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Articles in Media (4)

Big Corporations Are Trying to Control the Narrative Around Luigi

April 01, 2025

From Reddit to the New York Times and TMZ, there’s an ongoing effort to squash the wave of popular anger at for-profit healthcare that Luigi Mangione represents.

by Alex Skopic

Jeffrey Goldberg Betrayed Journalism

March 27, 2025

Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was given a once in a lifetime opportunity to show us how the powerful act when nobody is watching. Instead, he left the room.

by Stephen Prager

MeidasTouch Turns Democrats’ Minds to Slop

March 17, 2025

Viewers are flocking to “independent” media that serves up a never-ending stream of anti-Trump content. But this stuff is intellectual poison and may even help the right.

by John Ross & Nathan J. Robinson

Why Did MSNBC Cancel Joy Reid?

March 04, 2025

Some speculated that racism explains the firing of the liberal anchor. But MSNBC doesn't have a problem with Black hosts. They have a problem with pro-Palestine ones.

by Briahna Joy Gray

Why Does the US Media Ignore Africa?

September 20, 2024

Hint: Racism is involved.

by Alex Skopic

The Right is Where the Money Is

September 18, 2024

The Tenet Media case is a reminder of how conservative media serves the interests of the rich.

by Stephen Prager

The Worst Magazine In America

September 13, 2024

The Atlantic poses as a magazine of ideas, but its writers get away with terrible arguments. Its ascendance is a sign of the dire state of American intellectual life.

by Nathan J. Robinson

The New York Times’ Trump Timeline Missed What Makes Him Dangerous

July 30, 2024

After nearly a decade, liberal publications still fail to criticize Trump for the right reasons.

by Stephen Prager