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Brian Lowry On Media and Politics
Brian Lowry is the Media Editor at TheWrap, writing about media and its intersection with politics. He is a veteran media and television columnist, critic and reporter, with eight years at CNN as a columnist and critic. Before that he was chief TV critic at Variety and a reporter columnist covering television for the Los Angeles Times.
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Want to Escape Bad Tariff News? Try ‘Fox & Friends’
Fox News has remained steadfast in supporting Trump amid second-guessing elsewhere, while employing a familiar tactic: Changing the subject
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Roll the Tape: NCAA Basketball Falls Victim to TV Sports’ Interminable Call Reviews
College hoops’ top showcase irritated fans by dragging out games as officials stop the action to review every close play
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Became a Symbol. That Took Its Toll as a TV Show
The Hulu series struck a cultural nerve when it premiered in 2017, but the intrusion of reality added degrees of difficulty to the drama
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‘The Studio’ Takes Another Whack at Hollywood, but With Rare Sympathy for the Suits
Seth Rogen’s Apple series focuses on showbiz absurdities, but it’s also uncharacteristically generous to executives who call the shots
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Less ‘West Wing,’ More TikTok: How Democrats Are Losing the Messaging Wars
Liberals have Hollywood talent in their corner. But that reflects a long-form mentality in what’s increasingly a bite-sized media landscape
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The Signalgate Group Chat: Team Trump Tests the Limits of Shooting the Messenger
Demonizing the press remains a strategy, but Trump officials can’t effectively blame Jeffrey Goldberg for what’s clearly their screw-up
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Why ‘Severance’ Speaks to the Current Moment of Distrust of Corporations and Technology
In Hollywood, Apple’s mysterious drama taps into fears that followed the WGA/SAG strikes
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Faced With Trump’s Attacks, Public Figures Are Clapping Back Less and Less
Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Seth Meyers are among those who stayed mum after Trump lashed out. Think of it as a new PR strategy
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Amid Trump-Induced Chaos, Business News Networks Enter the Eye of the Storm
Market volatility brought about by the Trump administration has roiled Wall Street, while putting CNBC and Fox Business squarely in the spotlight
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Donald Trump Is Weirdly Starstruck, and Mel Gibson Looks Like the Latest Beneficiary
A reported Justice Department attempt to restore the actor’s gun rights reflects how the president views his celebrity friends and foes
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‘The American People’ Are Sharply Divided. What They Can Learn From ‘Star Wars’ Fans
The rifts within Lucasfilm’s far-away galaxy reveal myths of unity that permeate everything from our politics to our pastimes
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Before the Murdochs, the Chandler Dynasty Previewed a ‘Succession’-Worthy Political Divide
Otis Chandler steered the Los Angeles Times in a new direction, achieving success that helped silence conservative relatives
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Donald Trump Gives Away the Game on His Made-for-TV Presidency
Unlike “The Truman Show,” the star of “The Trump Show” is keenly aware of the cameras at all times
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Memo to Hollywood: There’s No Running or Hiding From the Culture Wars
Today’s world means you have to choose a side, whether you want to or not
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The Oscars and Politics: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
A mostly apolitical Academy Awards has drawn some criticism, but that overlooks the central mission to celebrate the movies
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