Readers of Sunday’s New York Times were treated to an unusual full-page ad from a rival newspaper — the venerated satire periodical The Onion. Most of the available space was taken up by a mocking editorial piece with a headline that blared: “Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs …
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The Onion published a full page ad in the New York Times mocking the “cowardice” of Congress in the face of the Trump administration’s “growing assaults on essential liberties.” A printed copy of the satirical paper’s editorial — which was planned even before Trump dropped a “payload of bombs” on …
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In May 2020, billionaire Elon Musk unexpectedly declared on Twitter (now X) that he was “selling almost all physical possessions.” Going a step further, he added, “Will own no house.” In interviews over the next couple of years, he continued to describe his lifestyle as minimalist or nomadic, claiming that …
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A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to reimburse The New York Times and three journalists $392,638.69 in legal fees related to a frivolous lawsuit the former president leveled against the newspaper. On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Reed ruled that pursuant to a May decision …
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The alleged April 1 apocalypse for “legacy” Twitter users came and went without the mass purge of blue checkmarks, but one notable account didn’t make it out unscathed: In a probable spite move by Elon Musk, the New York Times — after making clear they would not pay for Twitter …
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As one of the most well-known tube sites in the industry, to the degree that its opening music is a meme on TikTok, Pornhub has become a prime target for the religious right’s war on smut. Most recently, the website was subject to litigation filed by NCOSE (the National Center …
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Money may very well equal power, but so does information — especially the dirty kind. Hollywood understands this. From The Sweet Smell of Success to L.A. Confidential, the movies are laden with bullying blackmailers and influence-peddlers using muscle and corruption to scrub the tainted and gain an upper hand. The …
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“Did I embellish my resume? Yes I did. And I’m sorry … but I’m still the same guy, I’m not a fraud.” New York congressman-elect George Santos admitted on Monday to having engaged in “résumé embellishment” and lying about his education and work history. Santos has been embroiled in controversy …
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Last Wednesday, I was on assignment at a high school basketball game in Chicago’s north suburbs, conducting interviews for a magazine profile about one of the nation’s top young recruits, when I received a startling text message from a fellow journalist: “Jill Abramson bit from one of your stories.” In …
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