Did Paramount suck up to Trump by ending its late-night show? Sure. Will there be any television networks to throw people off in ten years? Probably not.
Media
Posted inPolitics
What We Learned From The New York Times’ Anti-Zohran Crusade
The most powerful newspaper in America doesn’t care about American democracy.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Assault on Trans Rights
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Evan Urquhart dig into the recent transphobic Supreme Court decision, and how The New York Times enabled it.
Posted inTAP
Conservatives on Trump: Don’t Blame Us!
Today on TAP: In a tour de force of sophistry, George Will says Trump is really one of those god-awful progressives.
Posted inTAP
Is Rupert Murdoch Breaking With Trump?
Today on TAP: The Wall Street Journal editorial page joins reality.
Posted inBooks
Beating the Press
In a time of eroding journalistic freedoms, a new book chronicles the deliberate effort to use libel law to bankrupt the independent media we have left.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Weakness Shows Through
Today on TAP: The executive order purporting to cut NPR and PBS funding was supposed to go through Congress, but Trump had to go it alone.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Davos and Other Hustles
The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is the Press Next?
Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.