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WaPo interview: What happens to CNN and MSNBC if Biden wins?
Today is election day and even if we know the results tomorrow, it's precarious to try to predict how CNN and MSNBC will react because...
apekary
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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A Trump official just helped make my point
I just read something surprising. Please read this for a critical lesson about the news-for-profit model. Today, there is new evidence...
apekary
Oct 31, 20202 min read
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My interview with Ana Marie Cox for Crooked Media
"Cable news is bad for America" Big thanks to Ana Marie Cox for taking up this topic on her podcast, With Friends Like These -...
apekary
Oct 30, 20201 min read
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On cable news, it's 2016 all over again
One of the key reasons I resigned from MSNBC is due to how ratings determined most of their election coverage. I watched substantive...
apekary
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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The paradox of Jeff Zucker
In my last column for Columbia Journalism Review, I wrote about how CNN's President was caught on tape helping Donald Trump during the...
apekary
Oct 2, 20202 min read
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My newest for CJR: why give CNN credit?
Last week, we witnessed the best and the worst of CNN. One of the best segments was Kyung Lah's heartfelt piece on the rise of evictions...
apekary
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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New gig: Public Editor for CJR covering CNN
I'm excited to report that starting this month, I am writing two columns a month for Columbia Journalism Review as a public editor with a...
apekary
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Follow up + a note about ideology
First: thank you everyone for your responses. I’m overwhelmed, surprised, and heartened by your reaction. Over the last couple of...
apekary
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Personal news: why I’m now leaving MSNBC
“Just quit.” That’s the advice Alec gave a year and a half ago when I expressed concerns about my job. “You just quit. It’s that...
apekary
Aug 3, 20205 min read
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The best thing I did this year was say "I'm sorry"
A long time ago, I was a bad friend. In middle school, Rachel and I became fast friends when we rode the bus home together. She had an...
apekary
Jan 1, 20202 min read
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