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The truth about the midterms — and the media’s failure to convey it
Timothy Snyder, who wrote a book called “On Tyranny” gets it.
In general, the mainstream media does not.
Here’s what Snyder wrote recently: “We are now two months from the American midterm elections, probably the most consequential since...
Thank you, Gloria Steinem
All this time, I’ve been standing on Gloria Steinem’s shoulders without giving her a thought.
Of course, I knew she was the great feminist writer and activist who fought hard for women’s rights, and looked damn good doing it.
But it wasn...
Fearful and desperate, Trump is escalating his war on truth
For over a century the government-funded but independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, has been doing its job of covering the United States military. It’s a huge job, since the Defense Department now employs nearly 3 million people and has...
Polls, pundits and horserace coverage are NOT what we need for the midterms.
Is the mainstream news media hopeless?
If I thought so, I wouldn’t be writing this newsletter to advocate for journalism that serves the democracy.
But with the incredibly consequential midterm elections just around the corner — Election...
Journalists as Trump's 'human shields' should be the WHCA's last straw
One thing about Donald Trump. He’s has told us all along exactly who he is and what he expected to be able to get away with.
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” he famously c...
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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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