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The big platforms finally policed Donald Trump. But there’s no one — really — to police the platforms except their owners and employees.


Guess what happens when you tell people, over and over, that they’re being robbed? They may believe you.


We talked to Matt Gertz of Media Matters about Trump’s one-sided feud with Fox, the rise of OAN and Newsmax, and where right-wing cable news is headed.


Sometimes they’re just Christmas-adjacent.


Neither the media nor fact-checkers controlled the online conversation surrounding “misinformation” this year.


Americans consumed twice as much dubious news in 2020 as they did in 2019.


Even after the pandemic upended the movie business, Disney is sticking to the status quo.


What to expect from Disney’s streaming service in 2021 and beyond.

Young adults are failing to launch their careers during a pandemic. That could have a lasting generational impact.


They’d have you believe the ongoing humanitarian disaster is primarily an economic problem hurting business owners.


How much chaos will the Supreme Court’s new majority impose on the government?


You can see all of Warner Bros.’ movies on HBO Max next year — on the same day they come to theaters. Here’s a Q&A with Jason Kilar about the logic behind the move.

Language diversity within the AAPI community means misinformation is difficult to track.


Streaming TV should be easy, but fights among Roku, Amazon, HBO, and NBC are making it hard.


“A brand mascot that jumped off the cereal box”: TV critic James Poniewozik explains the multimedia character Trump created.


The Times’s subscription business is booming. But the BuzzFeed CEO has a critique.


Why you can see Wonder Woman 1984 at home on Christmas Day.


Fed nominee Judy Shelton was blocked by the Senate — but she might be back.


The network sometimes engages with the reality that Biden won. For Trump, that’s an unforgivable sin.


CNN’s Brian Stelter on the conservative backlash against Fox News, the rise of Newsmax, and the bottomless appetite for right-wing propaganda.


Rupert Murdoch doesn’t believe Trump was cheated. But he’s letting Fox personalities spin tales that could permanently harm America.

Wall Street was fine with a Donald Trump presidency. Turns out it’s good with a Joe Biden presidency, too.


Cooper used to be a conventional TV reporter. Then Trump became president.


People spent the summer freaking out and subscribing to the paper of record.


YouTube memes are a big part of the president’s Election Day push.


What happens to the likes of Sarah Cooper, Crooked Media, and the Lincoln Project in a Trumpless world?


Here’s a few things to know about Disney+’s Star Wars TV show if you’re not a Star Wars fan.


Rashida Tlaib and AOC are rolling out a plan to help create public banks across the country.


2020 has been one heck of a year to be a young, Black-owned small business.


For parents who can’t afford “pods,” some small businesses and nonprofits are filling the void.


Chris Wallace, who moderated the first debate, was “jealous.”


It was no Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Which isn’t a terrible thing.


The two best ways to hold companies to their climate commitments.


A deal could value the five-year-old publishing company at more than $75 million.


California voters get a chance to shape internet privacy rules for the rest of the country in November.




“People are not comfortable going to public places yet.”


Some workers are raising concerns in light of larger tensions over labor organizing.


“Markets don’t give a shit about who’s president”: Wall Street’s biggest 2020 fear is a contested result.

What happens when the campaign trail is an ethernet cable?