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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

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Forget Trump — the American media is on trial in New York

Back during the Trump years, the media spent an inordinate amount of time dissecting every last detail of this tabloid journalism fodder we’re now...

24.04.2024 3

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5 rules for covering Donald Trump in 2024

This is as good a time as any for the press to take a hard look at how they cover Donald Trump in 2024.

17.04.2024 3

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The mainstream media’s climate coverage is blinkered and condescending

If we really wanted the media to shift the focus to the issues that matter when it comes to the climate, we’d have a whole lot more coverage of...

10.04.2024 5

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The media’s ‘Main Character Syndrome’

There’s one topic members of the media care about more in 2024 than Donald Trump — “democracy.”

03.04.2024 6

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3 ways NBC flunked the Ronna McDaniel test

Did anyone stop to consider why McDaniel is on the market for a contributor gig in the first place?

27.03.2024 2

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Who’s afraid of RFK?

While RFK may not win the presidency — or even a single state — he can certainly play a crucial role in the eventual results.

20.03.2024 8

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Biden’s obsession with the sycophantic ‘Morning Joe’

The Biden White House is intimately involved both professionally and personally with a cable news show and its hosts.

13.03.2024 4

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This boring election cycle is a challenge for the media — and they’re failing

2024 needs to get exciting — even if the attempt to get there is artificial and contrived.

07.03.2024 10

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On ‘SNL,’ Shane Gillis flipped the script on the cultural scolds

Gillis’s performance as host proved how frivolous and insipid this sort of punditry actually is.

26.02.2024 3

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How the Democratic Party and corporate media can push Biden out of the race

If the party has moved on from Biden — and really starts to make plans for a replacement, or at least begins positioning the chess pieces to push...

22.02.2024 10

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Fani Willis takes the stand in Georgia disqualification case

The prosecutor leading the sweeping Georgia election interference case against former President Trump and his allies must herself take the witness...

15.02.2024 2

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Jon Stewart is about to learn a hard truth about the state of media and culture

Stewart is a political comedy star from an era that has completely disappeared, ever since large portions of the American media became hopelessly...

15.02.2024 3

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Don’t blame Zuckerberg: Why more tech regulation would lead to more tech censorship

At the core of the misplaced anger at Zuckerberg is a series of constituencies that feel power slipping through their grasp.

08.02.2024 5

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce need to calm down — you too, Vivek

Swift is a theater kid at heart — and now she’s landed the jock. It certainly appears authentic, but it’s also just all so very extra.

31.01.2024 5

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2024 is the Court TV election

It appears increasingly likely that nothing will get interesting in the political arena on either side of the aisle. But in the courtroom? That’s...

25.01.2024 2

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The fancy 2016 dinner that changed everything about American politics

What transpired that evening truly has to be seen to be believed.

19.01.2024 5

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Solid journalism brought down Claudine Gay

The legacy media doesn’t like when reporting is aimed at a subject previously immune from journalistic scrutiny.

03.01.2024 2

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Iowa doesn’t matter

Iowa is historically unimportant when it comes to determining our presidential nominees, especially on the GOP side.

28.12.2023 3

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The cynical but important commentary of the Obama-produced film ‘Leave the World Behind’  

It’s a heavy, dour and almost nihilistic conclusion — is this really what Barack Obama thinks?

24.12.2023 8

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Firing college presidents and kicking out antisemites won’t solve the problem

There is absolutely no reason to single out Jews as unique victims on campuses, just like there’s no reason to do that for any other group.

20.12.2023 4

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Five reasons why this final Trump-less GOP debate really matters

Unlike perhaps any other year, there actually is value to being the runner-up in the 2024 GOP primary.

06.12.2023 4

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The Rock’s appearance on Rogan is proof that ‘cancel culture’ lost

Johnson’s appearance was a sign we’re moving, thankfully, toward a more empathetic and less vicious media and culture.

30.11.2023 1

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What Trump’s 1987 book ‘The Art of the Deal’ reveals about 2024

“As long as they want to shoot, I’ll shovel.”

22.11.2023 2

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The link between tearing down hostage posters and the pandemic

What makes someone act out like this in public, in front of other people, in this delusional and disgusting way?

16.11.2023 10

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She saw Trump coming in 2016 better than anyone. What does Salena Zito see for 2024?

Zito says there’s a chance the polls showing a big Trump lead might not turn out to be accurate.

09.11.2023 2

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Our strange, generic ‘NPC’ political moment

Mike Johnson and Dean Phillips sound like the names you might make up if you were feeling creatively uninspired.

01.11.2023 1

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On Israel, a media that lies to itself will lie to you too

The hospital debacle is just one example of knee-jerk anti-Israel instincts, or at least extreme skepticism, we’ve seen from the corporate media.

25.10.2023 2

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Let the antisemites speak freely

Don’t shut down the antisemites. Let them speak freely.

19.10.2023 2

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