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Parker Molloy
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Parker Molloy writes
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September 10, 2024
Parker Molloy
Hey Media: It’s Not Enough to Say That Haitians Aren’t Eating Pets
Pointing out that right-wingers are lying is fine and necessary. But the bigger job is to make these lies a bigger part of the liar’s public identity.
September 4, 2024
Parker Molloy
How the Media Sanitizes Trump’s Insanity
The political press’s efforts to rationalize Trump’s incoherent statements are eroding our shared reality and threatening informed democracy.
August 26, 2024
Parker Molloy
Why Does CNN Keep Featuring “Undecided” Voters Who Are Anything But?
A man portrayed last week as undecided has in fact left a long online MAGA trail. Was it just a mistake, or is CNN misleading viewers for the sake of compelling television?
August 16, 2024
Parker Molloy
The Press Must Explain Its Stunning Double Standard on Leaks
In 2016, when Clinton campaign emails were leaked, the press ran with them hot and heavy. But today, the same outlets are sitting on a Trump campaign hack. Why?
August 6, 2024
Parker Molloy
The Right Wing’s Unhinged Persecution of Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif
The Algerian athlete isn’t transgender, but anti-LGBTQ extremists never let the truth get in the way of their twisted crusade.
July 30, 2024
Parker Molloy
Elon Musk Is Trying to Rob His Trans Daughter of Her Inspiring Story
He claims he was “tricked” into supporting her transition, but Vivian Jenna Wilson is living proof of the power of gender-affirming care.
July 18, 2024
Parker Molloy
A “Unity” Convention? For Trans Americans, It’s Quite the Opposite
From MTG to Matt Gaetz to Don Jr. and more, the “unifying” convention has been one long anti-trans hatefest.
July 8, 2024
Parker Molloy
Trump Knew Nothing of Project 2025—but He Also Didn’t Like It!
His denials of knowledge about the Heritage Foundation project didn’t come close to passing the smell test. Media coverage did not live up to the moment.
July 2, 2024
Parker Molloy
Why Does the Media Insist on Helping Steve Bannon Act the Martyr?
NBC and ABC snagged pre-prison interviews with the far-right globalist. But to what end? They became tools in his propaganda machine.
June 26, 2024
Parker Molloy
Why Is Snopes.com Helping Trump Clean Up “Very Fine People”?
The generally valuable debunker of right-wing lies made a very odd ruling recently that may have ramifications for the election.
June 18, 2024
Parker Molloy
Alito-Taper Lauren Windsor Is No James O’Keefe. Not Even Close.
People can and should debate Windsor’s methods. What’s beyond debate is that she reveals important truths we’re better off knowing.
June 12, 2024
Parker Molloy
The Bogus Anti-Trans “Declaration” From a Bogus Medical Organization
A case study in how a right-wing “pediatric” group and the right-wing media work to stir up controversy over trans rights.
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