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Who Is Giving Carlos Watson Money Now?
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
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Journalismism
G/O Media Shutters Jezebel After Abandoning Sale Efforts
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Chris Thompson
November 9, 2023
MLB
White Sox Lose The Broadcaster Who Made Their Games Tolerable
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Kathryn Xu
November 9, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Wow, You Can’t Even Pound A Quart Of Whiskey At The Airport For Less Than $60 Anymore
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Albert Burneko
September 21, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Michael Kay Apologizes For Ripping Brian Daboll Over Child’s Birthday Celebration
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Chris Thompson
September 14, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
DraftKings Apologizes For Pushing “Never Forget” 9/11 Parlay
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Tom Ley
September 11, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Barstool Sports’s New Owner Reportedly Laying Off 100 Staffers After Purchasing Company For One Dollar
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Chris Thompson
August 31, 2023
Media Meltdowns
ESPN Is About To Get Much More Annoying
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Tom Ley
August 9, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Colin Cowherd Pratfalls Through The Laziest Possible Segment Of Football Analysis
207
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Chris Thompson
August 8, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Orioles Eat Mountains Of Shit After Suspending Broadcaster For Congratulating Improved Team
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Chris Thompson
August 8, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Pat McAfee: My Dumb Larry Nassar Joke Is Actually Investigative Journalisms
142
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Patrick Redford
July 31, 2023
MLB
John Flaherty And The Yankees Would Both Like That Inning Back
123
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Barry Petchesky
July 17, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Flyers Staffers Forget To Mute Themselves Talking Shit About Reporter’s Question
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Samer Kalaf
July 12, 2023
Capital
Autostraddle Is Spiraling Toward A Shutdown Or A Sale
102
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Lauren Theisen
July 11, 2023
Journalismism
The Slow Hemorrhage Of The American Sports Desk
247
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Ray Ratto
July 10, 2023
Journalismism
G/O Media’s Bot-Written Blogs May Be Unreadable, But At Least They’re Incorrect
432
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Samer Kalaf
July 6, 2023
Media Meltdowns
GQ Rolled Over And Showed Its Belly To David Zaslav
303
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Patrick Redford
July 5, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Shams Charania’s Whoopsie Sure Made Someone A Lot Of Money
120
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Patrick Redford
June 23, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Bill Simmons Finds Himself In Row Across The Pond After Slagging Off Harry And Meghan
303
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Patrick Redford
June 21, 2023
Capital
Gimlet Media’s Story Was Always Going To End Like This
218
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
June 12, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Semafor Shithead Screams At Climate Activists
170
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Tom Ley
June 7, 2023
Journalismism
The Messenger Hasn’t Yet Disrupted Anything But Its Own Newsroom
86
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Patrick Redford
May 25, 2023
Media Meltdowns
How Not To Interview A Transportation Secretary
400
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Albert Burneko
May 19, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Everyone Who Knows What Elizabeth Holmes Did Wrong, Step Forward (Not So Fast, The New York Times)
368
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Albert Burneko
May 8, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Denver Post Columnist: Nikola Jokic’s Underwear Shows Why He Deserves MVP
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Patrick Redford
May 3, 2023
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