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Erik Wemple

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What happened to all those subscriptions?

When people cancel their subscriptions to The Washington Post online, they arrive at a page offering a set of reasons for their decision. One of them...

02.11.2024 30

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Bezos was within his rights to screw this up

29.10.2024 9

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People are used to seeing death. Why were TMZ’s Liam Payne photos too much?

In fairness to TMZ … it’s not as though the gossip site exudes high standards. Its style guide preaches … endless ellipses … it salivates over...

26.10.2024 9

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The most significant piece of 2024 political reporting you didn’t read

My eyes didn’t light up when I pulled out a special “policy guide” section from the print edition of the New York Times. Decades of experience...

19.10.2024 80

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Why ‘Call Her Daddy’ got more time with Kamala Harris than CNN

12.10.2024 20

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Russian propagandists have First Amendment rights, too

A federal investigation has determined that a Tennessee-based media company “regularly posts videos … across an array of social media channels,...

27.09.2024 20

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HVAC podcasts are a hot product for a cooling market

Opinion HVAC podcasts are a hot product for a cooling market Bryan Orr preaches the airflow and ethics of HVAC to technicians idling in their...

21.08.2024 10

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The media is ignoring the Trump threat! Well, except for all these stories.

An inventory of stories on a topic that some say the media is not covering enough. Former president Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event...

29.07.2024 7

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Anti-immigrant hatred led Lou Dobbs into the conspiratorial abyss

In one career, a spiral from old-fashioned reporting to dangerous — and actionable — falsehoods. Political commentator Lou Dobbs speaks at...

20.07.2024 10

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Media scapegoating is our national psychosis

Did something bad just happen in America? We know whom to blame. Former president Donald Trump reacts following an assassination attempt at a...

19.07.2024 8

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NYT’s Kahn: ‘It’s not for us to solve’ the problem of Biden’s age

Executive editor takes on detractors President Biden and Vice President Harris at the White House on July 4. (Tom Brenner for The Washington...

08.07.2024 10

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Assange deal undermines claims that leaks cause harm

U.S. agencies have long tried to stifle or reshape certain stories by claiming national security concerns. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,...

05.07.2024 10

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Assange plea deal blemishes Biden record

Wikileaks founder pleads guilty to obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information. Journalists wait outside a federal courthouse...

28.06.2024 10

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Brits are dominating American journalism — and British journalism, too

Why aren’t famous U.S. editors getting hired in London? Emma Tucker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal at a journalism summit in...

14.06.2024 10

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For The Post, a Supreme black eye

Deference to Justice Alito hands a scoop to the New York Times. A flagpole outside the Alexandria home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A....

05.06.2024 20

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Epic cowardice at NPR

The broadcaster dismissed a high-profile critique from within its ranks. Then it crumbled. (Evy Mages for The Washington Post) ...

23.05.2024 30

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At campus protests, ‘DO NOT TALK TO THE MEDIA’!

17.05.2024 30

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Israel’s shameful ban on Al Jazeera

The action only narrows the distinctions between Israel and the authoritarian regimes in its neighborhood. Al Jazeera’s headquarters in...

10.05.2024 50

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The New York Times bashed Biden for dodging questions. Good.

The White House is helping set a new norm, and a dubious one at that. President Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room of the White...

03.05.2024 20

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Trump’s hush-money trial, brought to you by the New York media

Former president Donald Trump is seen in a Manhattan courtroom on March 25. (Brendan McDermid/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Listen 11 min ...

26.04.2024 10

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Here’s why Uri Berliner couldn’t stay at NPR

The headquarters of NPR in D.C. in April 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) Listen 9 min Share Comment on this story ...

19.04.2024 100

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Guernica doubles down on retraction of essay on Israel-Gaza war

Palestinians visit on Wednesday the graves of people who were killed in the fighting in Gaza. (Mahmoud Issa/Reuters) Listen 7 min ...

12.04.2024 20

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Pay Ronna McDaniel

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Sept. 27, 2023. (Melina...

04.04.2024 10

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Long live the overpaid cable news host!

The CNN symbol is removed by workers in Atlanta on March 4. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP) Listen 6 min ...

15.03.2024 10

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New York Times employees fighting over Chick-fil-A? Sounds about right.

The New York Times Headquarters in Manhattan on Feb. 26, 2021. (Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post) Listen 9 min Share ...

08.03.2024 10

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The Atlantic concludes lawsuit in Japan with embarrassing admissions

A rack of magazines, including the Atlantic, in a bookstore in San Francisco in 2018. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Listen 10 min ...

01.03.2024 8

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MSNBC’s Biden Memory Hole

President Biden in D.C. this month. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 8 min Share Comment on this story ...

16.02.2024 40

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ISO: Better media owners

Jimmy Finkelstein in April 2012 in New York. (Evan Agostini/AP) Listen 8 min Share Comment on this story Comment...

09.02.2024 10

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Pray for the Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun front page on Jan. 16. (Lea Skene/AP) Listen 8 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...

05.02.2024 7

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ESPN’s problem? It won’t shut up.

Opinion ESPN’s problem? It won’t shut up. By Erik Wemple Media critic | Add Follow January 24, 2024 at 10:01...

24.01.2024 20

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At Gallery Place, it’s Ted Leonsis vs. one very loud street music act

Opinion At Gallery Place, it’s Ted Leonsis vs. one very loud street music act By Erik Wemple Media critic | Add Follow ...

18.01.2024 20

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What happened to Scranton’s paper shows the news has further to fall

Opinion What happened to Scranton’s paper shows the news has further to fall By Erik Wemple Media critic | Add Follow ...

14.12.2023 10

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