The Present Age Parker Molloy’s award-winning media criticism, culture, and politics newsletter.
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A Real Delivery
by Parker Molloy on April 15, 2026DoorDash’s head of public affairs said on Tuesday that “no one is claiming it was a real delivery.” You wouldn't know it from the media coverage.
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The "Foremost War Skeptic"
by Parker Molloy on April 14, 2026The media made JD Vance. Now they’re protecting the investment.
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Take Him Literally
by Parker Molloy on April 9, 2026Donald Trump threatened to destroy a civilization of 90 million people on a Tuesday morning. We've moved on.
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Useful
by Parker Molloy on April 2, 2026The conservative media machine doesn’t want Jaden Ivey to get help. It wants him to keep talking.
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They Know What "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Means
by Parker Molloy on March 30, 2026Right-wing media has a formula: take a common phrase, pretend it means something monstrous, and pound away until a scandal exists. They just did it to a Chicago alderwoman.
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The IOC's New Policy Isn't Really a Trans Story
by Parker Molloy on March 26, 2026Every headline says the IOC banned trans women from the Olympics. The athletes who’ll actually be barred are cis women who’ve never heard of the SRY gene.
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Sloppelgängers
by Parker Molloy on March 23, 2026Superhuman’s CEO sat for an interview about the AI feature that used writers’ names without permission. What he revealed was worse than the feature itself.
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"What if We Didn't Suck?"
by Parker Molloy on March 18, 2026Kat Abughazaleh lost. What she built is what the Democratic Party is missing.
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They'll Go First
by Parker Molloy on March 16, 2026Watch now | Thursday’s Geoff Rickly on piracy, paywalls, and what the music industry’s collapse tells us about what’s coming for news.
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The Patriotic Press
by Parker Molloy on March 13, 2026Pete Hegseth just confirmed what the Ellison takeover of CNN is actually for.
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Schrödinger's War
by Parker Molloy on March 10, 2026They can’t agree on whether it’s a war, a mission, regime change, or self-defense. They don’t need to. They just need Congress to stay out.
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With Us or Against Us, Again
by Parker Molloy on March 3, 2026Congress didn’t authorize this war, and the only response to questions is a loyalty test we’ve fallen for before.
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Why ‘Flooding the Zone’ Works for Trump
by Parker Molloy on February 27, 2026As crises and news events pile up, the connection between them becomes the story the American media machine is least equipped to cover.
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The First Version Wins
by Parker Molloy on February 24, 2026A fake Newsom quote went viral today. Every time this happens, the real story disappears.
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CBS Doesn't Need to Be Told Anymore
by Parker Molloy on February 18, 2026A year of capitulation, from paying off the president to killing stories to blocking interviews.
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Computer, Enhance
by Parker Molloy on February 12, 2026People keep running crime footage through AI thinking they’re helping. They’re not.
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The Threshold
by Parker Molloy on February 10, 2026The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
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The NFL Told You Why It Booked Bad Bunny
by Parker Molloy on February 9, 2026The league's own executives explained the strategy, on the record, for years. Conservative media pretended it wasn't happening.
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Jeff Bezos Gutted the Newsroom. He Kept the Megaphone.
by Parker Molloy on February 6, 2026Bezos didn’t abandon the Washington Post. He just decided which part of it he wanted.
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Netflix's Surrender Has Already Begun
by Parker Molloy on February 5, 2026A CEO calling his own company's past a "mistake." A 47-page report designed to be cited, not read. The pressure campaign that broke Facebook is back for Netflix.
