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Slate's Will Saletan on the timeline of Trump's coronavirus response and the new revelations from Bob Woodward's book
September 6, 2020: The Atlantic's top editor answers Trump's attacks; local TV's political disinfo problem; Carl Bernstein on the use of anonymous sources in reporting
Why an inflammatory headline caused Daniel Thompson to quit The Kenosha News
August 30, 2020: Expert compares Trump's politics to fascism; the GOP's 'big lie' about Covid-19; Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones on America's racial reckoning
Oliver Darcy interviews Brian Stelter about 'Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth'
August 23, 2020: 'Nobody talks about' this scary aspect of Covid-19; behind the scenes of the virtual Democratic convention; how to cover 'asymmetric lying' by political leaders
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, Vann Newkirk shares lessons still being learned about an American disaster
August 16, 2020: Stelter on how Trump is eroding Americans' confidence in voting system; GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger takes a stand against QAnon
CNN’s Jim Sciutto on getting Trump insiders on the record for 'The Madman Theory'
August 9, 2020: Biden-bashing fuels radio shows and Trump webcasts; right-wing radio is full of Covid-19 conspiracy talk; Jeffrey Toobin: 'Repetition is not truth'
The 19th* CEO Emily Ramshaw: 'This is serious journalism that's aimed at exposing disparities'
August 2, 2020: Stelter on why election coverage will be different this year; campaign aide explains Biden's media strategy
Peter Kafka on the 'Netflix effect' and the newly crowded landscape of streaming services
Jason Stanley on the 'ten pillars of fascist politics' and media coverage of federal forces in Portland, Oregon
July 19, 2020: April Ryan and David Zurawik on Trump's Fox interview; Brian Stelter on the coronavirus testing lie; Anne Applebaum on why authoritarians try to discredit the media
'Great Influenza' author John Barry on politicization of public health and news coverage of the Covid-19 crisis
July 12, 2020: Tucker Carlson faces questions after staffer resigns over racist posts; Jon Karl on White House briefing woes; Brian Stelter says 'we are in a truth emergency'
Nina Jankowicz on Facebook, 'whack-a-troll,' and her book 'How to Lose the Information War'
July 5, 2020: Covid-19 coverage in Texas, Arizona and Florida; how Trump is speaking the language of Fox News; Ted Boutrous on Trumpworld's pattern of legal intimidation
James Fallows on a 'national-scale Titanic' and why reporters must keep investigating the U.S. response to the pandemic
June 28, 2020: Facebook exec responds to ad boycott campaign; pro-Trump outlets are downplaying Covid-19 dangers; 'what is the cost of lies?'
Kurt Andersen on 'Fantasyland' thinking about the pandemic and America's long-held taste for mistruths
June 21, 2020: How the 'no-show protest' of Trump's rally originated; what the rallies look like from beyond America's borders; why Stelter says Trump's ignorance proves the need for media literacy
Dr. Richard Besser on 'radio silence' from government experts and 'pandemic fatigue' among the public
June 14, 2020: Brian Stelter challenges Trump attorney Jenna Ellis; Sara Sidner on her experience 'from Ferguson to Floyd;' is the Trump admin keeping medical experts off the air?
Alexis Johnson, barred from protest coverage at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, tells her side of the story
June 7, 2020: Masha Gessen on 'Surviving Autocracy;' Nikole Hannah-Jones on NYT op-ed controversy; Jemele Hill on newsroom diversity failures
Stories from the frontlines: Reflections and suggestions from journalists covering the George Floyd protests
May 31, 2020: Covering the protests and riots sweeping America; reporters arrested and assaulted in several major cities; amid the unrest, press must explain 'how we got here'
CNN's media reporters reflect on the three months that changed everything — and what the next three months may bring
May 24, 2020: Ben Smith on his scrutiny of Ronan Farrow's reporting; Dan Abrams on decision to publish column by Matt Lauer
NPR's Nancy Barnes on pandemic coverage and Eric and Wendy Schmidt's big new donation
May 17, 2020: Trump's hate movement against the media; former Australian prime minister calls out the 'Murdoch mafia;' Lawrence Wright on parallels between 9/11 and Covid-19
FiveThirtyEight editor Nate Silver on the "known unknowns" of Covid-19 and the need for "humility"
May 10, 2020: Experts explain the appeal of crazy conspiracy theories; the news media's role in making sense of the pandemic; WH withholding key Covid-19 data from the public?
Author Lisa Napoli on CNN's birth, the creation of the 24-hour news cycle, and the rise of 'news junkies'
May 3, 2020: Carl Bernstein on the 'war on truth;' how Johns Hopkins maps every confirmed Covid-19 case; Katharine Viner on the 'coronavirus crackdown'
Former VOA director David Ensor on Trump's attacks: 'There's something in the water... and it's not good'
April 26, 2020: The Trump Show diverts attention from pandemic's true victims; Carson Daly on handling anxiety in a crisis; Brooke Baldwin on her Covid-19 recovery
Dr. Vivek Murthy on media coverage of the pandemic, the president's mixed messages, and the uncanny timing of his new book 'Together'
Piers Morgan's stunning advice for his friend Donald Trump; Fox News shows promoting protests against stay-at-home orders; interviews with Instagram head Adam Mosseri and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on what the online video giant is doing differently during the pandemic
Len Downie on the Trump administration's 'unprecedented hostility' toward the press, and why it matters
Interview with New York Times editor Dean Baquet; Stelter on Trump's infomercials; what's missing from the narrative about 'reopening the economy'
How arts, sports and dining beats have changed due to 'social distancing' and the pandemic
April 5, 2020: Trump delivering daily doses of misinformation; Zoom CEO on taking a "step back" to focus on platform's privacy issues
Catherine Rampell on covering the "economic coma" caused by the coronavirus
March 29, 2020: Stephen King, Maggie Haberman, Hasan Minhaj dissect media coverage of a '50-state disaster;' front pages report rising death toll; doctors harness social media to alert the public
Garrett Graff on the 'collective experience' of Covid-19, the media coverage, and Trump's disinformation
March 22, 2020: Dan Rather and Carl Bernstein on leadership in crisis; AT&T CEO on keeping America connected during the coronavirus shutdown; three top editors on the state of the news business
Andrew Rossi on "After Truth," a new HBO documentary about the disinformation age
March 15, 2020: The great shutdown of 2020 is underway; wisdom for covering a pandemic; local news on the front lines of the coronavirus
Covering coronavirus: NYMag editor David Haskell on how his newsroom is responding to the crisis
March 8, 2020: Examining media coverage of coronavirus; Trump should 'lead, or get out of the way;' the importance of 'social distancing;' behind Joe Biden's comeback
Katherine Miller and Harry Enten on the primaries, the polls, and the political landscape 'where only the last 72 hours seems to matter'
March 1, 2020: How to cover the Coronavirus responsibly; a non-partisan virus in a partisan war; Trump attacks Comcast and vows to 'destroy their image'
Coronavirus and the media, the wider impact of Weinstein verdict, Bob Iger's big move, and more with our media reporter roundtable
February 23, 2020: Tim O'Brien on the secret to getting under Trump's skin; The Hill's long-awaited review of journalist who spread Ukraine conspiracy
Charlotte Alter on why millennial politicians are "The Ones We've Been Waiting For"
February 16, 2020: How to cover 'creeping authoritarianism;' newfound media scrutiny of Michael Bloomberg's campaign; which Democrats are winning the TV primary?
Columbia's Emily Bell on the McClatchy bankruptcy, the 'crisis' of local journalism, and how 'civic media' could help
February 9, 2020: How Fox talk shows urged Trump to purge; inside a 'billion dollar disinformation campaign;' getting info from Chinese cities on Coronavirus lockdown
FiveThirtyEight's Clare Malone on the Iowa debacle, the mood in Hew Hampshire, and the 'cynicism' of voters
February 2, 2020: Sam Donaldson reacts to fast-tracked Senate trial; how impeachment reinforced two competing info-universes; news media's quick pivot to Iowa caucus coverage; how fear of Trump is hurting government agencies
Politico's Tim Alberta is writing letters to DC "from the rest of America"
January 26, 2020: What you're not seeing on TV during Trump's trial; facts vs. feelings about impeachment; Pompeo's track record of hostility towards the press
Alan Miller says National News Literacy Week is about solving the misinformation "pandemic"
January 19, 2020: Jon Favreau on 'the biggest challenge for Democrats;' Trump's Fox News defense team; Capitol Hill reporters protest restrictions on impeachment trial access
"Uncanny Valley" author Anna Wiener on Silicon Valley's media "reckoning"
January 12, 2020: Twitter war turns into Twitter diplomacy; Bill Weld's view of campaign coverage; Harry and Meghan versus the British tabloids
Associated Press exec editor Sally Buzbee on Iran, impeachment, Iowa, and the future of news
January 5, 2020: How the US-Iran crisis is being covered; Stelter says it is patriotic to question officials in wartime; Bari Weiss on New York's solidarity march against anti-Semitism
Salt Lake Tribune owner Paul Huntsman on paving a path for non-profit newspapers
December 29, 2019: The next decade of news; one on one with Marc Benioff; how Trump has affected trust in media
December 22, 2019: David Remnick reviews impeachment coverage; 'Bombshell' director Jay Roach shares what intrigued him about Fox News; media memory loss
Media in 2019: War on truth, the streaming Olympics, Tucker versus Shep, 'zombie' publications, and so much more
Washington Post editor Marty Baron on the past, present and future
December 15, 2019: The right-wing media roots of Trump's impeachment; one on one with Jim Lehrer; Gretchen Carlson says 'we're in a cultural revolution'
How the Washington Post's Craig Whitlock unearthed the Afghanistan Papers
December 8, 2019: Carl Bernstein on the impeachment hearings and what's next; Olivia Nuzzi on the messaging wars; politicians using the courts to punish the press?
Professor Thomas Patterson on 'How America Lost Its Mind'
December 1, 2019: Tale of two Fox News judges; Zurawik's take on pro-Trump media; 'follow the money' in the Trump age; how Bloomberg is covering Bloomberg's campaign
November 24, 2019: Katie Hill on right-wing media; Prince Andrew's interviewer Emily Maitlis; Jake Tapper on Trump's penchant for lies
Steven Hassan explains "The Cult of Trump"
November 17, 2019: Radio host canceled for criticizing Trump on the radio; Stelter: This is when Trump needs to have credibility; Here are pro Trump-media's defense tactics on impeachment
Medill dean discusses Daily Northwestern controversy and calls for 'campaign of media literacy'
November 10, 2019: Bill Moyers says he fears for the country; Anthony Scaramucci accuses Trump of 'traitorous-like' behavior; what it's like to cover Capitol Hill during impeachment
Dave Jorgenson shows how the Washington Post newsroom ticks on TikTok
November 3, 2019: Joe Walsh says Fox News hosts are lying to their viewers; debating the role of pro-Trump voices on CNN; the journalists of Ground Zero are getting sick
Jeff Zucker talks about CNN in the Trump era, fact-checking, Fox News, and the future of TV
Extreme highs and lows of the Trump presidency; covering GOP House hijinks v. Senate silence; 'Primary Colors' author on 'Anonymous' book; CNN president on network's relationship with Trump; Ezra Klein: Negative coverage of Trump is good for his brand
Ezra Klein: As impeachment escalates, Trump will become more 'corrosive to democracy'
These aren't news cycles, they're shock cycles; damage control after Mulvaney presser; Ronan Farrow on the big picture in 'Catch and Kill'; how hateful anti-media video highlights 'empathy gap'; former FB advisor warns 2020 could be '2016 on steroids'
Save Journalism Project co-founder John Stanton on why Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is the 'antithesis of free expression'
Shep Smith's stunning exit; Three former Fox personalities speak out; Zurawik says this is a 'severe blow' to Fox's credibility; the power of Trump's anti-Democrat stories; Sam Donaldson and Douglas Brinkley speak about impeachment coverage; former Bush a
'Antisocial' author Andrew Marantz on the 'virality industry' and the 'hijacking of the American conversation'
Trump's force field of falsehood; former Fox News host says they're 'lying by omission;' the power of language in politics; how authors get White House sources to talk; Iowa news director says Trump supporters are staying firm; 'my gut tells me' Trump wil
Matt Taibbi: With today's media, 'there's no profit incentive to get people to stop worrying'
Impeachment probe special edition; interview with Robert De Niro; Christine Pelosi's message for the Democratic party; Ruddy says impeachment probe is 'mortal threat' to Trump; Fox shows are smearing the Ukraine whistleblower; Glasser says White House is
Like drinking from a firehose: Jeff Greenfield on the week in historic headlines