Fourth Estate Parker Molloy Feb 21, 2023

Legacy Media Tilts Two Ways: Center Right and Far Right

Parker Molloy Feb 21, 2023

Which is why we need independent news outlets who serve their readers and not conservative billionaire investors—to continue to bring unbiased, top-notch reporting. And we need them now more than ever.

The Fourth Estate Parker Molloy Feb 2, 2023

Media’s Lust for Conflict Is Failing the Public

Parker Molloy Feb 2, 2023

In their depiction of Trump’s and Biden’s “markedly different” classified document situations, journalists are muddying the waters and confusing readers.

American Values Report Parker Molloy Nov 17, 2022

American Exceptionalism Is Not So Exceptional After All

Parker Molloy Nov 17, 2022

We are a nation comprising more than 330 million people who've proven that we're capable of doing great things. So why have we adapted a sense of untenable, rugged individualism?

The Fourth Estate Parker Molloy Nov 3, 2022

Access Journalism Is a Fool’s Errand

Parker Molloy Nov 3, 2022

In an effort to keep them in good stead, reporters have coddled Republicans who claim that legacy media is biased against them. It's only served to push coverage further to the right.

Pressing Issues Parker Molloy Jul 11, 2022

Mainstream Media’s Rightward Lurch

Parker Molloy Jul 11, 2022

"Liberal media” is a myth. Since Trump's presidency, mainstream news has embraced, employed, and laundered conservative propaganda, and it shows no signs of letting up.

Someone writing a message on a yellow page that says "opinion" with a pen. In the background, there are sheets of papers.

Pressing Issues Parker Molloy Apr 13, 2022

Opinion Journalism Is Broken

Parker Molloy Apr 13, 2022

The goal of newspapers is to inform the public. But increasingly, they are publishing opinion pieces as fact, misleading and confusing readers, and undermining their own agenda—and quite possibly, our democracy.

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