It took less than 48 hours for Donald Trump to revert to form after his much-praised pivot to unity following an apparent assassination attempt during […]
Author: Sophia Tesfaye
WHCD shooting exposed MAGA media’s secret social media operation
In the chaotic minutes after news broke that a gunman had attempted to breach security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a familiar pattern unfolded […]
MAGA media gaslights on Charlottesville
Almost immediately after the mob at Donald Trump diehards smashed its way into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the right-wing noise machine moved into […]
Thiel-backed AI project to block bad press looks like a bust
There is a persistent belief in certain corners of the tech world that complex social problems can be eliminated through computation. Right now, there are […]
Conservative publishing is trading politics for piety
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host turned popular right-wing podcaster, recently announced he is teaming up with Skyhorse Publishing to release books by a […]
Why Fox News is so mad at Abigail Spanberger
Any time a Democrat comes along who dares to fight back, the Republican outrage machine goes to work. Political toughness becomes “divisiveness” and governing is […]
Melania Trump’s Epstein announcement deepens a year of confusion
Jacqui Heinrich was visibly puzzled while reporting from the White House lawn on Thursday. The Fox News senior White House correspondent was trying to make […]
Trump’s clash with podcasters puts Fox News on notice
It’s hard to overstate how remarkable the spectacle is: Right-wing broadcasters Mark Levin and Megyn Kelly are trading sexual insults on social media, while Tucker […]
Trump wants to jail reporters over leaks from own administration
On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump issued threat against Iran so apocalyptic it stunned some of his most radical supporters: “A whole civilization will die tonight, […]
The problem with covering extremists
For nearly a decade, journalists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: Does covering extremists expose them or empower them? The debate came to a […]
TMZ turning to Congress is a win for the GOP
When I first heard Harvey Levin had put out a call from TMZ to turn the general public into a paparazzi-style press corps that would […]