1. the national circus
    Why Do America’s Race Riots So Precisely Mirror Each Other?National amnesia, generation after generation after generation.
    By Frank Rich
  2. media
    Facebook’s Instant Articles Are HereThe new Facebook feature allows publishers to publish entire articles directly to the news feed. Inevitably, everybody has an opinion about it.
    By Jessica Roy
  3. media
    ViralNova: New York’s Most Cynical Media CompanyUnencumbered by so-called “journalistic ethics” and not beholden to institutional standards, ViralNova is free to pursue the types of “entertaining content” they excel at producing: material that is vaguely manipulative, mostly sappy, and wholly shareable. Here’s how they do it.
    By Jessica Roy
  4. media
    The New York Times–Facebook Deal Is Here It could represent a seismic change for both the publishing industry and for the media company itself.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  5. truthiness
    How Solid Is This Sy Hersh Story About the bin Laden Raid?After reading the story, some find it obviously true, while others finish with nothing but skepticism. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  7. media
    Bill Simmons Is Leaving ESPNESPN president announces, “I’ve decided that I’m not going to renew his contract.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  8. media
    Droga5 and the Art of the SellIt wants to be the consummate modern advertising agency. Don Draper would approve.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. media
    Droga5 and the Art of the Sell, A Half-Century After Mad MenIt wants to be the consummate modern advertising agency. Don Draper would approve.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. journalism
    Journalists Say Mayweather Prevented Them From Covering Fight Michelle Beadle and Rachel Nichols have both been vocal about Mayweather’s history of domestic violence.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. Phillip Alder Says Good-bye to His New York Times Bridge ColumnA Q&A with the person who has been writing about the card game for the Times since 2005. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  12. urban planning
    Which New York Is Yours?Talking to Jeremiah Moss of Vanishing New York and Nikolai Fedak of New York YIMBY, 50 years after the Landmark Law.
    By Justin Davidson
  13. Right-Wing Climate Analyst Is Typing Out Sentences at RandomNational Review columnist hates energy regulations, is not even trying to make his talking points fit together.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. media
    Investigation Confirms That Brian Williams Told Many Lies NBC News’ inquiry has uncovered at least 11.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  15. the national interest
    GOP Consultant: My Blog Post ‘Mostly Thoughtful’Ed Rogers explains that he had a good reason not to mention that enormous news event of which he seemed completely unaware.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. environment
    Are Fears of Mass Extinction Overblown?Climate change is the gravest threat we face, but maybe we should give Mother Nature a bit more credit in her ability to adapt. 
    By Chas Danner
  17. the national interest
    Republican Consultant Does Not Read Newspapers for the Climate-Change ArticlesThe lazy anti-climate Republicans are almost as bad as the crazy ones.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. journalism
    The Media May Have to Pay $10,000 or More for the Walter Scott VideoThough that was news to the man who shot it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. David Brooks Is the White-Hot Center of D.C. GossipDigging into the acknowledgements page of the Times columnist’s latest book.
    By Jaime Fuller
  20. corrections
    NBC News’ Engel Misidentified Syrian KidnappersHe says his captors put on an “elaborate ruse” to convince them they were pro-Assad militants.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. Being a Newspaper Reporter < Being a LumberjackCareerCast says breaking news for a newspaper is the worst way to spend your life.
    By Jaime Fuller
  22. anchormen
    John Dickerson to Take Over Face the NationHe’ll replace Bob Schieffer.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. journalism
    Face the Nation Host Bob Schieffer Is RetiringOur thoughts are with John McCain during this trying time.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Chelsea Manning Gives First Prison Interview to Cosmopolitan She did not discuss WikiLeaks. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  25. journalism
    Rolling Stone Retracts Rape Story After ReviewBut publisher Jann Wenner says no one will be fired.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. media
    How Has the Anchorman Endured for More Than 60 Years?The inane institution of the Great American News Anchor is no different from the Great and Powerful Oz.
    By Frank Rich
  27. the national interest
    McConnell’s Anti-Clean-Energy Claim Not GenuineSenate Majority Leader’s new pro-coal argument utterly contradicts other pro-coal argument.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. media
    Cablevision Will Offer to Buy Daily News for $1Burn.
    By Jessica Roy
  29. Obama Set to Announce His Peer-Pressure Plan for Climate ChangeThe White House will likely seek to reduce greenhouse gases by nearly a third in the U.S. over the next ten years. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  30. Tucker Carlson Argues That ‘LabiaFace’ Is a Compliment in D.C.“Spoogeneck” is also a compliment. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  31. the national interest
    Why Is a Liberal Professor Helping Mitch McConnell Fight for Coal Companies?Laurence Tribe’s mysterious fight against Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the yesteryear issue
    After Midnight: A Scrapbook of Late-Night New YorkRoaming the city’s streets after dark, from the Vanderbilt Ball in 1883 to George Michael on the dance floor at Sound Factory.
    By The Editors
  33. media
    Bill O’Reilly Stops by Letterman to Gloat About Scandal SurvivalHe claims he “got even more viewers” following the controversy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. superskyscrapers
    The Rise of the Mile-High BuildingHow tall can tall be? When engineering meets ego, the sky is barely a limit at all.
    By Justin Davidson
  35. media
    The Daily News May Have a New BidderAdd him to the list of potential suitors.
    By Jessica Roy
  36. Hillary Clinton and the Media Are Trapped in a RoomThe email saga triggered post-traumatic Clinton syndrome in some reporters. 
    By Marin Cogan
  37. media
    Report: NBC Puts Pippa Middleton’s U.S. Invasion on HoldThanks, Brian Williams.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. media
    Nancy Snyderman Will Stop Playing a Doctor on TVShe’ll go back to being a real-life doctor at a “major US medical school.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. media
    The Journalistic Casualties of The Guardian’s Erroneous Whisper StoryWhisper shut down its news division after The Guardian’s misreported story, leaving four people unemployed.
    By Jessica Roy
  40. architecture
    Santiago Calatrava’s Glorious BoondoggleHe was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation.
    By Andrew Rice
  41. the good old days
    Americans Miss Walter Cronkite, Love Local NewsA new Quinnipiac University poll also shows that Americans think Brian Williams should return to NBC News. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  42. florida man
    Florida Officials Say They Were Banned From Using the Term ‘Climate Change’After Governor Rick Scott took office.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. media
    (Actually) True War Stories at NBC NewsThe trouble didn’t start with Brian Williams.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  44. media
    (Actually) True War Stories at NBC NewsThe trouble didn’t start with Brian Williams.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  45. Hero Reporter Goes to McDonald’s On-CameraWe are all Traffic Jam Jimmy. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  46. second acts
    Man With Firsthand Experience in D.C. Crises Starts D.C. Crisis Management FirmFormer Florida representative Trey Radel starts a media-training company. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  47. media
    Which Billionaire Wants to Buy the Daily News?Rounding up the rumors.
    By Jessica Roy
  48. the national interest
    Inhofe’s Insane Climate Denial SpeechA succinct explanation as to why a party is run by lunatics.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. scandal-stained wretches
    Scandal-Wrecked Former News Corp. Executive Is Reportedly About to Be RehiredRupert Murdoch has been talking to Rebekah Brooks about a new social media-related position.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. oh congress!
    Senator Refutes Climate Change by Throwing Snowball in Capitol“It’s a snowball, from outside here. So it’s very, very cold out.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  51. media
    Mort Zuckerman Mulls Selling the Daily NewsAccording to a memo sent to staff on Thursday.
    By Jessica Roy
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