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A column by Jim Rutenberg about our shifting media landscape

A column by Jim Rutenberg about our shifting media landscape

  1. Kissing Babies, Loving Scrapple, Fighting Viral Hoaxes: ’20 Race’s New Routine

    When it comes to disinformation, all signs suggest the 2020 presidential campaign will make 2016 look like a mere test run, our columnist writes.

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  2. BuzzFeed News in Limbo Land

    From the posting of the dossier to the publication of a story now in dispute, BuzzFeed News is learning about the perils of the chase.

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  3. No Coincidence Here: Trump’s Bezos Attack Was a Valentine to The Enquirer

    It wasn’t a new thing, for the president to go after the Amazon founder. But it was odd to see him making nice with his onetime friend David J. Pecker.

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  4. Fake News as ‘Moral Imperative’? Democrats’ Alabama Move Hints at Ugly 2020

    Reports about the use of homegrown disinformation online in a 2017 Senate race suggest foreign operatives may be just one thing threatening the integrity of the next presidential election.

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  5. Netflix’s Bow to Saudi Censors Comes at a Cost to Free Speech

    The decision to remove an episode from its service in Saudi Arabia raises questions of whether entertainment giants will fight for values like free expression.

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  6. The Top 18 Media Grinches of 2018

    It’s time for the Grinchy Awards, given to the year’s worst actors in the news media and anyone else who interfered with a free press.

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  7. More Powerful Than a Russian Troll Army: The National Enquirer

    Now that the supermarket tabloid has admitted to prosecutors that it did political dirty work for Donald Trump, here’s a look at its unlikely power.

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  8. Trump’s Tawdry Tabloid Sagas Reveal Weightier Themes

    In taking on Michael Cohen, federal prosecutors find unexpected meaning in the scandals involving Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.

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  9. A Conservative Magazine May Pay a Price for Being Unfriendly to Trump

    The Weekly Standard is facing the consequences of doing independent journalism in an increasingly partisan environment.

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  10. News Networks Fall Short on Climate Story as Dolphins Die on the Beach

    A crusader films the red-tide carnage in Florida. But in a time of climate-change denialism encouraged by the president, her work draws nasty comments.

    By Jim Rutenberg