1. You Don’t Need a Conspiracy Theory to Explain the Timing of Trump’s New AccusersTrump bragged about committing serial sexual assault. Women came forward to vouch for him.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. conspiracy theories
    Alex Jones: Sources Confirm Clinton and Obama Are Smelly Demons From HellAlex Jones out–Alex Joneses himself.
    By Charley Lanyon
  3. climate change
    Global Deal Reached to Offset Aviation EmissionsThe deal will require airlines to fund carbon-offsetting activities, but environmentalists say it won’t make much difference.
    By Jonah Shepp
  4. fox and friends
    Sean Hannity and Megyn Kelly Make Up With Friendly, Not-at-All-Staged TweetsForget what you heard about their feud, because they are #friends.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Matt Drudge Suggests Hurricane Matthew Might Be a Liberal ConspiracyThe government might be lying about the hurricane’s intensity to exaggerate the threat posed by climate change, the conservative commentator tweets.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. Al Gore to Do Some Millennial-Whispering for Hillary ClintonIn the latest episode of a complicated political relationship, the former veep will try to convince a new generation of voters to stick with Dems.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Trump’s Tax Avoidance Was Perfectly Legal. That’s Why It’s an Issue.Clinton wants to close some of the loopholes Trump used. The GOP nominee wants to create more.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. Hillary Clinton Took an Uncharacteristic Gamble With Alicia MachadoClinton trusted voters to recognize that Trump’s misogyny was more important than Machado’s run-ins with the law. (Or, she just forgot to Google her.)
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Trump Campaign Accuses Clinton of Having Unclear Position on Climate Change“He believes climate change is naturally occurring. We don’t know what Hillary Clinton believes because nobody ever asks her.”
    By Eric Levitz
  11. the national interest
    Obama’s Climate Plan Will Survive Legal ChallengeThere’s only one remaining Republican who can destroy life as we know it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. Malcolm Gladwell, Nick Denton, and More on the Future of Media at Slate’s 20thDoes David Remnick miss Gawker?
    By Katie Van Syckle
  13. When Trump Lies, Reporters Should Say So. Even If It Makes Them Look ‘Biased.’The New York Times public editor seems to disagree.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Corey Lewandowski
    CNN: No, We Haven’t Suspended Corey LewandowskiHe will continue to get paid by a network to talk about a campaign he is also getting paid by.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. cityscape
    The Urban Designer Who Brought Whimsy to London Is Turning His Eye to New YorkThomas Heatherwick is the Willy Wonka of Hudson Yards.
    By Carl Swanson
  16. Last Month Was the Hottest in Recorded History, AgainAugust tied July for the hottest month on record. This year is likely to be the hottest year on record. Which would make last year the second hottest.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. media
    A Short-lived (But Not Completely Vanished) Newspaper, 50 Years OnRemembering the Widget.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  18. Clinton’s Health Is Not a ‘Real Issue’ Because No Sane Person Would Vote on ItLet’s say Clinton is secretly gravely ill. Who, exactly, would change their vote based on that information?
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Let’s Give Hillary Clinton a Few Days to Recover From Her PneumoniaA presidential candidate has a fairly common illness that requires rest. Can the media and her political enemies deal with it?
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. select all
    Norwegian Newspaper Blasts Mark Zuckerberg for Removing Famous Vietnam War PhotoEven if he won’t admit it, Mark Zuckerberg is the world’s most powerful editor.
    By Brian Feldman
  21. flooding
    When Will New York City Sink?A city in climate-change denial.
    By Andrew Rice
  22. media
    Hannity Tells Assange, ‘I Do Hope You Get Free One Day’Just six years ago, he wanted to see him locked up.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. weather
    Northeast Mostly Spared As Hermine Heads Out to SeaThough coastal areas should still watch out for storm surges, we will avoid most of the storm’s destructive forces.
    By Chas Danner
  24. Here Are Your Referees for the Trump-Clinton DebatesNBC’s Lester Holt will host round one.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. Melania Trump Sues the Daily Mail for $150 Million Over Escort RumorsYou can’t say she didn’t warn them.
    By Charley Lanyon
  26. media
    How Fox News Women Took Down Roger AilesThe most powerful, and predatory, man in media warned his staff about the “enemy within.” Turns out it was him.
  27. Media False Equivalence Is Trump’s Best Friend in the Debate Over RacismClinton offered a detailed indictment. Trump replied with an insult. How’s that a draw?
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. select all
    The Rise of Video Is Making 2016 a Weird Year to Be a Digital PublisherIt’s video all the way down.
    By Brian Feldman
  29. FBI Investigating Suspected Russian Hack of the New York TimesThe paper says hackers only targeted its Moscow bureau, disputing reports of a more widespread attack.
    By Charley Lanyon
  30. Melania Trump Threatens News Outlets With Defamation SuitThe couple who sues together, stays together.
    By Charley Lanyon
  31. media
    Andrea Tantaros Sues Fox News, Claims Retaliation for Reporting HarassmentShe says she was punished after accusing Roger Ailes, Bill O’Reilly, and others of inappropriate sexual advances.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. A British Celebrity Scientist Just Schooled a Climate-Change DenierThere’s actual science at play — who would have thought?
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  33. Rupert Murdoch Promotes Roger Ailes Loyalists to Run Fox NewsRoger Ailes’s old job has been divided into two positions. Jack Abernethy will run the business side, and Bill Shine will oversee content and talent.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  34. media
    Report: ‘Multiple Women’ Taped Conversations With Roger AilesAnd sources say Fox News employees feared their boss was monitoring their conversations.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. ink-stained wretches
    Sean Hannity Gets Called Out for False Voter-Fraud Claims, Doubles DownHe tried to prove Brian Stelter wrong by citing the fact the CNN media critic debunked.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. fox news
    Ailes Used Fox News Budget to Finance ‘Black Room’ Campaigns Against His EnemiesHe hired consultants, political operatives, and private detectives to carry out his personal agenda.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  37. Fmr. Fox Booker: Harassed by Ailes for 20 Years“He’s a predator.”
    By Gabriel Sherman
  38. the national circus
    How the Media Did (and Didn’t) Fail in Covering the Rise of Donald Trump“The problem is not that the press is failing to do due diligence; the problem is that many of his [Trump’s] adherents are impervious to that diligence.”
    By Frank Rich
  39. the case against the media
    The Case Against the Media, by the MediaA damning self-examination, with some uplift thrown in.
    By The Editors
  40. the case against the media
    113 Journalists Surveyed on Why They’re So DespisedOur colleagues working in print, television, and digital media air their grievances and bare their souls.
    By The Editors
  41. interview
    National Report’s Allen Montgomery on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“I think I have a really bad reputation. But I’m a really nice guy! People have bashed me. I’m used to all that.”
    By Jeff Wise
  42. interview
    Journalist Ana Marie Cox on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“That’s the way our business works: You have to be entertaining.”
    By Nick Tabor
  43. interview
    Fusion’s Alexis Madrigal on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“I think the media has been too afraid to just say, ‘You’re a racist.’”
    By Nick Tabor
  44. interview
    Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“If you want to please people, you’re in the wrong line of work.”
    By Nick Tabor
  45. interview
    Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“The mainstream media suffers from ADD — they cover a story and then they abandon it.”
    By Nick Tabor
  46. interview
    Bob Woodward on the Media“If there’s something that one of the candidates did that we learn about in somebody’s memoir in 20 years, that really was essential to understanding who they are — that means we failed, in my view.”
    By Nick Tabor
  47. interview
    Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“We can only make things exciting if they’re, like, happening in front of us with funny hats.”
    By Nick Tabor
  48. interview
    Slate’s David Auerbach on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“The free-content-plus-ads model in general is not working. The rise of clickbait and its ensuing decline is in fact evidence of this.”
    By Jeff Wise
  49. interview
    The Marshall Project’s Bill Keller on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“The most troublesome tension is the one between the need to file immediately, because a thousand other people are filing immediately, and the time it takes to do real reporting.”
    By Jeff Wise
  50. interview
    Jezebel’s Clover Hope on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“There’s this idea that the woman can’t possibly be real, which is a little bit of an issue.” 
    By Nick Tabor
  51. interview
    Daniel Okrent on the Media“In the atomization of media, audiences find the one that’s most gratifying to them, the one that tells them what they want to hear rather than what they don’t want to hear.”
    By Nick Tabor
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