The Present Age

Republicans built a brand on “f your feelings.” Then the DNC called Stephen Miller ugly, and they found theirs.

CBS just let one of ‘60 Minutes’ best correspondents walk. Alfonsi diagnosed the project on her way out: keep the brand, remove the journalism.

As newspapers disappear and hedge funds hollow out newsrooms, state governments are experimenting with public funding models to preserve accountability reporting.

The students who booed AI at graduation were right. It probably won't matter.

Bezos’s new opinion section has 515 YouTube subscribers. CBS News is at historic ratings lows. The Daily Wire is shedding audience. The billionaires paying for all of it say it doesn’t matter.

You literally cannot win.

The man telling the New York Times he’s sorry he supported Trump is the same man telling his brother last week that white Americans are the real victims.

The dinner was Saturday. By Tuesday afternoon, the FCC was investigating ABC’s licenses and the DOJ had indicted James Comey for a beach photo. The press still won’t say what it’s watching.

Eight years ago, I argued the White House Correspondents’ Dinner should end. The years since have only made the case stronger. And Saturday wasn’t even the worst part.

When Texas Republicans gerrymandered at Trump’s direction, the Washington Post told readers to calm down. When Virginia Democrats responded, the editorial board found the end of democracy.

Cory Booker went to Michigan to yell at the people who sat out 2024. The voters he was yelling at have been telling pollsters what would actually bring them back.

A short reading list on today’s news

DoorDash’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.

The media made JD Vance. Now they’re protecting the investment.

Donald Trump threatened to destroy a civilization of 90 million people on a Tuesday morning. We've moved on.

The conservative media machine doesn’t want Jaden Ivey to get help. It wants him to keep talking.

Right-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.

Every 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.

Superhuman’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.

Kat Abughazaleh lost. What she built is what the Democratic Party is missing.