Outside the Beltway

Five minutes is an eternity in the current information environment.

An odd juxtaposition in the major press.

Cruelty with compound interest.

I question the timing.

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

Are the press out to get the President? Or abetting a coverup?

The President is going all-in to undo the damage from the debate.

A non-ruling by the Supreme Court is being touted as something else.

Good news is seldom news.

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

Sally Buzzee is out and the staff is “pissed.” Readers will likely notice no difference.

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

The NYT is going all-in painting it as “far more radical, vindictive and unchecked” than the first.

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

Americans are tuning out. Especially those on the right.

There will be lawyers.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

Two data points are not a trend.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

In a shocking development, the overwhelming frontrunner is winning.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

It seemed worth noting.

We’re entitled to our own facts.

Plus an observation on news coverage.

A sign of the Times.

Also: the media landscape is currently evolving.

A bad column is worse than expected.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

The NYT goes too far but not far enough.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

The innumeracy hurts.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

An amusing lede to an exasperating column.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

A surpringly large number tuned in to see people who won’t be the nominee.

It’s Nixon’s fault?