These Conservatives Have a Laser Focus: ‘Owning the Libs’
When President Trump ran for office four years ago, a conservative writer with a growing following vented the kind of doubt and cynicism that was...
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Abductions, Censorship and Layoffs: Pakistani Critics Are Under Siege
When Prime Minister Imran Khan boasted last year that Pakistan had one of the “freest presses in the world,” journalists were quick to object, saying...
Kayleigh McEnany Heckles the Press. Is That All?
WASHINGTON — For the first half of his term, President Trump treated the White House press briefing as must-see television. From his small dining room...
How the Media Could Get the Election Story Wrong
Picture this Thanksgiving: Turkey, football (maybe), tenser-than-usual interactions with relatives. And perhaps a new tradition: finding out who actually won the presidential election. The coronavirus...
Homeland Security Reassigns Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence on Journalists
WASHINGTON — The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence branch was removed from his position after his office compiled reports about protesters and...
Homeland Security Shuts Down ‘Intelligence’ Reports on Journalists
WASHINGTON — The acting secretary of homeland security said on Friday that he had shut down an intelligence examination of the work of reporters covering...
James Murdoch Resigns From Board of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp
James Murdoch resigned on Friday from the board of News Corp, stepping aside from his final formal role within the media empire of his father,...
Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Russian intelligence services have been spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly declassified intelligence, material that demonstrates how Moscow is continuing...
Did Hearst’s Culture Kill Hearst’s Biggest Magazine Story?
One evening in August 2018, Maximillian Potter, then a writer for Esquire magazine, was sitting in a restaurant in California’s inland empire, trying to persuade...
Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line
MOSCOW — To understand the complexity of policing online disinformation, consider the small Ukrainian fact-checking group StopFake. Earlier this year, Facebook hired StopFake to help...