The PBS journalist steps down from his long-time mission to document the lives of Americans and uncover waste, fraud, and abuse in corporate America and beyond.
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Guys Like Matt Lauer Are Why We Have President Trump
You didn’t have to think he was a sexual harasser to know he was a sexist. Just look at his treatment of Hillary Clinton.
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Americans Agree That Trump Is a Liar. Do They Realize He Is Also a Sociopath?
Mainstream media have no problem calling out Trump’s falsehoods. But they need to do more.
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Americans Say Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Science Is Less Than Stellar
A September Pew Research Center poll has reinvigorated the years-old debate over how mainstream news media outlets cover science. Pew found that even though half of Americans believe that “specialty sources” like science magazines, documentaries, or science museums present scientific information correctly, few people actually rely on them for news about science—even though they believe […]
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The Disgrace of ‘60 Minutes’
Steve Bannon gets a bully platform and runs rings around Charlie Rose.
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Democrats’ Unsolvable Media Problem
Liberals are still all but helpless in the face of right-wing lies that mutate and evolve.
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Why the Elite Media Want You to Think Trump Is an Independent
While it’s true that he arrived in office without the complement of ideological and partisan commitments most presidents carry with them, he has governed like the hardest of hard-right Republicans.
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The Trump-Sessions Leak Crackdown
The DOJ’s investigation represents a threat to leakers, whistleblowers, and robust journalism.
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Very Dangerous Times: Press Attacked by Authoritarian White House
There’s a reason the Founders enshrined the press as the one profession specifically protected in the Bill of Rights.
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‘Homeland’ Meets ACORN in the Land of Fake News
A new documentary tells the real story of the right’s attack on ACORN and what it portended.
