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The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
Silicon Valley couldn't have designed a better way to further radicalize Trump voters
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The American Press Is Destroying Itself
A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press
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Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story
Unprecedented efforts to squelch information about a New York Post story may prove to be more dangerous corruption than whatever Hunter Biden did with a crooked Ukrainian energy company
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We need a new media system
If you sell culture war all day, don’t be surprised by the real-world consequences
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Suck It, Wall Street
In a blowout comedy for the ages, finance pirates take it up the clacker
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Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. The latest target: live content
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Russiagate is a death-blow for the reputation of the American news media
The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it
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A Worsening Culture War
When leaders run out of unifying myths, division is the last currency. Why this Thanksgiving, America is a "death cult" versus "radical socialists"
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Using government guidelines to police content: state censorship?
YouTube's decision to demonetize podcaster Bret Weinstein raises serious questions, both about the First Amendment and regulatory capture
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Pandemic Villains: Robinhood
Have a pair of gangly Stanford grads built the perfect mousetrap?
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The Sovietization of the American Press
The transformation from phony "objectivity" to open one-party orthodoxy hasn't been an improvement
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The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis
As the Covid-19 crisis progresses, censorship programs advance, amid calls for China-style control of the Internet
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On “White Fragility”
A few thoughts on America’s smash-hit #1 guide to egghead racialism
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If It’s Not “Cancel Culture,” What Kind of Culture Is It?
Another long week in the all-stick, no-carrot revolution