In 2004, Hillary Clinton was in the Senate and Christopher Ruddy had some making up to do. He was, back then, best known as “the Inspector Clouseau” of the Vince […]
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Back to news homeRoiled by Election, Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth
SAN FRANCISCO — In the tense days after the presidential election, a team of Facebook employees presented the chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, with an alarming finding: Election-related misinformation was going […]
Newsmax, Once a Right-Wing Also-Ran, Is Rising, and Trump Approves
Flanked by aides in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump dialed up a friend in the news media with a message: Keep up the good work. “He said that […]
How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation
Dr. Li-Meng Yan wanted to remain anonymous. It was mid-January, and Dr. Yan, a researcher in Hong Kong, had been hearing rumors about a dangerous new virus in mainland China […]
BuzzFeed is Buying HuffPost
After falling prey to some of the same business difficulties that have plagued newspapers and magazines, the digital-media giants BuzzFeed and HuffPost have decided to join forces, the companies announced […]
The President vs. the American Media
The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism, our reluctance to express solidarity, even for a […]
Biden Election Call Boosts Cable TV Network Ratings
At 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Americans all over the country began flicking on their TVs. Moments after CNN and most of the major television networks declared that Joseph R. Biden […]
Tension, Then Some Tears, as TV News Narrates a Moment for History
The tension mounted for days — and then broke, all at once. CNN went first, calling the presidential election at 11:24 a.m. Eastern. It was followed in quick succession by […]
Chinese Reporters in the U.S. Left Uncertain by Political Spat
Yuhui Chai came to the United States from China more than a dozen years ago, drawn by the country’s vibrant democratic values. She eventually found work as a journalist, relishing […]
Fox News Helped Fuel Trump’s Rise. Now It’s Reporting on a Possible Fall.
President Trump and Fox News have a complicated relationship. Election Day did not help. The cable news channel that kick-started Donald J. Trump’s political career was suddenly in the position […]