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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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April 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
One of the Biggest Villains in the Local News Crisis Might Finally Lose
An eleventh-hour bid might keep Tribune Publishing out of a hedge fund’s hands.
April 2, 2021
Alex Shephard
Right-Wing Pundits’ Pathetic Defenses of Georgia’s Voter-Suppression Law
As they circle the wagons to justify the new law, conservative commentators fail to answer one simple question: Why does it exist?
April 2, 2021
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Oligarch of the Month: Rupert Murdoch
The media mogul has been encouraging people to get the Covid vaccine—even as his networks push skepticism about its efficacy.
April 1, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why Would Anyone Pay Andrew Cuomo $4 Million for a Book?
Books by politicians sell badly and are quickly forgotten, yet the publishing industry spends shovelfuls of cash on them.
March 31, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Media Is Blowing Coverage of the GOP’s Voter Suppression Efforts
The press was willing to call out Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. It’s letting Republicans off the hook as they restrict voting across the country.
March 24, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why the Media Wants a Crisis at the Border
The press is happy to launder the talking points of ghouls like Stephen Miller to get some desperately needed partisan conflict.
March 19, 2021
Alex Shephard
What Is Substack?
The newsletter company has responded to criticism by claiming it’s a neutral platform. It’s not quite.
March 17, 2021
Alex Shephard
Tucker Carlson Is Leading the Anti-Vax Right
The Fox News host has made skepticism about the Covid-19 vaccine part of his larger narrative about cancel culture and elites.
March 16, 2021
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden Hasn’t Held a Press Conference. Who Cares?
The president isn’t taking questions from the media—but it’s not clear what the public is missing.
March 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Walls Are Closing in on Andrew Cuomo
A series of revelations on Friday have damaged the New York governor beyond repair.
March 11, 2021
Alex Shephard
What Is BuzzFeed Doing to HuffPost?
A devastating round of layoffs is the latest reflection of digital media’s woes.
March 9, 2021
Alex Shephard
Republicans Aren’t Even Trying to Fight the Democrats’ Covid Relief Bill
They want to talk about Mr. Potato Head—and that’s been a good thing for the political media.
March 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
David Brooks and the Endless Grift of the Conservative Commentariat
Conservative columnists have been raking in money from big business for decades.
March 4, 2021
Alex Shephard
Dr. Seuss! Mr. Potato Head! Why the Culture Wars Have Never Been Dumber
Donald Trump has left a void in the discourse that is being filled with vapid nonsense.
March 3, 2021
Alex Shephard
Chris Cuomo Is Everything Wrong With the Media’s Coverage of Andrew Cuomo
The brothers’ buddy-cop routine on CNN was a low point in the press’s fascination with the New York governor.
March 1, 2021
Alex Shephard
Andrew Cuomo Is Screwed
Thanks to mounting scandals, the hunter is now the hunted.
February 24, 2021
Alex Shephard
We Really Don’t Need Another Conservative News Platform
Al Jazeera’s new outlet for “center-right” viewers is the latest entry into a very crowded space.
February 23, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Sunday Shows Are Hopelessly Broken
They are credulous, old-fashioned, and totally unprepared to deal with a radicalized Republican Party.
February 22, 2021
Alex Shephard
No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore
It worked against Obama. But GOP attacks on the Democrats’ Covid stimulus bill are falling on deaf ears after four years of Trump.
February 18, 2021
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz Should Have Stayed in Cancun
The Texas senator doesn’t do his job even when he’s home because conservatives have given up on governing.

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