The depressed press
Polls say trust in media is at an all-time low. But a better reflection than that can be found in what’s happening in the journalism business
Media
Sunday
Thursday
Why the luxury life feels alien
When I emerged onto Twitter in 2015, I felt like I was driving a jalopy on a freeway filled with Teslas
Tuesday
Is Courier Newsroom really fighting fake news?
Journalists who have worked at Tara McGowan’s news outlet say the ideals it publicly professes are a far cry from reality
Friday
Nikki Haley is respectable. Will she find that inhibiting?
Both the hopes Trump raises in his supporters and the fears he inspires in his opponents are largely illusory
Monday
Kihnu, Estonia’s imaginary isle of women
The media promised a matriarchal paradise — where was it?
Tuesday
The year’s horrors have left me speechless
I fear that the internet is driving me and everyone around me insane
A look inside Right Side Broadcasting Network
In the 2024 race, the popularity of RSBN among the MAGA faithful and Trump himself could revive the dynamics of 2016
Why America’s top TV networks are banking on English soccer
It sure seems like there are more red-blooded Americans patrolling our streets in Arsenal and Liverpool shirts these days
Friday
The changing season brings a change in politics
What we’ve been told about Trump and Biden, about the other candidates for the Republican nomination and other Democratic aspirants, has mutated
The rise of the underground free speech groups
Independent thought makes a comeback in progressive cities
Thursday
Hasan Minhaj’s race-filled fantasies
Minhaj is, in many ways, the Jussie Smollett of comedy
Wednesday
Why the New York Times sports section failed
It’s a funny quirk of history that the New York Times was the only paper to really thrive in the Internet age, all while struggling with sports, which gets so aggressively followed on the Internet
Wednesday
Taylor Lorenz is optimistic about the internet
Extremely Online is mostly a story about money
Friday
Disinfo-nation: the new censorship is here to stay
The list of topics on which the government and mass media feel called to protect us from ‘disinformation’ is very long
Monday
What’s the media’s problem with black masculinity?
The only black men now being showcased are those who’ve conceded their masculinity
Sunday
How will the decline of cable news affect politics?
2024 is already shaping up to feel very different from previous, TV-news-dominated campaigns
Can the 2024 election save cable news?
The two networks that a few decades ago changed the way the world consumes news are each facing oncoming storms
Wednesday
Welcome to the media wars
Plus: How Trump predicted the LIV merger
Sunday
Why won’t conservatives ask Trump tough questions?
If Trump had an ounce of self-awareness, he would not run
They wanted to break the internet. It broke them
BuzzFeed , Paper and the click crash of 2023