If politics is ultimately about communicating in appealing ways, Mamdani is charting a new way forward for the digital era by the deliberate fusion of personal appeals with substantive ones.
Why Zuckerberg Is Sucking Up to Trump. The Sexy Paradox That Stumped Darwin. Why Putin Believes the War Is Defensive. Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show. Trump and the Press | John Oliver.
How Trump is attempting to reshape coverage in the press, threatening media he doesn’t agree with, and why this signals a slide toward authoritarianism
This book, now published in an updated second edition, and this review, from eight years ago, are stark reminders of a major factor behind both of Donald Trump's presidential victories.
Patrick & Claud Cockburn: A Legacy of Guerilla Journalism. Leonard Cohen | Everybody Knows. Bread & Roses | Movie. Nancy Mace Is Reborn as a Transphobic Warrior | The Daily Show. That Matt Gaetz Report – Should Still Come Out.
Prestigious publications have often failed to see when things were so clearly wrong. In 2024 journalism needs crusading journalists as much as it did in the 1930s.
Tech mogul Neville Singham’s vast dark money network has fueled BreakThrough News and a raft of other online outlets pushing Moscow and Beijing’s favorite narratives.
Is Fox News finished? ...and more burning questions from media land
This book explores the impact of modern conservative talk radio, which is a byproduct of the 1996 media deregulation legislation that President Bill Clinton signed into law, on our political and social life.
Musk’s desire in buying Twitter goes beyond a desire to shape public discourse. Today’s equivalent of the Gilded Age oligarchs, who are gobbling up increasing chunks of the media landscape, also have access to a trove of personal data of users.
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