Alex Shephard

@alex_shephard

The network never should have let Chris Cuomo “interview” his brother last spring or advise him on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations.

The departing governor was a bully, a creep, and an authoritarian. He was also bad for New York.

The Democrats somehow convinced enough Republican senators to support a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Now they have to go to war to pass a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

Earlier this year, the press deemed the Florida governor a political “winner” of the pandemic. Now his state is a Covid epicenter.

The greatest player ever, much like fans of the sport, was left with no good options.

The embattled New York governor attempted to lie and spin his way out of a damning report from the state’s attorney general.

By hyping scary figures and alarming statistics while overlooking crucial context, many news outlets are creating a misleading picture of the dangers the delta variant poses to the vaccinated.

The Virgin magnate is battling fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to turn outer space into a playground for the rich.

None of the gymnast’s suddenly frothing critics actually care about gymnastics or the Olympics. They’re just outrage junkies desperate for a fix.

The Apple TV series’ debut season provided simple comfort during dark times in 2020. But the honeymoon is over for the second season.

If January 6 couldn’t correct the Washington media’s worst tic, nothing can.

Republicans are pretending to be the party of fiscal responsibility again.

GOP senators have bogged down the infrastructure bill in the name of bipartisanship. The Democrats need to take control of the process.

The new LeBron James–Looney Tunes crossover movie isn’t just bad. It’s a harbinger of worse to come.

Reporting revealing that top military officials were prepared to resign to defy Trump shouldn’t make us feel better about the the state of U.S. institutions.

“It’s about intimidation—and not of me,” says the University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato

The network’s dishonesty about the dangers of vaccines is putting its audience at risk.

The GOP’s dwindling establishment hawks think U.S. troops should remain in the country despite two decades of failure. Three out of four Americans disagree.

The “Hillbilly Elegy” author spent the first week of his campaign apologizing for his past criticism of Trump. He’s going to have to grovel even more if he hopes to defeat the Forever Trumpers he’s up against.

Cable news’s traditional home for climate denialism and political radicalism is going to make a right-wing run at the Weather Channel.