The effort to counter China’s ‘malign influence’ would fund negative coverage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative—while also beefing up the U.S.’s international lending.
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Altercation: Shed No Tears for Jeff Zucker, Trump’s Great Enabler
At NBC and CNN, Zucker was key to Trump’s rise.
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Biden’s Executive Actions to Protect Workers
Today on TAP: The president could be doing a lot more with his executive power.
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Altercation: ‘Stupid Sons of Bitches’
Biden’s response to a notably dumb question from Fox raises the question of which Foxites are idiots and which just play them on TV.
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Tucker, Pat, and Vladi: Bigots of the World, Unite!
Today on TAP: Fox may have turned to neo-czarism, but Pat Buchanan was there first.
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How Things Will Get Better for Biden and the Dems
Today on TAP: We can count on Trump to seize defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Altercation: Before ‘Fixing’ Election Results, There Was ‘Fixing’ Census Results
But only now is a fuller picture emerging.
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Altercation: Why Journalism Isn’t Conveying the Threat to Democracy
It’s not just both-sidesism. It’s also how journalists’ jobs have been compelled to dumb down.
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Can a Billionaire’s Son Save Local Media—and a City?
A community news service in New York’s Hudson Valley is finding out the hard way.
