Just as Brutus and his collaborators brandished knives and went in for the kill, one audience member decided to intervene. “Stop the normalization of political violence against the right!” Laura Loomer yelled, storming the stage of Shakespeare in the Park’s now-famous performance of “Julius Caesar.” For a brief second, all was quiet. The would-be assassins,…
Laura Loomer had a theory to test out about her college: The school would let her start a club in support of ISIS, so concerned were they with letting everyone have a “voice.” In spring of 2015 she wore a hidden camera to the Center for Student Involvement and touted her pet project: “Sympathetic Students…
“Alt-right” Twitter has responded to the Trump-wrestling-CNN-meme controversy by photoshopping CCN reporter Andrew Kaczynski’s head onto an SS officer and referencing George Orwell’s “1984.” The reaction comes on the heels of CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski writing that his organization could release the name of the man who created the meme if he continues making racist…
Gabe Pressman, an iconic New York television reporter whose career stretched back six decades, has reportedly died. He was 93. The NBC fixture’s wife said he died in his sleep Friday morning, the New York Daily News reported. The Bronx native was born in 1924 and served in the military during World War II before…
The glasses of Jewish journalist Ben Jacobs, who was body-slammed by U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte, are being put on display tomorrow in the Newseum, in Washington, D.C. Jacobs was attempting to ask Gianforte a question in the days leading up to his election when the then-candidate slammed Jacobs to the ground, injuring him and breaking…
Here’s how he might have covered it: Roger Ailes, whose scandal-ridden career ended in disgrace when years of sexual harassment allegations finally caught up with him, died this week — some say of shame, others of the morbid obesity that plagued him throughout his life. Of course, that would be both unfair and vulgar. Ailes…
In 2013, Carly Lewis wrote a great piece for the Walrus about the phenomenon of certain male journalists writing either drooling or dismissive profiles of famous (and famously attractive) women. So it might seem a refreshing surprise that a male journalist has announced his aversion to profiling celebrities. In a recent piece for The American…
Ivanka Trump is finally breaking her media silence, giving a wide-ranging interview to CBS News on her work in the White House, her relationship with President Trump and her own future plans. What the first daughter said on television – including that she had no intention of mounting a future run for the presidency –…
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