Journalism

How Biden's FTC Can Go After Google and Facebook

Their unfair domination of advertising—through surveillance—is bad for consumers, citizens, and democracy. Here's what the Administration can do.

By Sandeep Vaheesan

Threatening the Free Press

Nearly four years into his presidency, Trump’s almost constant repetition of “fake news” has done its work.

By Margaret Sullivan

R.I.P., Liberal Contrarianism

Before #Slatepitch became a punchline, Slate (and others) really did thrive on a certain kind of anti-liberalism. It’s dead now—well, almost.

By Michael Bérubé

Facebook’s Shallow Understanding of “Community”

Mark Zuckerberg offers unconvincing reassurance to the journalists his website is weakening.

By Nathan Pippenger

Talk is Cheap

Conservatives troubled by the President's attack on journalism might reconsider their party's relationship to right-wing media.

By Nathan Pippenger