It’s Not Just Voters Driving Polarization
As the GOP actively tries to dismantle our democracy with violence and fascistic laws, the media would have us believe it’s just politics as usual. And it's only deepening the divisions in the country.
Allison Hantschel
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Allison Hantschel publishes the 13-year-old journalism and politics blog First Draft and is the author and editor of five books, including IT DOESN'T END WITH US, the story of the groundbreaking college newspaper The Daily Cardinal. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and many other publications. Follow her on Twitter: @Athenae
Legacy Media Doesn’t Do Accountability
The Washington Post and The New Yorker may preach about democracy dying in darkness. But they have found new ways to turn out its lights: Fire the women whistleblowers.
The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Not a Reality Series
As we watch lawmakers finally hold would-be insurrectionists to account, the news desks are pontificating on the mediagenic nature of witnesses and whether the hearings are entertaining enough to engage the American viewer.
Journalists Know Better Than to Publish Copaganda
The news out of Uvalde is worse with each passing day—and just the latest example of legacy media's failure to be critical of law enforcement.
Oh, So Now Media Men Want to Talk About ‘Roe’
Cis-male pundits have entered the chat on abortion, and pushed out the women who have been on the front lines of the fight from the conversation.
Why Aren’t Biden’s Victories Winning Him Any Points?
Thanks to this administration, our job numbers are booming, international diplomacy is being restored, and we have our first Black woman Supreme Court justice. And yet the D.C. press corps portrays Biden as a worse president than his criminal predecessor.
Legacy Media’s Useless Mea Culpas
Does the New York Times’ executive editor Dean Baquet really expect us to believe that he didn’t realize white Trump supporters are racist?
Legacy Media Has a Trump Fetish
If democracy dies in darkness, then why are the Washington Post and New York Times so intent on hastening its demise with their myopic focus on white GOP voters?
White Media Men Are At It Again
The Elite White Boys Club is launching yet another well-funded news organization, while independent journalism, led by women and people of color, struggles to survive.
Venture Capitalists Are Killing the News Industry
When investors pour millions of dollars into media ventures but have zero interest in journalism, it hastens the demise of our democracy.