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Topic: Media Criticism

News and criticism about the media, including commentary and archival coverage from Salon, the original online source for news and politics.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol, June 1, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

Please stop interviewing Lindsey Graham!

Kirk Swearingen
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Forget Biden, focus on Trump

Brian Karem
Former President Donald Trump and moderator Kristen Welker appear in a pre taped interview on “Meet the Press” at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, NJ, Sep. 13, 2023. (William B. Plowman/NBC)

Saved by our fourth branch of government

Lucian K. Truscott IV
President Donald J. Trump speaks while Small Business Administration Linda McMahon listens on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

When facts become seditious

Brian Karem
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos attends the inauguration of Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)

What's behind the big media divide?

Clayton Weimers
George W. Bush and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump gets the George W. Bush treatment

Heather Digby Parton
US President Donald Trump poses with ABC New anchor George Stephanopoulos ahead of a town hall event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 15, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

ABC News sets a bad precedent for media

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Joe Rogan and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facing America's new self-evident truths

Chauncey DeVega
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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a press conference from inside trash hauler at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport on October 30, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Wisconsin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The press obeys him in advance

Brian Karem
U.S. President Donald Trump, Microsoft CEO Stya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attend a meeting of the American Technology Council in the State Dining Room of the White House June 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Billionaires have broken our media

Dan Froomkin
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks during "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 10, 2024 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Laundering lies, manipulating the media

Austin Sarat
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump’s lie-industrial complex

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Press fail: Now it is all normalized

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Ronald Reagan (Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)

Reagan's words haunt when disaster hits

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Economic Club of New York on September 5, 2024. (DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's incoherence is too much to hide

Heather Digby Parton
A protester (center in sunglasses) is arrested by law enforcement officers after jumping onto the media platform at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the 1st Summit Arena on August 30, 2024 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Media silent on MAGA attack on the press

Sabrina Haake
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Baptist Convention on September 08, 2022 in Houston, Texas. ( Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Harris takes on media's double standard

Heather Digby Parton
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Whiplash: Trump's been thrown for a loop

Chauncey DeVega
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as (L-R) U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his wife KellyJohnson watch during the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"The Fourth Estate is failing America"

Chauncey DeVega
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago on February 08, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A return to facts over “fake” news

Brian Karem
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Sarah Gibson and Stormy Daniels at the "Stormy" Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Stateside Theatre on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Amy E. Price/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images)

Stormy Daniels tests a post-#MeToo press

Amanda Marcotte
President Joe Biden is departing the White House and stopping to talk to the press on his way to an event in Miami, Florida, on January 30th, 2024. (Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

It’s all the media’s fault

Brian Karem
Julian Assange and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

There’s a reason the media stinks

Brian Karem
President Joe Biden is departing the White House and stopping to talk to the press on his way to an event in Miami, Florida, on January 30th, 2024. (Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Follow Biden's lead, ignore the pundits

Brad Bauman
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