Media

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2025.

Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies

The MAGA movement can “walk back” outrageous statements, and the press hardly asks a follow-up.

Sep 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

We’re Living in an Age of Scams

We’re Living in an Age of Scams We’re Living in an Age of Scams

The anonymity of the Internet makes us all vulnerable to 
being swindled—and it’s making us trust each other less.

Sep 9, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt

William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friends and Enemies

William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friends and Enemies William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friends and Enemies

What was it about Buckley that made him so attractive to liberals—and what was it about liberals that caused them to be attracted to conservative figures like Buckley in the first...

Sep 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024, in New York City

Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media

Paramount is reportedly set to pay between $100 million and $200 million for The Free Press and will install Bari Weiss at the top of CBS News.

Sep 4, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

A newspaper box with a paper that reads “Michael Bears Down” in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Millville, Florida, on October 11, 2018.

News Avoidance and the Climate Majority News Avoidance and the Climate Majority

The next phase of Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project puts faces to the numbers.

Sep 4, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

California Governor Gavin Newsom greets Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California

What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery

As Democrats sharpen their online game, Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style jabs reveal both the risks and rewards of fighting fire with fire in an attention economy built for bluster.

Sep 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Relatives and colleagues of the Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qraiqea, photojournalists Ibrahim Dahir and Moumin Alaywa, and assistant photojournalist Mohammed Noufal, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists' tent near the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza city center attend the funeral ceremony on August 11, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza.

These Journalists Saw Israel Kill Their Colleagues. But They Refuse to Be Silenced. These Journalists Saw Israel Kill Their Colleagues. But They Refuse to Be Silenced.

The strike that killed Anas al-Sharif nearly claimed the lives of these other reporters—including al-Sharif’s cousin.

Aug 28, 2025 / Ali Skaik

Jerusalem Demsas, editor of the newly launched Argument, at a 2024 Atlantic Festival panel.

A Losing “Argument” A Losing “Argument”

The buzzy new publication devoted to “libbing out” reprises the mistakes of the longstanding alliance between neoliberalism and Beltway journalism.

Aug 22, 2025 / Jacob Silverman

Controversial former NYT columnist Bari Weiss walks backstage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel.

I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.  I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. 

At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.

Aug 19, 2025 / Sophie Hurwitz

Fire With Fire

Fire With Fire Fire With Fire

“ME WANT!”

Aug 15, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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