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Here's what Tucker Carlson believes
On Sunday, exactly halfway between the resounding Conservative Party victory in the soon-to-be-less-United Kingdom and the impeachment of Donald J…
Jonathan M. Katz
Dec 20, 2019
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How the New York Times made 'The Charlottesville Lie' hoax possible
Amid the spate of mass shootings last week, Saturday’s massacre of at least 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso posed a particular problem for…
Jonathan M. Katz
Aug 7, 2019
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The coronavirus disaster hasn't happened yet
Trump’s failed efforts to cover up the scale of the epidemic in the United States is why a complete economic shutdown was necessary in the first place…
Jonathan M. Katz
Mar 25, 2020
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Just take the W, grifters
Everyone loves content, I hear. Well, here’s some.
Jonathan M. Katz
Jun 7, 2022
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Highway robbers of the knowledge economy
A podcast I’d never heard of before stole my work. I’m not alone.
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 28, 2022
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There is no lab leak theory
It's still just vibes in search of a hypothesis
Jonathan M. Katz
Mar 1
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What's new (and what isn't) in the NYT's big Haiti story
Some service journalism about some (potential) service journalism
Jonathan M. Katz
May 24, 2022
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An earthquake in my brain
Three weeks ago, dear reader, I had a stroke. Believe me, I was surprised as you are. On an inauspicious Friday, I went to bed at two in the morning, a…
Jonathan M. Katz
Oct 16, 2019
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Disarm the lifeboats
In this week’s Long Version I cite my fellow Substacker Emily Atkin, whose newsletter, Heated, has become an indispensable daily read on the most urgent…
Jonathan M. Katz
Jan 3, 2020
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The far right's secret weapon
Have some extreme reactionism you need to sell? Call the politics desk of the New York Times.
Jonathan M. Katz
Nov 4, 2021
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Standing athwart history, yelling 'Trans'
Or how liberals become reactionaries
Jonathan M. Katz
Feb 17
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James Bennet and the rewriting of 2020
Sometimes, history changes unexpectedly toward the good. And then, powerful people with something to lose try to change it back.
Jonathan M. Katz
Oct 28, 2022
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