For those unaware, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines is a famous maxim of media interpretation that posits that “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” It’s a pretty useful heuristic, and I’ll confess it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw my colleague Noah Rothman ask “Has Contrived Coarseness Jumped the Shark?” Answer: No! Of course not! In fact, we’ll only get more of it as primary season heats up (and beyond that, as we head into 2028). Why, contrived hysteria is practically the coin of the realm by this point.

Stephen Colbert and James Talarico Are Lying to You

The New York Times Tries Impotently to Fix AOC’s Munich Disaster

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