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The Disinformation Deluge Requires Experts to Step Up as ‘Truth Vigilantes’
The right-wing tilt of online voices favors “just asking questions” quacks and self-promoters. But Media Matters’ Angelo Carusone sees ways to break through
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From ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to ‘The Walking Dead,’ Series Finales Don’t Feel Very Final
The urge to keep valuable franchises alive risks robbing loyal viewers of the closure they seek
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Shari Redstone’s Standoff With Trump Is Playing Live on Broadway Stage in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
The play mirrors real life, but will real life turn out differently from the play?
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10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here’s the view from the ground.
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Sets a High Bar for the Celebrity Exit Interview
Paul Reubens knew he was dying when he opened up for an HBO documentary, joining public figures who have left a record behind as the end nears
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Diddy to Weinstein to Lively-Baldoni: Sensational Trials Find New Audiences in the Influencer Age
A crush of buzzy cases illustrate how courtroom coverage has changed now that everyone can act like they’re in the jury box
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For CBS and ‘60 Minutes,’ It’s a Slow-Motion Saturday Night Massacre
The resignation of CBS News chief Wendy McMahon continues the exodus as parent Paramount faces a seemingly no-win scenario in trying to mollify Trump
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Letter From Cannes: Arabian Gulf Money, an Indie Film Start-Up and Women Speak Frankly
A Qatari delegation promotes film production on the Croisette, while a new company aims to find a home for Sundance orphans and female-fronted stories take center stage
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At the Upfronts, It’s Sports Here, Sports There, Sports Just About Everywhere
Hanging by a thread, linear TV uses sports as a lifeline, while streaming keeps muscling in on the action
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‘Mission: Impossible’ Is the Perfect Symbol for Paramount’s Impossible Mission
Shari Redstone faces the seemingly no-win choice of saving the Skydance merger or standing behind “60 Minutes.” But she’s not the villain in this story
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With Film Tariff Threat, Trump Takes Hollywood for a Ride on the ‘Tweet Now, Think Later’ Train
The frenzy caused by the president’s social media posts gave studios a crash course in his carousel of news-cycle craziness
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The Upfronts: How TV’s Big Week Evolved From Chess Match to WWE Free For All
Networks still talk about things like “audience flow,” but linear TV priorities have faded from the day when scheduling moves could elicit gasps and buzz
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Facing a ‘Cinematic Extinction Event,’ Hollywood Must Stage a Comeback | Guest Column
A pandemic, production exodus, wildfires and now Trump tariffs? It’s time for this town to stand strong
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‘Lilly’ Is a Movie for Our Mothers: Complicated, Devoted, Fearless | Guest Column
Writer and director Rachel Feldman reflects on her heroine Lilly Ledbetter and all the mothers that helped bring her biopic to life
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CNN’s Noisy ‘NewsNight’ Shows Why Staking Out the Middle Is So Hard for Media
The squabbling panel show lives most robustly in social media, but its “Crossfire”-like partisan talk often feels more like verbal wrestling than enlightened debate
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