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Britain’s badgers are being killed in droves. Are they pests or political pawns? Britain’s Badger Wars. The animals are being killed in droves. Are they pests or political pawns?
Britain’s badgers are being killed in droves. Are they pests or political pawns? Britain’s Badger Wars. The animals are being killed in droves. Are they pests or political pawns?
Once, in the pre era before social media—or before smartphones, or the Internet—there was a time when journalists were trusted, Fergus McIntosh, the head of The New Yorker’s fact-checking department, writes. Back then, everybody read muscular daily newspapers and watched straight-down-the-line TV reporting.
Once, in the pre era before social media—or before smartphones, or the Internet—there was a time when journalists were trusted, Fergus McIntosh, the head of The New Yorker’s fact-checking department, writes. Back then, everybody read muscular daily newspapers and watched straight-down-the-line TV reporting. When citizens had to make political decisions, a robust social contract with the media insured that they were well informed; even if they couldn’t always agree on what to do or whom to vote for, they could rely on a shared set of facts. “But then something changed: people stopped paying attention to the news, or decided that they didn’t believe it anymore. They got distracted by podcasts, Facebook, and Twitch. They became ill-informed, and started to act against their best interests. The media decayed and fragmented, along with the nation. Opinion and news became indistinguishable, misinformation ran amok, and that is how we came to live in the post-truth world,” he continues....
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth. The Day the Dinosaurs Died.
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth. The Day the Dinosaurs Died. A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
On a new episode of the Political Scene, the Washington Roundtable discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end its fact-checking program across Meta’s social-media sites. What does this choice mean for truth online in the coming Trump Administration? What the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free SpeechMeta’s decision to stop fact-checking or moderating content on its platforms signals fealty to Donald Trump.
On a new episode of the Political Scene, the Washington Roundtable discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end its fact-checking program across Meta’s social-media sites. What does this choice mean for truth online in the coming Trump Administration? What the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free Speech Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking or moderating content on its platforms signals fealty to Donald Trump.
From 2018: Ian Frazier writes about a factory in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood hiding illicit activities in its basement. Cherries on top, and something else below. Who knew? The Maraschino Mogul’s Secret Life Ian Frazier on how Arthur Mondella’s Brooklyn-based cherry factory mysteriously turned Red Hook’s bees red, in 2010.
From 2018: Ian Frazier writes about a factory in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood hiding illicit activities in its basement. Cherries on top, and something else below. Who knew? The Maraschino Mogul’s Secret Life Ian Frazier on how Arthur Mondella’s Brooklyn-based cherry factory mysteriously turned Red Hook’s bees red, in 2010.
In 1835, the penny press was ascendant, and everyone was talking about the men on the moon.
In 1835, the penny press was ascendant, and everyone was talking about the men on the moon. Moon Shot: Race, a Hoax, and the Birth of Fake News In 1835, the penny press was ascendant, and everyone was talking about the m
We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem. What Is Privacy For? We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem.
We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem. What Is Privacy For? We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem.
Jean Strouse’s book, “Family Romance,” isn’t a biography of John Singer Sargent, or a definitive history of the Gilded Age or its trappings, Jackson Arn writes. “It contains an astute eye for the era’s swerves and twists.”
Jean Strouse’s book, “Family Romance,” isn’t a biography of John Singer Sargent, or a definitive history of the Gilded Age or its trappings, Jackson Arn writes. “It contains an astute eye for the era’s swerves and twists.”
From New Yorker Humor: The one-upper, the libertarian crypto bro, the person with absolutely no filter, and other people you don’t want to get stuck talking to at a party.
From New Yorker Humor: The one-upper, the libertarian crypto bro, the person with absolutely no filter, and other people you don’t want to get stuck talking to at a party.
Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office with a résumé enhanced by two impeachments, one judgment of liability for sexual abuse, and a plump cluster of felony convictions. He will take the oath of office next week at the scene of his gravest transgression, his incitement of an insurrection on Capitol Hill. Still, Trump soldiers on, as if all the legal accusations against him are badges of merit, further proof of his anti-establishment street cred.
Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office with a résumé enhanced by two impeachments, one judgment of liability for sexual abuse, and a plump cluster of felony convictions. He will take the oath of office next week at the scene of his gravest transgression, his incitement of an insurrection on Capitol Hill. Still, Trump soldiers on, as if all the legal accusations against him are badges of merit, further proof of his anti-establishment street cred. “Since the election, he has proposed so many advisers of low character and dubious qualification that he has overwhelmed the circuitry of the confirmation process and the public sphere,” David Remnick writes. “Across the land, a willing suspension of disbelief has taken hold. (Critical thinking is so 2017.) Certain titans of Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and (God forgive us) the media have hustled off to Mar-a-Lago, a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.” Perha...
“Since this is technically your day, I’m willing to make concessions. But, when it comes to what guests really need to hear, I’m the one with my finger on the pulse.” In New Yorker Humor, the d.j. makes the rules. I’m Your Wedding D.J., and These Songs Are Non-Negotiable.
“Since this is technically your day, I’m willing to make concessions. But, when it comes to what guests really need to hear, I’m the one with my finger on the pulse.” In New Yorker Humor, the d.j. makes the rules. I’m Your Wedding D.J., and These Songs Are Non-Negotiable I will play “Welcome to the Jungle,” just as a little treat for me.
Like a Sartre for the age of screens, the philosopher Byung-Chul Han “puts words to our prevailing condition of not-quite-hopeless digital despair,” Kyle Chayka writes. The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher. Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.
Like a Sartre for the age of screens, the philosopher Byung-Chul Han “puts words to our prevailing condition of not-quite-hopeless digital despair,” Kyle Chayka writes. The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher. Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.