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We need truth more than ever. How to find it amid political lies and AI slop
“Just gimme some truth,” John Lennon sang decades ago. “All I want is the truth.”
That simple desire seems harder than ever to fulfill.
A few days ago, for instance, Trump aide Stephen Miller posted a lie clearly meant to damage the camp...
Trump's ultra-corrupt 'slush fund' might finally wake up the media
It takes a lot to get through to Americans, so many of whom have decided to ignore serious news in favor of mindless video reels. Yet, Donald Trump’s presidential approval rankings are tanking — badly.
It takes even more to get through to...
How a public editor could deal with the extreme reactions to Kristof's column
In the years since I left the role of New York Times public editor, I have sometimes said to myself, “This is another good day not to be the public editor.”
As complaints would arise about one controversy or another, I knew that if I were...
Five ways the media can do better in this critical moment
As a media critic, I often identify what I see as the failings of Big Journalism. I did that here last week in my post titled “The media’s double standard for Trump needs to stop.”
I gave examples of that double standard that too often gi...
American Crisis Extra: Read this to feel better
It’s been quite a few months for Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. In January, in an unprecedented and shocking move, the FBI entered her home and seized her devices.
This week, she and her Post colleagues won journalism’s highest...
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I’m a pro-democracy media critic, an author and an occasional glass-ceiling breaker. You might know me as the former public editor of the New York Times.
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