Dan Froomkin (Presswatchers.org)
Editor of Press Watch (http://presswatchers.org) ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
Opinion | A Dismissed Abortion Case Points to Internal Tensions and Dysfunction at the Supreme Courtwww.nytimes.com The court dismisses an abortion case it now says it should never have accepted, opening a window on internal tensions.
CNN fails the nation | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Biden’s performance was inept. But Trump’s incessant lying would have been the other major takeaway from the debate if the moderators had done their jobs.
CNN fails the nation | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Biden’s performance was inept. But Trump’s incessant lying would have been the other major takeaway from the debate if the moderators had done their jobs.
30 L.G.B.T.Q. Artists Look Back on the Pleasures and Pain of Being 30www.nytimes.com For Pride Month, we asked people ranging in age from 34 to 93 to share an indelible memory. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today.
Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho -- for nowwww.washingtonpost.com The ruling, which was prematurely posted by the high court, allows emergency abortions in Idaho to stabilize patients -- for now, while litigation continues.
CNN’s facts-optional debate moderation is a gift to the liar | Press Watchpresswatchers.org By declaring that there will little or no live fact-checking, CNN is announcing that it doesn’t give a damn about the difference between truth and lies.
Massive media fail: Abortion coverage ignores misogyny, theocracy, and so much more | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Where are the feminist voices in the news coverage of the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I sought some out.
No, Trump Did Not Call Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists 'Very Fine People'www.snopes.com Trump's remarks about the deadly Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally in 2017 remain controversial.
A Post Mortemopen.substack.com There are very few stories I am competent to write, because I don’t know anything about anything, but when I pretend to be competent, I mostly I fake it. Yet there is one subject about which I can spe...
What Happened to Glenn Youngkin?www.politico.com The Virginia governor seems to have lost his way, both in his state and his party.
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his convictionwww.nbcnews.com On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watchpresswatchers.org Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.
Opinion | Is Donald Trump okay?wapo.st His story about hypothetically being electrocuted is another glimpse into a mind that is, evidently, unwell.
GOP Convention Stuck With Convicted Felon As Nominee, With No Clear Path To Replace Trumpwww.huffpost.com Unlike in 2016, when a “Dump Trump” fight went to the floor, pro-Trump activists now make up an overwhelming majority of national convention delegates.