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 –…
Over the weekend, the New York Post sent out a series of unusual push alerts, including one that read: “Heil President Trump!” The alerts, which included a string of religious references, were quickly taken down. The website said their account had been “compromised.” So the @nypost got hacked pic.twitter.com/FqMyKoR30x — Matt Fitzgerald (@MattF_News) April 2,…
Jimmy Breslin was an enemy of the people — at least those people who abuse their power to dash the American dream. I first encountered Breslin, who died last week at age 88, in December 2000. I had just launched an online syndication marketplace, Featurewell.com, to fight the effort by many publishers to seize the…
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