Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game
Announcing his exit, the right-wing baron mixes public populism and private elitism.
Sep 25, 2023 / Jeet Heer
How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse
FOSTA-SESTA made sex workers less safe and the Internet less free. A spate of new laws is deepening the damage.
Sep 25, 2023 / Feature / Sascha Cohen
“Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics “Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics
In their attempt to serve as objective purveyors of fact and reason, Steve Kornacki, Nate Silver, and other data nerds are misleading the left-liberal electorate.
Sep 12, 2023 / Leif Weatherby
Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy
How the owner of Tesla and Space X became a state within a state.
Sep 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer
A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book
But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album.
Aug 30, 2023 / Maria Bustillos
What Was Digital Media? What Was Digital Media?
Ben Smith’s Traffic charts the boom and bust of a new age of online journalism.
Aug 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Exclusive: James O’Keefe Is Now Under Investigation for Looting Project Veritas Exclusive: James O’Keefe Is Now Under Investigation for Looting Project Veritas
Prosecutors in Westchester County, N.Y., are pursuing charges against the right’s premiere “gotcha video” scammer, for scamming his own donors.
Aug 18, 2023 / Liz Farkas and Matthew Phelan
The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality? The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality?
Colin Winnette’s disorienting Users examines the limits of morality and imagination as they exist online and in video games.
Aug 16, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
How Rumble Is Planning to Be the Premier MAGA Platform How Rumble Is Planning to Be the Premier MAGA Platform
The home of Power Slap has become the video platform of choice for powerful MAGA interests.
Jul 11, 2023 / Feature / Jacob Silverman
A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media
A Trump-appointed judge imposed limits on the Biden administration's contact with online platforms, potentially opening the floodgates for unregulated misinformation.
Jul 6, 2023 / Chris Lehmann