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2024 Republican presidential debate on Fox News.

How Cable News Upended American Politics

Cable TV's backers sold the technology as a boon to democracy, but embraced a business model that chased niche audiences.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on September 27, 2023

Cover of the book "24/7 Politics," featuring photos of Nixon and Carter.

The Battlefields of Cable

How cable TV transformed politics—and how politics transformed cable TV.

by Jesse Walker via Reason on August 15, 2023

Richard Nixon on a television screen.

The Problem With Fox News Goes Way, Way Back

Richard Nixon decided a powerful new medium should appeal to the marketplace, not to citizens.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via The Atlantic on August 13, 2023

When Richard Nixon Declared War on the Media

Like Nixon, Trump has managed to marginalize the media, creating an effective foil.

by Matt Giles via Longreads on November 8, 2018

Elon Musk's face edited onto Apple advertisements.

A Bullshit Genius

On Walter Isaacson’s biographical project.

by Oscar Schwartz via The Drift on March 12, 2024

A women in a newsroom covering the election

Good TV Demands Results on Election Night, but That’s Bad for Democracy

The history of tuning in to televised election returns.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on November 3, 2020

Assassination as Cure: Disease Metaphors and Foreign Policy

The poorly crafted disease metaphor often accompanies a bad outcome.

by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on January 13, 2020

Does Journalism Have a Future?

In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on January 22, 2019

Marc Lamont Hill and the Legacy of Punishing Black Internationalists

CNN's firing of Hill fits into a troubling history of repressing black voices on Palestine.

by Noura Erakat via Washington Post on December 5, 2018

James Baldwin.

The Forgotten Baldwin

Baldwin demands that the Atlanta child murders be more than a mere media spectacle or crime story, and that black lives matter.

by Joseph Vogel via Boston Review on May 14, 2018

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