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In short, even though Kehr remains one of the most responsible of film critics, he also proves that one reason why he deserves this distinction is that he knows the value of irresponsibility—as his treatment of Russ Meyer’s Supervixens also demonstrates.
Dave Kehr • Movies That Mattered: More Reviews from a Transformative Decade
opponents were routinely described as “thieves”,
Joan Didion • After Henry: Essays
Sally Darr, Formidable Chef of ’80s-Era French Bistro, Dies at 100
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Jessica Lessin • Larry Summers on Trump’s ‘Tragic Precedent,’ TikTok and Regulation
There is an authentic radicalism in this country now, but it does not abuse the metaphor of revolution. It is not the radicalism of rhetoric, theater, mannerism, psychodrama, air. And it is not paralyzed in its own unconsummated moral impulses by viewing every human problem at a single level of atrocity.
Renata Adler • After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction
After a suspension, Williams is reinstated in the anchor chair at MSNBC—where he later criticizes the Trump team for spreading fake news.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
three decades since the FCC revoked the Fairness Doctrine (which required TV and radio stations to devote some of their programming to important issues of the day and air opposing views on those issues)
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
” Levitt’s deadpan spunkiness emerges throughout the essay. She is a proud reporter, insisting on the exterior, matter-of-fact, impersonal quality of her work, writes Gopnik. But she refused to become a journalist. “A reporter,” according to Levitt, “says what she sees; a photojournalist sees what everyone else is saying.”