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Giri Nathan

Alexander Zverev with the winners' trophy after his victory against Flavio Cobolli

Tennis

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

Casa Magazines staffer Mirza Ayan Baig holds up a recent Knicks front page.

The Knicks’ Finals Run Has Even Made Print Media Hot

Tom Ley

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

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

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

Journalismism

Bari Weiss Hires Credulous Dope To Run ’60 Minutes’

Samer Kalaf

Oklahoma City Thunder mascot Bison performs during a break in play

Oklahoma Newspaper Deletes Column Comparing Thunder To Israel

Tony Dokoupil at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

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

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

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Kate Dries

Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep attends the world premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2

Arts And Culture

The Devil Wears Prada, Too

Kelsey McKinney

anne hathaway and meryl streep wear sunglasses in the Devil Wears Prada 2

Even In The Movies, Journalism Is Fucked

Albert Burneko

Guests huddle under tables and on the floor after Secret Service agents hustle Donald Trump out of the WHCA Dinner on Apr. 25 2026

Everyone Survives White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

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

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

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

A screenshot of Dianna Russini when she appeared on the Dan Patrick show. She's sitting in a chair and talking into a microphone

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance

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

In a black-and-white old photo from an exhibition in Paris in 1960, a robotic typist sits at a desk in front of a typewriter, with two women looking on.

The Machines

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

Free Press Dipshit Humiliates Herself In Public Again

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

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

Patrick Redford

Capital

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

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

Ray Ratto

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle interviews an A's player, who is sadly Addison Russell, during Spring Training in 2014.

Who Told Scott Ostler He Was Allowed To Retire?

Flatbush Local, Culture Writer, Former Mayor of New York City.

Abe Beame

Lost Recipes

Dave McKenna

A man walks past The Washington Post on August 5, 2013 in Washington, DC after it was announced that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had agreed to purchase the Post for USD 250 million. Multi-billionaire Bezos, who created Amazon, which has soared in a few years to a dominant position in online retailing, said he was buying the Post in his personal capacity and hoped to shepherd it through the evolution away from traditional newsprint.