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Michael Calderone On Media and Politics
Michael Calderone is Media Editor at TheWrap, overseeing coverage of the industry, and with an emphasis on the intersection of media and politics. He was most recently an editor at Vanity Fair and has reported on the media for Politico, HuffPost, and The New York Observer. He has also taught journalism courses at Princeton University and New York University.
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Rupert Murdoch Secures the Fox Future He Wants as His Kids Take the Money and Run | Analysis
A settlement with Murdoch’s more liberal children gives Lachlan control of Fox and News Corp., and safeguards the mogul’s conservative legacy
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Mass Shootings and Media: Shrinking Coverage Betrays Fatigue and Resignation
School shootings appear to command less attention from news outlets, a byproduct of numbness over the atrocities and a Trump-fueled news cycle
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Donald Trump Looks Terrible. Why Won’t the Press Ask Him What’s Wrong?
Like Biden, people are analyzing Trump’s health online through a partisan filter that, along with the current president’s lies, poses a challenge for media
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The Atlantic Envy: What Does It Know That Other Publications Don’t?
The magazine’s hiring spree has gobbled up top writers, many from the Washington Post, in an opportunistic expansion its top brass insist is sustainable
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Here’s How Americans View Journalists in the Trump Era
Although three-fifths of Americans see journalists as “important,” they face tall hurdles dealing with skeptics, falsehoods and misinformation
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Memo to Jay Leno: Your Late-Night Comedy Formula Expired a Decade Ago
The former “Tonight Show” host won praise from conservatives for saying late-night comics should appeal to everyone. Tell that to Fox News
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‘Alien’ Has Always Feared AI and Big Corporations. That’s More Relevant Than Ever
The new FX series “Alien: Earth” traffics in familiar themes about greed, oligarchy and mysterious robots that tie into what’s going on in the real world
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Should They Stay or Go? Veteran Journalists Face Tough Choices in the Trump Age
The exodus at the Washington Post, L.A. Times and anticipated reckoning at CBS News raise questions of what to do when your news organization loses its way
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Can ESPN Cover the NFL Fairly Now That It’s Part of the Team? | Analysis
The cable titan and pro football have a long and complicated relationship, but formally getting in bed together looks like bad news for ESPN’s journalism
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‘The Hunting Wives’ Uses Red-State Politics to Feel Smarter Than It Is | Analysis
The Netflix series is mostly just soapy fun, while incorporating enough pointed political references to take aim at conservative hypocrisy
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Rupert Murdoch Built Donald Trump. Now He’s Standing Up to Him
Murdoch’s legacy may be rewritten as he defends The Wall Street Journal’s Trump-Epstein reporting, all while Fox News remains a reliable supporter of the president
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Going to Comic-Con in Person Feels Like a Tonic for Toxic Fandom
The annual love fest in San Diego gives off a vibe wildly different from the fan community online
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How Producer Michael Uslan Gave Us ‘Batman’ and Shaped the Superhero Movie Era
The producer’s decade-long quest resulted in Tim Burton’s 1989 film and a new direction for comics on screen, but with a whole lot of fits and starts after
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Jon Stewart to Companies That Bend the Knee to Trump: ‘Why Would Anyone Watch You?’
“The Daily Show” host lashes out at the Colbert cancellation, but with a broader message about the faulty logic of currying favor with the “Boy King”
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‘Defund PBS’ Realizes a Long-Held Conservative Dream Built on Lies and Half-Truths
The decades-old campaign against NPR and PBS doesn’t reflect reality, but it does fulfill a Trump promise
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