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  • Letters From an American
    The "Perfect" Phone Call
    January 4, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to demand he overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia and deliver the state to Trump. Raffensperger apparently recorded the call, keeping it handy in case Trump misrepresented it publicly. This morning, Trump did exactly that.

  • Media
    You Don’t Have to Publish Both Sides When One Side Is Fascism
    June 12, 2020
    | Eric Alterman
    Elite media still hasn’t figured out how to cover the Trump presidency.
  • Media
    Why Trump's Media Intimidation Strategy Is Bound to Fail
    July 10, 2017
    | Todd Gitlin
    Trump is pursuing what he thinks is a win-win strategy. But there’s more than a whiff of panic in his recent maneuvers.
  • Democracy & Government
    Bad Trump, Good Trump​
    March 1, 2017
    | Todd Gitlin
    The art of softening up the opposition.
  • Media
    The Media Reaches Critical Mass on Donald Trump
    September 20, 2016
    | Neal Gabler
    Is the tide turning? The words "lie" and "liar" are beginning to turn up in New York Times and Washington Post headlines about the GOP nominee.
  • Media
    Fact-Checking in the Age of Trump
    September 13, 2016
    | Alicia Shepard
    The business of ferreting out candidates' whoppers is booming, and no wonder.
  • Media
    Current Journalism Practices and the Dark Side of Speculation
    July 6, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    We’ve moved into an era when political reporters and pundits are unapologetic about making prophecies and judgments.
  • Media
    The 'Truth' According to Trump
    June 14, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    In Trump's world, everything's a conspiracy and reality's turned upside down.
  • What the Press Should Learn From the “Snowden Effect”
    December 20, 2013
    | Reed Richardson
    The media has reported on the ever-expanding security apparatus before, but it took Snowden to get America's attention.
  • Washington’s Information 'Merry-Go-Round'
    May 10, 2013
    | John Light
    The buying and selling of "political intelligence" is a growing industry that some say should be regulated like lobbying.


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