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Erik Wemple

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AP photojournalist steals the show at court hearing on Trump exclusion

30.03.2025 100

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This Sling TV ad made me really mad

14.03.2025 10

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This is a perfectly fine hill for the AP to die on

19.02.2025 200

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What will Trump do without Politico Pro?

08.02.2025 30

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Jim Acosta defined CNN under Trump. Now he’s gone ‘independent.’

02.02.2025 7

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The owner of CBS News is talking about caving to Trump

26.01.2025 9

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Arrogance sank CNN

20.01.2025 20

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CNN’s really, really dumb messages

17.01.2025 9

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The do’s and don’ts of the unruly New York Post

10.01.2025 4

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How much abuse can a local newspaper reporter take?

19.12.2024 100

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A low, low point for ABC News

Donald Trump expressed a lament on the campaign trail in February 2016. Guys like him have “no chance of winning” libel suits against the likes of...

17.12.2024 100

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Who still trusts legacy media? Fox News, that’s who.

The froth quotient was running high on “Hannity” two nights after Donald Trump’s election-night exploits. Host Sean Hannity was hammering...

03.12.2024 8

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Five reasons Democrats should turn off ‘Morning Joe’

Monday was a day of beatdowns for Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the married couple who anchors the “Morning Joe” franchise on MSNBC. “Joe...

21.11.2024 70

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Could ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ prepare Pete Hegseth to run the military?

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace failed to effectively communicate at the end of her program on Wednesday evening. Referring to a certain figure in the...

15.11.2024 10

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Trump wins! Another chapter in mainstream media’s decline.

08.11.2024 4

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What happened to all those subscriptions?

When people cancel their subscriptions to The Washington Post online, they arrive at a page offering a set of reasons for their decision. One of...

02.11.2024 30

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Bezos was within his rights to screw this up

It turns out editorial writers don’t like having their work spiked. Los Angeles Times Editorials Editor Mariel Garza — and others — resigned...

29.10.2024 4

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People are used to seeing death. Why were TMZ’s Liam Payne photos too much?

In fairness to TMZ … it’s not as though the gossip site exudes high standards. Its style guide preaches … endless ellipses … it salivates over...

26.10.2024 4

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The most significant piece of 2024 political reporting you didn’t read

My eyes didn’t light up when I pulled out a special “policy guide” section from the print edition of the New York Times. Decades of experience with...

19.10.2024 80

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Why ‘Call Her Daddy’ got more time with Kamala Harris than CNN

12.10.2024 20

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Russian propagandists have First Amendment rights, too

A federal investigation has determined that a Tennessee-based media company “regularly posts videos … across an array of social media channels,...

27.09.2024 10

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HVAC podcasts are a hot product for a cooling market

Opinion HVAC podcasts are a hot product for a cooling market Bryan Orr preaches the airflow and ethics of HVAC to technicians idling in their...

21.08.2024 10

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The media is ignoring the Trump threat! Well, except for all these stories.

An inventory of stories on a topic that some say the media is not covering enough. Former president Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event at...

29.07.2024 1

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Anti-immigrant hatred led Lou Dobbs into the conspiratorial abyss

In one career, a spiral from old-fashioned reporting to dangerous — and actionable — falsehoods. Political commentator Lou Dobbs speaks at the...

20.07.2024 4

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