Today on TAP: Jonah Goldberg in the L.A. Times
Media
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Myth of Those Lazy UI Recipients
A Wall Street Journal story demonstrates how not to prove that unemployment benefits deter job-seeking.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Not Now, Not Ever, Has Fox News Been Journalism
And it’s a dangerous delusion to misclassify it as such.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Fox News Keeps Getting Foxier
Like right-wing politicians, they’re primarily interested in catering to the most extreme parts of their base.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Altercation: Race, Vietnam, and the New Left in Mid-Century
George Scialabba discusses the limits of Louis Menand’s new tome on America in the Cold War era.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Iron Grip of the Magic Kingdom
Disney managed to get a carve-out for theme parks in a social media bill in Florida.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Stealing Ur Website
Innovations in journalistic pilferage at the Financial Times
Posted inEducation in America
The Attempted Defenestration of Nikole Hannah-Jones
A textbook case of systemic racism and partisan overreach stands to tarnish the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Why Journalism Isn’t Really Covering the Threat of Fascism
Objectivity has no bias in favor of the truth.
