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WNBA

Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball

Media Meltdowns

ESPN Just Keeps Getting Smaller And Louder

Tennis

Tennis.com Lived And Died With The Internet

NBA

James Dolan Sues Wired Magazine For Writing A Story About His Shitty Ways

Journalismism

Atlantic Writer: I Will Always Cherish The Day Lindsey Graham Told Me I Looked Like Shit Mere Hours After A Mass Shooting

Journalismism

ESPN Retracts Article About NFL Player And Dead Woman In Dominican Republic

Tennis

It’s Hard To Find The Feel-Good Angle Of Alexander Zverev

NBA

The Knicks’ Finals Run Has Even Made Print Media Hot

Politics

Bari Weiss Even Worse At Her Job Than Previously Imagined

Media Meltdowns

Punk-Ass Loser Nick Bilton Fires Scott Pelley For Daring To Ask Him Questions

Politics

Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron

Media Meltdowns

Boring Dunce Nick Bilton Hounded Out Of First Meeting With ’60 Minutes’ Staffers

Journalismism

Bari Weiss Hires Credulous Dope To Run ’60 Minutes’

Journalismism

Oklahoma Newspaper Deletes Column Comparing Thunder To Israel

Media Meltdowns

Tony Dokoupil Flew 8,000 Miles Just To Eat More Shit

Media Meltdowns

The Saddest Place In America Is Wherever The Washington Post Films This Podcast

Arts And Culture

The Devil Wears Prada, Too

Arts And Culture

Even In The Movies, Journalism Is Fucked

Politics

Everyone Survives White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

Journalismism

Tony Dokoupil Is Still Eating Shit, Even If No One’s Watching

NFL

Mike Vrabel To Seek Counseling Over “Completely Innocent Interaction” With Dianna Russini [Update]

NFL

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance

Politics

President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak On Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ

The Machines

Why Would You Ask AI To Tell The Story Of Your Own Life?

Journalismism

Free Press Dipshit Humiliates Herself In Public Again

NFL

Mike Vrabel And Dianna Russini Insist There’s Nothing Strange About Them Holding Hands And Hugging At A Hotel

Capital

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI

Politics

This Election Is Too Darn Important To Be Left To Merciful Salad Eaters

Journalismism

Who Told Scott Ostler He Was Allowed To Retire?

Arts And Culture

Lost Recipes

Journalismism

Shitty Washington Post Publisher Loses Job After Skipping Out To The Super Bowl

Journalismism

The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead

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