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An Early Casualty in the AI Wars
The startup search company Neeva promised users an ad-free search experience. It delivered, but then circumstances changed. A tale from the AI shakeout.
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What We Learned from the CNN-Trump Debacle
Nothing. The program shouldn’t have happened. But it did–and here are some bitter truths it reinforced about dealing with Trump.
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‘As bad as it gets without body bags.’
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What We Learned from the CNN-Trump Debacle
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The Court Can't Heal Itself.
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Framing: In Honor of Eric Boehlert.
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‘It's just business.’ People Who Sow Hate for Profit.
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Guest Post: ‘My Covid Brain’
By Deborah Fallows. This is the kind of story we'll be telling about these times.
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On Knowing When to Go.
Dianne Feinstein staying on creates a problem for her party. Joe Biden staying on solves problems for them.
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‘It's just business.’ People Who Sow Hate for Profit.
Murdoch, Trump, Carlson: They've all done their damage. One of them stands apart.
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The Court Can't Heal Itself.
‘Contempt of court’ takes on a whole new meaning. Clarence Thomas won't solve this problem, and John Roberts can't. It's time to bring rule of law to…
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Media Lessons from a Tumultuous Week
There are big problems. And a few big solutions. (Once again: think globally, act locally.)
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‘Death of the Great Man’: a Conversation with Peter Kramer.
What would it be like to be Donald Trump's mental therapist? A renowned psychiatrist and writer gives us a fictionalized view.
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The AR-15 is a Weapon of War.
And our domestic battlefield is strewn with the bodies of little children. Some parents, and the Washington Post, decide it is time to show the carnage.
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