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Getty; The Atlantic Podcasts Are No Longer Private Conversations
Keeping track of all the garbage aired in audio can be a full-time job, and the stakes are getting higher.
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The Atlantic The Story of Alden Global Capital Illustrates Deep American Problems
Readers respond to our November 2021 cover story and more.
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Daniel Constante / Alamy; Getty; Paul Spella / … Fox Hosts Knew—And Lied Anyway
Text messages sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reveal a disturbing truth.
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Samuel Corum / Getty; Rich Polk / Getty; … Tucker Carlson Is Completing the Work That Trump Began
There was a time when someone like Alex Jones would have been too toxic to embrace.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Chris Cuomo Must Go
New revelations show the CNN anchor betrayed his obligation to his viewers.
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Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic Pope Francis Is Right About My Profession
Journalists need to get out more.
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Selcuk Acar / NurPhoto / Getty; Chip Somodevilla … Tucker Carlson Is Stirring Up Hatred of America
His new documentary is designed to sow mistrust of the country’s most important institutions.
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YouTube; The Atlantic Gossip Bloggers Caught Canoodling With QAnon
Is it ever okay to speculate that Hollywood celebrities are drinking the blood of children?
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Dan Winters for The Atlantic A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms
Inside Alden Global Capital
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KC McGinnis for The Atlantic What We Lost When Gannett Came to Town
We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.
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Frazer Harrison / Getty; Valerie Chiang Let’s Make Sure Britney Is Able to Enjoy Her Freedom This Time
“I hope she does whatever she wants to do—even if that is going to the gas station without shoes on.”
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic How 9/11 Changed What Americans Laugh At
The attacks altered the course of modern comedy, fueling the rise of political satire as a form of mainstream entertainment.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic The Tucker Carlson Fans Who Got Vaxxed
I asked vaccinated fans of the Fox News host what it will take to get more Republicans to get their shots.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The MyPillow Guy Really Could Destroy Democracy
In the time I spent with Mike Lindell, I came to learn that he is affable, devout, philanthropic—and a clear threat to the nation.
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Leon Neal / AFP / Getty The Haunting, Ambivalent Olympics Opening Ceremony
The proceedings did anything but distract from the distressing reality surrounding this year’s Tokyo Games.
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Getty ; Adam Maida / The Atlantic This Will End With President Tucker Carlson
The British experience should be a warning: Don’t let journalists go into politics.
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The Atlantic Suddenly, Conservatives Care About Vaccines
A number of leaders on the right suddenly urged their audiences to get vaccinated in the past day. Why now?
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Glenn Harvey Tucker Carlson’s Manufactured America
The Fox host has a new daytime show, and he’s using it to poison the meaning of patriotism.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty; Josh … The Arms Race for Weather Lovers Has Begun
New streaming services from Fox and the Weather Channel are betting big on the idea that an armchair meteorologist lives inside each of us.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Problem With the Stories We Tell About Eating Disorders
When art about the subject glamorizes it, audiences pay the price.
