A Journal of Ideas

Journalism

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

Summer 2018, No. 49 – 34 MIN READ

Facebook’s Shallow Understanding of “Community”

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

By Nathan Pippenger

May 4, 2018, 4:06 pm – 4 MIN READ

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

January 26, 2018, 3:14 pm – 4 MIN READ

Against a Fox News for the Left

The conservative media does not provide a model for progressives to emulate.

By Nathan Pippenger

March 2, 2017, 4:09 pm – 6 MIN READ

Can Anybody Cover Trump?

2016 was a year of widespread institutional failure, the media included. Have they learned anything?

By Nathan Pippenger

December 8, 2016, 5:50 pm – 4 MIN READ