A collection of 59 posts
If liberals wish to forge an alliance of convenience with a socialist and apologist for jihadist violence, they will be betraying the very values they profess to uphold.
Jason Zengerle’s new book about the degradation of a once-gifted writer and broadcaster also illustrates the downward trajectory of the entire news industry during the same period.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Graham Majin about the recent scandal at the BBC, and the need for reporters to prevent the ‘poison of narrative’ from corrupting their craft
Bari Weiss’s eleventh-hour cancellation of a 60 Minutes exposé on migrants imprisoned in El Salvador raises troubling questions about editorial independence at CBS News.
The obvious benefits of open debate and free dissent are too often confused with destructive contrarianism.
A former BBC journalist explains how the corporation discarded impartial journalism and why we need a news revolution.
How the media perpetuates Gaza’s suffering.
Online audiences have become increasingly radicalised by predatory algorithms pushing conspiratorial, schizophrenic narratives and content creators are rewarded for feeding into them.
What the Hughes/Smith debate tells us about the podcast era.
HonestReporting’s Executive Director, Gil Hoffman, joins Pamela Paresky to discuss how the global media has misrepresented Israel since the October 7 Hamas attacks—fueling a narrative war with real-world consequences.
Angertainment capitalises on ordinary democratic conflict by selling it back to us as spectacle.
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism.
Sam Tanenhaus’s new biography of William F. Buckley provides a rich and nuanced portrait of one of the most consequential public intellectuals in modern American conservative politics.
How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction.