Republicans on the Supreme Court overturned the will of the majority; do liberals have the leadership to fight back?
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Altercation: Will the Oligarchs Who Own the U.S. Media Save Democracy? Don’t Bet on It.
CNN’s move to the ‘center’ is more bad news for news the country can really use.
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Altercation: Is Brookings a ‘Liberal’ Think Tank or a Big-Money Lobbyist
The case of its abruptly resigned leader highlights its dependence on big money from the Gulf.
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Altercation: What the Death of Newspapers Really Means
What fills the void is what’s threatening democracy.
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Altercation: The Best (Progressive) Democrat You Probably Never Heard Of
Michael Kazin on Robert Wagner
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Altercation: How Republicans Argue: They Lie
Which the media generally doesn’t bother to point out (or contrast what they say with the truth) after quoting them
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Altercation: AIPAC Goes Full Trump
It endorses most of the GOP representatives who voted to overturn the Electoral College results—but not pro-Israel hawk Liz Cheney.
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Altercation: Has The New York Times Learned From Its Trump-Era Disasters?
There is little sign the new executive editor Joseph Kahn is going to reckon with what the Republican Party really is.
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Altercation: There Is a Cancel Culture, and It’s the Right That’s Advancing It
From banning books to dictating curricula, Republicans are the real cancelers, not that the MSM recognizes that.
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Altercation: A Great Voice, and a Good Friend, Leaves Us
Eric Boehlert was the model media critic—and much, much more.
