Trump’s Oddjob: the rise of Steven Cheung
The White House communications director saves his harshest vitriol for the press
Media
Tuesday
The battle for Anna Wintour’s Vogue empire
Her struggle with the company’s union has become existential
Thursday
Will Disney strike a deal to end its YouTube TV blackout?
YouTubeTV knows it remains in the driver’s seat
Monday
Revealed: BBC doctored Trump January 6 speech
A deceptive splicing of clips in a documentary made it look like the President had ordered the storming of the Capitol
Tuesday
How Alex Jones won
A mixture of Martin Luther King Jr. and L. Ron Hubbard, he is our greatest living orator
Tuesday
Don’t try to fight the new media
Plus: QAnon Shaman declares himself rightful leader of America
Tuesday
Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk have exposed the media’s depravity
The disabused lineaments of common sense are everywhere taking shape again
Sunday
Howard Stern disappeared years ago
He became the very thing he always raged against
Tuesday
Why President Trump can’t stop talking to reporters
‘He has to be, by a country mile, the most accessible president in the history of the presidency’
Friday
Did the Wall Street Journal just prevent a war?
Trump hates feeling led and nurses a number of understandable grudges over how he’s been treated these past 10 years
Tuesday
The polls are wrong (again) on Trump
The least accurate polls are getting the most airtime
Monday
The media must admit to covering up Biden’s decline
Journalists are cashing in on books that glaze over their roles
Friday
George Clooney’s Good Night, And Good Luck is a communal experience
Clooney has chosen to make a splash on Broadway in a play that is explicitly political
Friday
Why does Britain think it can censor Gab?
The British media regulator has threatened the app with $20 million in fines for failing to police speech
Thursday
The ubiquitous Lara Trump
Don’t be surprised if, come 2032, she tries to become the first woman to break the glass ceiling. And then sings about it
Vance Derangement Syndrome
Bret Stephens has once again demonstrated that the Hitler wheeze, though tired, still has a bit of mileage in it
Monday
How the fashion industry is adapting to Trump 2.0
Much has changed since 2017, when fashion labels and publishers boycotted the new administration
Friday
How the legacy media became powerless
The 2024 election seems to sound the final knell for an industry that managed to hang on well past its prime
On the front line of the tennis magazine wars
How many more boutique mags can the sport bear?
Wednesday
Welcome to the era of personality media
It has always been about celebrity, not truth in broadcasting
