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June 7, 2023
Tori Otten
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN, After “Centrist” Journalism, Trump Town Hall, and Tanked Ratings
The now-former CEO was determined to take a centrist approach to the news, and it backfired.
June 6, 2023
Tori Otten
No One Watched Nikki Haley’s CNN Town Hall
The ratings are in, and they’re embarrassing for someone who says she’s a strong contender to Trump.
June 2, 2023
Alex Shephard
Nancy Mace Is Just Another Republican
The South Carolina representative talks moderation but votes with the crazies.
June 1, 2023
Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
Who Wants to Crown Ron DeSantis?
PLUS: debt ceiling fatigue and Chris Christie chronicles
May 25, 2023
Alex Shephard
CNN Is Tanking After Its Unforgivable Trump Town Hall
Chris Licht’s master plan has already run aground—as have the news channel’s ratings.
May 20, 2023
Jason Linkins
The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation
The political press bears a share of the blame for the fact we are once again on the precipice of default.
May 18, 2023
Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
Tim Scott Tiptoes Toward 2024
PLUS: Lawmakers eye A.I., and a quick and dirty election round-up.
May 18, 2023
Eric Alterman
Ronald Steel: A Great Historian Who Punctured the Pious
In magisterial books and sharp essays—many of them for The New Republic—Steel, who died recently at 92, became one of the most vital foreign policy voices of his age.
May 15, 2023
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Free Speech
The Twitter owner’s decision to capitulate to Turkish autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is shameful.
May 15, 2023
Walter Shapiro
Abolish Live TV Audiences in the 2024 Presidential Race
CNN’s shameful town hall was a gift to Trump. Enough is enough.
May 12, 2023
Tori Otten
Donald Trump Is Now Selling Merch Mocking CNN Over That Disaster of a Town Hall
The former president’s campaign team is already capitalizing on the lie-ridden town hall.
May 12, 2023
Prem Thakker
CNN Trump Town Hall Audience Was Told “Please Do Not Boo”
If CNN really wanted to know what Republican voters think of Trump, why did it set rules like this?
May 11, 2023
Tori Otten
The Ratings Are In: No One Really Watched CNN’s Trump Town Hall
It seems that Trump’s tired routine isn’t all that interesting to Americans anymore.
May 11, 2023
Prem Thakker
CNN Insiders Slam Trump Town Hall: “A Disaster, and Totally Predictable”
CNN execs are facing a stream of criticism from their own employees.
May 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
Fox News and Tucker Carlson Are Both Losing
Tucker has a new show—on Twitter. Fox News is shedding its audience. Without one another, the struggle is real.
May 11, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Shame on CNN for That Naked, Cynical Play for Fox Viewers
Kaitlan Collins and the network’s journalists tried their best. But the execs, from Chris Licht on down, brought total shame on themselves, journalism, and America.
May 10, 2023
Prem Thakker
Preparing for CNN’s Town Hall With a Sexually Abusing, Coup-Inducing Impeached President
The details coming out about CNN’s town hall (and its audience) are more than troubling.
May 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Stupefying Defense of the Supreme Court
Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.
May 10, 2023
Walter Shapiro
Democrats, Don’t Panic! Seriously, Don’t.
Problematic polls and New York Times op-eds are giving Biden supporters a heart attack. But the 2024 outlook isn’t nearly as gloomy as it seems right now.
May 9, 2023
Prem Thakker
Here Is the Moment Cops Arrested a Journalist at the Jordan Neely Protest
Because what’s this story without a dash of police violence?
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