trump's Absurd Demand
In a Stunning Admission, J.D. Vance Acknowledges "Creat[ing] Stories" That Fueled Hate in Ohio
Why The Atlantic’s Critique of Sanewashing Doesn't Hold Up
When a Lie Becomes a Bomb Threat: The Fallout of a Racist Conspiracy in Springfield
Taylor Swift Turns the Tables on AI Misinformation with Harris Endorsement
CNN's Mishandling of Trans Healthcare Coverage Highlights Need for Change
Eating Pets and Other Lies: How the Haitian Migrant Hoax Exposes Flaws in Political Reporting
ESPN's AI Fumble: How Robot Recaps Missed Alex Morgan's Final Match
The Press Response to Trump's Word Salad Answer on Childcare is Peak Sanewashing
Challenging the 'Coherency Bias' in Trump Coverage
How the Media Let Trump Off the Hook for His Arlington National Cemetery Stunt
How the Media Became a Mouthpiece for Trump’s Empty IVF Promise
Trump's Arlington Disgrace Reveals a Deeper Moral Failure
The Post-Media Candidate: Kamala Harris's Direct-to-Voter Strategy
Paw-litical Theater: The GOP's Laughable 'Two-Dog' Conspiracy Against Tim Walz
How Did a Vocal Trump Supporter End Up in CNN's 'Undecided Voter' Panel?
The Week in Review: DNC Comes to a Close, Trump Melts in the Arizona Heat
Right-Wing Cruelty Targets Tim Walz's Son Gus After Heartwarming DNC Moment
LOL What? Nate Silver Pushes Conspiracy Theory About Biden's DNC Speech Timing.
Words vs. Actions: The Trump Election Acceptance Dilemma
Taco 'Bout an Overreaction: The Right's Spicy Take on Tim Walz's Mild Joke
Press Owes Public Explanation for Dramatic Shift in Leak Coverage Approach
Access Denied, Frustration Amplified in Harris Campaign Coverage
Elon Musk's Legal Warfare: Silencing Critics Through Lawsuits
Unmasking the Real Agenda Behind the Imane Khelif Olympic Boxing Uproar
Beyond Toxic Positivity: Lane Moore's New Approach to Life Advice
'Weird' Times in American Politics: The New Democratic Playbook
Elon Musk Is Wrong: His Daughter's Story Proves the Power of Gender-Affirming Care
Normalizing Anti-Democratic Rhetoric One 'Joke' at a Time
When Pundits Play Both Sides: A Tale of Two Kamala Harris Columns
Crystal Ball or Common Sense? NYT's Lydia Polgreen on Harris's White House Shot
The Pivot That Never Was: How Trump's 'Unity' Speech Fooled the Press Again
The GOP's 'Unity' Charade: How the 2024 RNC Became an Anti-Trans Hate Fest
The New York Times' 'Incentives' Problem: When Controversy Trumps News Value
Rewriting the Rules of Engagement: GOP's Attempt to Silence Legitimate Criticism
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Endorsed Donald Trump Without Endorsing Donald Trump
The Media is Lying About the Republican Party "Softening" on Abortion
Note to Media: Don't Let Trump Lie His Way Out of Project 2025 Ties
Steve Bannon's "Political Prisoner" Sob Story, Brought to You By ABC and NBC
Trump’s 'Very Fine People' Remark: Snopes Misses the Mark on Dangerous Doublespeak
Progressive Commentator Wajahat Ali is Looking for His Kind of People
The New York Times: 'Biden Campaign Ad Paints Trump as a Felon' (Uh, He is One)
The Ethics Debate Over Recording Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Misses the Point
The Associated Press and a Very Un-'triumphant' Tweet
Will Jeff Bezos Stick with Will Lewis Amid WaPo's Credibility Crisis?
“Messiness is the most human thing”: an interview with author Florence Ashley
One for the Bad Headlines Hall of Fame
OpenAI Inks Deals With Two More Publishers
An Interview with Author A.R. Moxon About 'Very Fine People'
Why Did the Washington Post Sit on the Alito Flag Story for Three Years?
Google's AI-Generated Search Results Keep Citing The Onion
Greg Abbott and Rising Authoritarianism
J.K. Rowling Refers to Trans Women as "Crossdressing Straight Men"
Target Tries to Opt-Out of This Year's Pride Month Right-Wing Rage-fest. Good Luck With That.
7 Smart Responses to Semafor's Interview with New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn
Why Are Mainstream Journalists Pretending Not to Understand How Press Contacts Work?
Putting the Literal Prop in Police Propaganda
Boy, I Sure Was Wrong About Tucker Carlson's Post-Fox Fate
NYT Comes Off Looking Bad in its Beef with the Biden WH
Women's Sports Audio Network Aims to Break New Ground
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Wants to Ban Trans Teachers. There's a Long History Here.
Post News, The Little Social Media Site That Couldn't, Calls It Quits
Google's AI-Generated Search Results Are Coming — and They're Horrible
3 Smart Responses to the Mess at NPR
A Conversation with Siva Vaidhyanathan About "The Anxious Generation"
Friday Round-Up of Reads and Listens
News Orgs Botch Trump's Statement on Abortion By Leaving Important Context Out of Headlines
Total Eclipse of the Conspiracy Theorist
Twitter's Trending Page is Just Making Things Up Now
On SNL, Ramy Youssef Set a Great Example
A Newspaper Editor's Brilliant Take on How to Cover Donald Trump
For the Past Year, WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich Has Been Unjustly Detained in Russia
New Study Finds NYT Fails to Quote Trans People in 66% of Stories About Anti-Trans Bills
That Was Fast: Ronna McDaniel Reportedly Out at NBC News.
4 Thoughts on NBC News Hiring Former RNC Head Ronna McDaniel
Ana Marie Cox and Her Affirming Writers Workshop
3 Smart Takes on Trump's "Bloodbath" Comment and Context
Having a Bit of Fun Playing Video Games
Coming Down from 'Me Mountain'
ICYMI: The Present Age Weekly Recap, 3/15/24
3 Smart Takes on the TikTok-alypse
Space Camp and The X-Men-ification of Trans People
Rocker Rhett Miller Talks New Music and Starting a Newsletter
It Matters That Mainstream Media Missed Katie Britt's Lie
'Moms for Liberty' Blasted on 60 Minutes Over Book Bans
The Present Age Weekly Recap: March 8, 2024
Ben Lee and Ione Skye Are Bringing You Indie Rock Breakfast Radio
Trump's Extremism Can't Just Be a Footnote
What, Exactly, Is the "Biden is Old" Story Supposed to Be, Anyway?
Hello! All 50,000 of You! Hello!
3 Reading Recommendations: Mehdi Hasan, Matt Pearce, and Brian Merchant
I Think Taylor Lorenz Was Right to Interview Libs of TikTok, and Here's Why
Get to Know "Art But Make It Sports"
Journalist Timothy Burke was Indicted for the Crime of... Journalism
This NYT Headline About Student Loan Forgiveness is an Exercise in the Paper's Absurdity
Understanding the Tragic Death of Nex Benedict
Let's Talk About Stochastic Terrorism
What to Make of OpenAI's New Text-to-Video Technology
Krista Burton Has Some Very Specific Perfume Recommendations
The Banality of Evil and Thoughts on Meta Ditching Politics
A Second Trump Term Would Be Hell for LGBTQ People
In Lighter News, How About That Nickelodeon Super Bowl Broadcast?
What's Up With The New York Times?
Non-Activists Getting Called Activists and More Stories From the Week
Is There a Name For This Kind of Lie? Because We Need a Name For This Kind of Lie.
Context is For Trying to Understand Reality, Not Winning Arguments. That's the Problem.
W. Kamau Bell Wants to Talk to The People Who Want to Hear From Him
The Messenger's Shut-Down and Cruelty Capitalism
Everyone Please Be Less Weird About Taylor Swift. Please.
WTF is Happening in Journalism This Week?
My Fantasy Football League Taught Me to Worry About AI-Generated Journalism's Potential
I Knew the DeSantis Campaign Reminded Me of Something...
The Anti-Trans Crusade Was Supposed to Make DeSantis President. What Happens Now That He’s Gone?
Is Sports Illustrated a Zombie?
We Really Don't Have to "Understand" Trump Voters Anymore
Is Elon Musk Incapable of Understanding This Simple 2018 Viral News Story?
Don't Believe Everything You See Online
A Simple Test to Determine if You're Too Online
Elon Musk Just Suspended Him From Twitter. Here’s Why He's Not Going Anywhere.
Excited for Tomorrow's Newsletter, Featuring a Guest Contributor
This is How The New York Times Does Activism
Even Without the Assault on the Capitol, It Was Still a Coup
"Edgy" Comedians Selling a Conservative Status Quo as Rebellion