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March 26, 2024
Rich Logis
MAGA Is Enjoying This Ronna McDaniel Mess
NBC News’s disastrous decision to hire the former Republican National Committee chair shows how media organizations still don’t understand the Trump phenomenon.
March 25, 2024
Tori Otten
Morning Joe Completely Torches NBC Decision to Hire Ronna McDaniel
MSNBC is in uproar over the decision to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel.
May 25, 2023
Alex Shephard
CNN Is Tanking After Its Unforgivable Trump Town Hall
Chris Licht’s master plan has already run aground—as have the news channel’s ratings.
August 10, 2022
Daniel Strauss
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Alex Shephard
Cable News? A Presidential Run? Here’s What Liz Cheney Might Do If (When) She Loses Reelection.
While the conservative Wyoming congresswoman—and unlikely hero for many Democrats—is likely to lose her seat in Congress, she won't be quitting the political scene any time soon.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Stop Hiring Flaks to Do the Work of Journalists
MSNBC’s decision to bring Jen Psaki onto its network isn’t much better than CBS hiring Mick Mulvaney.
January 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Still Has Cable News
Despite all the hand-wringing about Twitter “deplatforming” the president, the right’s most powerful tool isn’t going anywhere.
November 3, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Fate of American Democracy Is in the Hands of Cable News
God help us all.
August 6, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Problem With MSNBC Isn’t That It’s Too Liberal
It’s that it’s not very good.
August 4, 2020
Alex Shephard
Hugh Hewitt Has Always Been a Hack
The pundit was never a rational, thoughtful conservative. He just played one on TV.
March 12, 2020
Alex Shephard
Cable News for the Left?
Frustration over coverage of Bernie Sanders’s campaign has led to an explosion of alternative television.
February 25, 2020
Alex Shephard
Will the Democrats’ Russia Obsession Hurt Bernie Sanders?
The Trump administration’s claims that the Kremlin is backing Sanders are catnip for cable news.
February 12, 2020
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders Has an MSNBC Problem
Cable news networks, particularly the "liberal" one, are a growing barrier to his surging campaign.
June 28, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
Isn’t it time for NBC to get a less peppy debate tune?
June 26, 2019
Alex Shephard
Give Democrats a Chance to Get Serious in Their First Debates
So much to talk about, so many to say it, so little time—and undoubtedly too much Chuck Todd.
April 15, 2019
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Tom Scocca
Tucker Carlson, Unbowed
He's petty, whiny, and contradictory. So why does he keep ruling the ratings night after night?
April 4, 2019
Magazine
Jacob Bacharach
MSNBC’s Wild Ride
Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?
April 25, 2018
Matt Ford
Why it’s nearly impossible for Trump to kill the Russia investigation.
August 11, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Revenge of Rush Limbaugh’s “Infobabes”
The conservative talk radio host has been insulting female journalists for decades—including me. Here's how we should fight back.
July 27, 2017
Clio Chang
Politicon Is the Perfect Media Racket for the Trump Era
Rarely has an event made the connection between politics and entertainment so explicit.
July 3, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump and the Weaponization of Gossip
Right-wing populists have long used tabloids like the National Enquirer to wage political warfare against the left.
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