1. interview
    Michael Hirsh on the Media“If Donald Trump is elected, it will cast a very harsh light on, not the basic functioning of the mainstream media but whether it’s relevant at all anymore.”
  2. interview
    Journalist Ross Barkan on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“It wasn’t something I expected at all, and it was that moment when I’d had enough.”
  3. inteview
    Steven Brill on the Media“Just the idea, before [Trump] ever announced his campaign, just the idea that he was known generally as a successful businessperson. That’s the press’s fault.”
  4. interview
    The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“The real problem with journalism is, it’s groupthink. The problem is, the people who practice it are not impressive — especially now.”
  5. interview
    PBS’s Tavis Smiley on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“In many ways, I think corporate media is obsolete.”
  6. interview
    Soledad O’Brien on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“You figure out which battles you’re going to fight, and you keep your mouth shut for some of the other battles. I would argue that’s typical for a black person in any kind of corporate environment.”
  7. interview
    Sheila Hagar on the Media“In a smaller town, you find yourself hoping that nobody recognizes you when you’re grocery shopping, because you don’t want to hear about how they hated this or that in the paper.”
  8. interview
    HealthNewsReview.org’s Gary Schwitzer on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“We in journalism have to look in the mirror and accept not all, but some significant degree, of responsibility for the fact that we spend a greater percentage of GDP on health care than anybody on the face of the earth, and we don’t have the outcomes to show for it.”
  9. How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual HarassmentAiles is finished at Fox, but sexual-harassment claims are following him out the door.
  10. The Silencing of Fox News’ Powerful Publicist Irena BrigantiThe Fox spokesperson might be pushed out along with the embattled Roger Ailes.
  11. Megyn Kelly Encouraged a Female Colleague to Testify Against Roger Ailes She felt the parade of Fox women marching to Ailes’s defense was presenting a distorted picture.
  12. the national interest
    The Republican Climate Platform Keeps Getting Crazier Every ElectionCoal is inherently clean, get rid of the EPA, science is biased, and other ideas.
  13. media
    Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is WhenRupert and sons James and Lachlan are in agreement that the Fox News exec needs to go.
  14. Can the Murdochs Contain the Damage From the Ailes Investigation? It may prove difficult as the accusations continue to pile up.
  15. 6 More Women Allege That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed ThemAfter Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Ailes, more women come forward.
  16. Winter Is Here: Facebook Is Adjusting Its News Feed AlgorithmThe social network will emphasize posts from friends and family over third-party Facebook pages.
  17. What Will New York Feel Like With Half a Million More People?It’s a crowded town.
  18. media
    The Good News at the Washington PostInside the paper Jeff Bezos bought & Donald Trump banned.
  19. Trump’s Former Campaign Manager to Become CNN CommentatorDry your eyes, America — Corey Lewandowski is going to be okay!
  20. Meet the First Mammal to Go Extinct Because of Climate ChangeSay good-bye to this cute little rodent.
  21. the urbanist
    8 Creative Ways Cities Are Combating Rising TemperaturesFrom street spritzes in Japan to man-made wind in the Middle East.
  22. Positive 2015 Media Coverage for Sanders, TrumpA new study shows the two candidates, in sharp contrast to Clinton, received kind media treatment related to “horse race” expectations.
  23. Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low for MayAnd CO2 levels hit a record high.
  24. cityscape
    Will Brooklyn Finally Get a World-Class Skyline?A handful of new projects promise an end to Downtown’s drab-construction boom. 
  25. The History of That New York Street Smell, From Manure to MarijuanaSeveral centuries of “Jeez, what is that?”
  26. Local Media Collapse Is Making Congress WorseAnother is spending a fortune on paid ads.
  27. Donald Trump Promises to ‘Cancel’ Paris Climate DealIn a rare pre-written speech on energy policy, Trump argued that coal doesn’t need to be regulated and that wind turbines are “killing all the eagles.”
  28. The Big, Big Problem With How the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Is Being CoveredWe all know it’s distracting voters from the issues. But is that actually true?
  29. Is Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Belief a Lie?The GOP nominee recognizes the reality of climate change when managing his golf courses — so why has he stuck to a politically unpopular position of total denial?
  30. Is It Possible to Make a Good Video-Game Publication?Wenner Media is launching an ambitious new video-game site. What can that look like?
  31. the environment
    As America’s Largest Reservoir Hits Record Low, a Dam Debate ReturnsNow that the Colorado River basin’s water supply is drying up, should we consider undoing some of America’s greatest engineering feats?
  32. the national interest
    Anti-Science Conservatives Unclear on Meaning of the Word BanA liberal school board is infringing on their right to teach pseudoscience.
  33. What’s Next for Megyn Kelly?The Fox News star’s much-hyped interview with Donald Trump exposed the limits of her mainstream appeal.
  34. It’s Been the Hottest Month on Record, for a Full Year NowApril was the hottest April in recorded history. March was the hottest March. Ditto for February – and each of the nine preceding months.
  35. the national interest
    President Obama Is Now His Own Anger TranslatorA brutal, unfiltered smackdown of Senator Snowball.
  36. Facebook Needs to Grow UpFacebook wants all of the power, but none of the responsibility.
  37. Donald Trump Is Our First Facebook CandidateHe speaks like we post.
  38. from the archives
    Revisiting the Last Great Debate Over Skyscraper ShadowsAnother tall building, another fight over a share of light. 
  39. The Secret Behind Facebook’s Trending Topics BarThe deadpan summaries are written by people acting as algorithms.
  40. nerd prom
    What You Missed At Obama’s Mic-Drop White House Correspondents’ DinnerJokes about the GOP, Trump, racism, and how old Bernie Sanders is, plus Don Lemon flipping the bird and a literal mic drop from the president of the United States.
  41. Trump’s Biggest Con: The Nominating System Is Rigged!He has convinced a critical mass of GOP voters that following the rules would be an anti-democratic travesty. 
  42. New Evidence on How Dinosaurs Went ExtinctA recent study from the National Academy of Sciences posits dinosaurs may have been on the decline for a while. 
  43. fox news news
    Fox News Shake-up Throws Roger Ailes Succession Race Into DisarrayMichael Clemente, seen as a leading contender to replace the Fox News chief, was moved to a new division. 
  44. power
    What Megyn Kelly’s Meeting With Donald Trump Says About the Future of Fox NewsUltimately, the network can’t afford to lose her. 
  45. 80 Million Reasons BuzzFeed Had to Halve Its Revenue Projections for 2016“Omg” and “wtf.”
  46. the national interest
    Antarctic Study: GOP Would Trigger CatastropheThe Republican plan to melt Antarctica would be even worse than we thought.
  47. New Paper Suggests Catastrophic Climate Shifts May Be Decades AwayIf climate scientist James Hansen’s new study is right, the Paris climate accord won’t save our coastal cities.
  48. fox news
    Fox News Slams Trump After New Attack on KellyThe war is heating up again following Trump’s call for a boycott of Kelly’s show.
  49. Big Oil Is Scared of Trump for Terrible Reasons“Would he take a carbon tax as part of a tax reform deal? Of course, because he cares about tax reform.”
  50. the national interest
    Climate Change and Conservative Brain DeathMarco Rubio embodies a brain-dead party Establishment that deserves to perish.
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