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Media Meltdowns
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You Cannot Defeat Stephen A. Smith In Mind Combat
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Tom Ley
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Samer Kalaf
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Bryan Goldberg Becomes Latest Rich Asshole To Kill Gawker
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Laura Wagner
February 1, 2023
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Marc Caputo Leaves NBC News One Week After Gloating About Evicting Tenant
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Chris Thompson
February 1, 2023
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NBC Politics Reporter Gloats About Evicting Tenant: “I Hope He Enjoys The Sex In Prison”
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Laura Wagner
January 25, 2023
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Vox Media Layoffs Wipe Out Most SB Nation Hockey, MLS Sites
185
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Laura Wagner
January 20, 2023
The Machines
How Not To Interrogate The Ethics Of Tesla’s Busted Autopilot Technology
534
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Albert Burneko
January 20, 2023
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Luis Paez-Pumar
January 19, 2023
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464
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Chris Thompson
January 11, 2023
College Basketball
Hunter Dickinson Promises No More “Hitler Comments” About Tom Izzo
102
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Giri Nathan
January 6, 2023
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Why Coverage Of Dana White Slapping His Wife Has Been So Disastrous
400
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Patrick Redford
January 6, 2023
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Skip Bayless And Shannon Sharpe Bicker, But Not In The Rehearsed Way
185
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Laura Wagner
January 4, 2023
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Skip Bayless Hosts ‘Undisputed’ By Himself, Struggles To Explain Damar Hamlin Tweet
222
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Samer Kalaf
January 3, 2023
Year In Review
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234
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Giri Nathan
December 28, 2022
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New York Times Reporter Suggests Entitled Reader Culture Has Become Dangerous And Unacceptable
239
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Laura Wagner
December 20, 2022
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Sam Bankman-Fried Is Where Media Patronage Was Always Headed
249
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Laura Wagner
December 16, 2022
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The ‘Trainwreck Tonight’ Podcast Regrets That Comments Were Made By A Guest
207
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
December 14, 2022
Journalismism
What Are The Twitter Files, And Do You Need To Care About Them?
455
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Tom Ley
December 7, 2022
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Drew Brees Struck By Idiotic Marketing Ploy, Not Lightning
204
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Tom Ley
December 2, 2022
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Iranian Press Corps Dominates Group-Stage Match Against USMNT
219
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Ray Ratto
November 29, 2022
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Newspaper Owner Slaps Union Organizer With Burger Bag At Ohio Rest Stop Amid Labor Strike
199
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Laura Wagner
November 22, 2022
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Tony La Russa’s Dream Of Twitter Verification Will Soon Just Be Something You Can Buy
178
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Dan McQuade
November 2, 2022
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TNT’s Draymond Green Minidoc Is A Parody Of An Apology
162
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Giri Nathan
October 19, 2022
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That Stupid Fucking Dragon Ad Is Just The Start
235
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Lauren Theisen
October 12, 2022
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