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Eric Boehlert

Eric Boehlert, a former senior writer for Salon, is the author of “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.”

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Vladimir Putin (Reuters/Michael Klimentyev/Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon)

Why Fox News and the rest of Trump’s loyalist media won’t be able to contain the sprawling Russia story

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(AP/Evan Vucci)

Beyond a lie: The White House is creating misinformation as propaganda

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

It’s time for cable news to unplug the White House press briefings

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Tucker Carlson

As Donald Trump unravels, so do Fox’s ratings

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Greg Gianforte (AP/Bobby Caina Calvan)

The GOP’s war on the press explodes into full view

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Sean Hannity (Fox News)

Fox News’s cynical and vulgar conspiracies about the slain DNC staffer fit a pattern

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Trumpcare: What happened to the press’s obsession with bipartisan votes?

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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump doesn’t understand health care. Shouldn’t the press say so?

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(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

The press still obsessed with Donald Trump’s voters, but they didn’t care about Obama’s

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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The press struggles to finally break its “populist” habit for Trump

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Rupert Murdoch (AP/Josh Reynolds)

Rupert Murdoch’s disturbing corporate legacy: chronic sexual harassment in U.S., rampant lawbreaking in UK

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(Twitter: Melanie Maxwell, MLive photojournalist)

Donald Trump tries to lead America down a Fox News rabbit hole

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(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

No laughing matter: The press shouldn’t be chuckling about Trump’s lies

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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Right-wing media scramble to recast Barack Obama as Trump-era villain

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AP Photo/Russell Contreras (AP)

Built on a false siege: Donald Trump’s border wall lacks context

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President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Exploring the Beltway press’ enduring fantasy: Media never stopped blaming Obama for radical GOP obstruction

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Alumisource, a metals recycling facility in Monessen, Pa. A new multi-nation survey finds that confidence in Donald Trump’s ability to manage foreign policy should be become U.S. president is rock-bottom in a host of countries in Europe and Asia. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (AP)

A glaring Trump transition story hiding in plain sight: Trump is historically unpopular

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Hillary Clinton (AP/Andrew Harnik)

The media isn’t for Hillary Clinton: Her emails have been covered more than all policy proposals

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Efforts to explain Donald Trump’s base have left Hillary Clinton supporters on the back burner

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Trey Gowdy (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Farewell to the Benghazi farce: Trey Gowdy’s investigation concludes not with a bang but a whimper

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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on the day several states held presidential primaries, including California, at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S., June 7, 2016 REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTSGHCR (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Donald Trump’s campaign looks more like a con every day. The press should cover it accordingly

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(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=7158292'>joreks</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

The glaring omission in the New York Times’ gun debate coverage

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Rudy Giuliani (Fox News)

Fox News’ unholy war on Islam: Rudy and the gang pine for the days of George W. Bush

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Donald Trump (AP/Star Max)

The right’s favorite conspiracy theory: Donald Trump isn’t the first Republican to link Obama to terrorists

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