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The Present Age

Parker Molloy
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Parker Molloy’s award-winning media criticism, culture, and politics newsletter.

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One of my favorite comedy sketches of all time is 2007 bit from The Whitest Kids U’ Know called “It’s Illegal to Say…” If you’ve never seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it before you read the rest of this.

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A Head on a Pike

Out of everything at Trump’s White House UFC party this weekend, the thing I keep coming back to is the Bud Light logo on the cage.

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Who Let Me Do This? (Happy Birthday, The Present Age)

Five years ago, I quit a steady paycheck at Media Matters to start emailing strangers about why some CNN headline made me want to throw my laptop into Lake Michigan.

I’m still doing it.


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"Stains the Legacy"

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