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Eat the Press
Will Tweety Eat Sylvester? Martha Bayles

Why is the President-elect so good at getting the media to chase their own tails?

 Published: Jan 18, 2017
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The Writing on the Wall
It’s the Corruption, Stupid Martha Bayles

How Westerners misunderstand the Eurasian drift of former Soviet republics like Moldova.

 Published: Jan 09, 2017
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Unreliable Narratives
Watch Me Lie! Martha Bayles

The problem with our media isn’t “fake news.” It’s the absence of meaningful contexts for interpretation.

 Published: Dec 21, 2016
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Information Age
Good for the Media, Bad for America Martha Bayles

How serious political reporting became a luxury good amid a mass-market media circus.

Published: Jul 19, 2016
2018
A Message from Our Leader Martha Bayles & Jeffrey Gedmin

President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, televised January 2018 on the Daily Donald Trump (DDT) network.

 Published: Apr 05, 2016
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The Sony Hack
Kick the Chicken, Kowtow to the Monkey Jeffrey Gedmin & Martha Bayles

Forget about North Korea and The Interview: For decades Hollywood has been censoring its own output to protect access to the Chinese market.

Published: Dec 26, 2014
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The TNR Dust-Up
Horrible Bosses Jeffrey Gedmin & Martha Bayles

What the New Republic and the Washington Redskins have in common.

 Published: Dec 12, 2014
American Refractions
American’s Misguided Gender Missionaries Martha Bayles

America’s eternal secular messianic temptation has now alighted on gender equality.

 Published: Mar 03, 2014
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