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Margaret Sullivan

Margaret Sullivan

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Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

Donald Trump, who once bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters, has gotten away for years with unimaginable...

24.04.2024 40

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NPR needs a serious critique not a politically charged parting shot

It took only days from Uri Berliner’s publishing his fiery essay about his employer, NPR, to his suspension, to his resignation in a blaze of...

18.04.2024 20

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For the future of US abortion rights under a second Trump presidency, look to Arizona

Sometimes, in 2024 America, you have to pinch yourself to make sure you’re not in a long-running dystopian nightmare. Then again, maybe we all are....

11.04.2024 30

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Polls show Trump winning key swing states. That’s partly a failure of the press

I learned the hard way to be skeptical about the predictive power of public opinion polls. I remember election night 2016 all too well, as I hit...

05.04.2024 60

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Trump got some good financial news this week. But there’s a dark side

Donald Trump has had an encouraging day or two on the money front. On Monday, a New York appeals panel lowered – to a mere $175m – the amount the...

27.03.2024 30

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Follow Margaret Sullivan Can NBC News recover from its damaging decision to hire Ronna McDaniel?

As boneheaded corporate decisions go, the one by NBC News to bring on Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor is right up there. Whatever twisted purpose...

26.03.2024 10

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A year ago Russia jailed Evan Gershkovich for doing journalism. He’s still there

The photograph, framed and in a place of honor, is precious to me. Taken in 2016 outside a Manhattan restaurant, it’s a casual shot of four young...

18.03.2024 20

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Follow Margaret Sullivan Taylor Swift can teach us all a lesson in how democracy works

If you’re any kind of a Taylor Swift fan, you’ve seen the footage of the pop star arguing with her father. The subject is politics. Or, more...

07.03.2024 8

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Stop fantasizing and deal with reality: it’s going to be Biden against Trump

It can be diverting – even fun – to fantasize about who might become the next president of the United States. Wouldn’t it be cool if, say, the...

27.02.2024 30

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Follow Margaret Sullivan Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview wasn’t journalism. It was sycophancy

The former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s much touted sit-down with Vladimir Putin was many things. It was damaging to global democracy, giving...

11.02.2024 200

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The spectacular collapse of the Messenger is a lesson on how not to do journalism

The new journalism outlet began less than a year ago to considerable fanfare. Claiming it would be unbiased and indispensable, the Messenger recruited...

02.02.2024 5

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We must start urgently talking about the dangers of a second Trump presidency

With Trump’s victory in New Hampshire, the battle lines are drawn for November. Unless something very weird happens, we’re looking at a Joe Biden...

25.01.2024 100

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Local newspapers are withering under destructive owners. We should worry

Paul Moore vividly remembers the Baltimore Sun in its heyday, not so long ago. “More than 400 newsroom staff, six foreign bureaus and a 12-person...

18.01.2024 30

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Elise Stefanik wants to be Trump’s running mate. That’s unfortunate

Elise Stefanik is having a moment. If she were a song on the Billboard chart, she’d have a bullet next to her name to show the speed of her...

11.01.2024 4

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Biden’s January 6 speech is bigger than the ‘horserace’. Can the media say that?

When Joe Biden talks on Saturday about US democracy on the brink, there’s no doubt that it will be a campaign speech. Maybe the most important one...

04.01.2024 30

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Follow Margaret Sullivan I never thought I’d listen to vinyl records again. Now I am – and I love it

Living in a Manhattan apartment, I’ve learned to streamline. I have what I need and not too much more. So when a large box arrived at holiday time...

02.01.2024 20

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Trump shouldn’t be eligible to run again. But America’s highest court may disagree

Should there be a political price to pay for a president who refuses to engage in a peaceful transfer of power and incites a violent coup to stay in...

22.12.2023 10

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Special counsel Jack Smith made a gutsy, momentous decision in his prosecution of Donald Trump

Timing isn’t everything. But it certainly matters, and seldom more so than in special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Donald Trump. The former...

13.12.2023 10

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The Israel-Hamas war is deadly for journalists. Lives are being lost, and truth

The numbers alone are dreadful. Journalists are being killed in the Israel-Hamas war at the rate of more than one every day since 7 October – at...

28.11.2023 30

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By affirming an antisemitic trope, Elon Musk sinks to a dangerous new low

When you’ve done as many awful things as Elon Musk has, it’s challenging to outdo yourself. But the billionaire entrepreneur pulled that off this...

17.11.2023 20

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The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault

Whatever doubts you may have about public-opinion polls, one recent example should not be dismissed. Yes, that poll – the one from Siena College and...

09.11.2023 10

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Some unverified reports of atrocities by Israel and Hamas have spread widely. Why?

As if the atrocities in the Middle East over the past month weren’t terrible enough, the mainstream press has managed to make matters worse. Too...

31.10.2023 8

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Republicans in St Paul Trumpist Mike Johnson is the US House speaker. There’s plenty to fear

The process was appalling, and the outcome even more so, as Republicans in the House of Representatives finally found someone they could more or less...

26.10.2023 5

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Scholastic Books should stop buckling to rightwing bullies

The largest US publisher of books for children has a new collection that sounds wonderful. It’s called “Share every story, celebrate every...

19.10.2023 60

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Don’t look to Elon Musk’s X for reliable information on Israel or Palestine

As the horrors of last weekend’s attack on Israel by Hamas unfolded, people all over the world frantically searched for accurate information. If...

10.10.2023 2

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Trump’s escalating violent rhetoric is straight out of the autocrat’s playbook

Twice in the past two weeks, Donald Trump has suggested violent consequences for those who dare to cross him. Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of...

04.10.2023 100

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The Guardian view on Europe’s politics: volatile and drifting rightwards

T he taxation of property in the eastern German state of Thuringia would normally be a subject of strictly local concern. But last week a vote to cut...

22.09.2023 20

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The Guardian view on Derna’s flood tragedy: Libya’s leaders have enjoyed impunity for too long

T o count the thousands killed by the floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna does not truly help us grasp their loss. “Those people are not...

21.09.2023 3

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Rupert Murdoch’s reign at Fox News is over. But the damage he did may last forever

In a chilling scene at the end of James Graham’s play Ink, Rupert Murdoch – having made his indelible mark on British media and society – slows...

21.09.2023 4

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Jann Wenner’s bias against women and Black musicians is shocking – but not surprising

O ne of my older brothers subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine in its early years, and while I saw women and musicians of color gracing its cover from...

19.09.2023 5

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With democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its ways

Christiane Amanpour has reported all over the world, so she recognizes a democracy on the brink when she sees one. Last week, as she celebrated her 40...

15.09.2023 40

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Elon Musk’s hypocrisy about free speech hits a new low

Even before he took over Twitter, Elon Musk touted himself as a “free speech absolutist”. This was always a troubling notion for an insanely rich...

07.09.2023 80

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