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    The Not-So-Great Game of Setting Expectations
    September 20, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    The run-up to the debates is Donald Trump's latest exercise in intimidating the press.
  • Media
    ‘Normalizing’ Trump
    September 15, 2016
    | Eric Alterman
    Despite all evidence to the contrary, the media insistently portray Trump as a normal candidate.
  • Media
    Media Narratives Imprison Clinton, Trump — and Voters
    September 14, 2016
    | Neal Gabler
    The press always follows the stories and characteristics they attach to candidates, no matter how much journalists argue that they are simply recording them.
  • 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
    Moderation in Pursuit of Truth Is the Media’s Vice
    September 12, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    But neither NBC News nor The New York Times public editor knows it
  • Media
    The Media’s Presumption of Guilt
    September 7, 2016
    | Neal Gabler
    Journalists' dim view of everything from politicians to human nature seems to taint every story.
  • Media
    The Feeble False Modesty of Chris Wallace
    September 7, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    As TV news approaches more moments of truth (and untruth) in the coming presidential debates.
  • Society
    The Politics of Swimming in 2016
    September 1, 2016
    | Lynn Sherr
    Lynn Sherr dives into the historic feats and major fiascos of one of her favorite pastimes.
  • Democracy & Government
    Dan Rather: Response to Trump's Immigration Speech
    September 1, 2016
    | Dan Rather
    Trump's America does not look like one that's familiar to most Americans.
  • Media
    Does This Movie Capture the National Mood?
    August 31, 2016
    | Neal Gabler
    The loss and bleakness that suffuses 'Hell or High Water' is a kind of mirror of the American psyche.


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