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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Long before I thought of entering the rabbinate, I dreamed of becoming a journalist. I served as a reporter on my high school newspaper, and when I was in 11th grade, the local school board threatened to close our high school. I remember my heart pounding when I had to pick up the phone to…
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon continued his assault on the press during a Thursday appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, decrying the fourth estate in dog whistle-like language. “It’s not only not going to get better, it gets worse every day,” Bannon said, talking about the new administration’s relationship with the media….
Jake Tapper, CNN’s senior Washington correspondent, had a succinct response to Steve Bannon’s demand that the media “keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.” No. .@jaketapper: Reminder that the president’s top aide just told NYT that the press should keep its mouth shut. No. https://t.co/v88feqWbib pic.twitter.com/EYw5Pc2faM — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January…
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