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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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January 8, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Conservative Media Really Wants You to Think the Capitol Riot Is the Left’s Fault
Lies about voter fraud have given way to excuses for violence.
January 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
Georgia Shows the GOP’s Dismal Future Without Trump
The Republican Party is in disarray.
January 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Is Finally Tearing the GOP Apart
The outgoing president’s demand that Republicans back him at all costs on every issue will have serious repercussions for years to come.
January 5, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Blew Up Ted Cruz’s Cynical Plan to Contest the Election
The president’s extraordinary call with Georgia’s secretary of state is proof that Republicans in Congress are laundering an attempted coup.
December 22, 2020
Alex Shephard
Make Media Small Again
Why consolidation is bad for journalism—and how the government can fix it
December 17, 2020
Alex Shephard
Republicans Will Never Accept the Election Results
The media keeps asking when the GOP will acknowledge that Joe Biden won a fair election. It ain’t happening.
December 14, 2020
Alex Shephard
Sorry, the Hunter Biden Story Is Still Not a Thing
Yes, the FBI is investigating Joe Biden’s son. That doesn’t mean that stories about Hunter’s laptop were credible.
December 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Too Old
A grim report about Dianne Feinstein’s cognitive decline underlines a larger problem with the leadership of the party.
December 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
Fox News Is in Trouble
The network is facing real, sustained competition from the right for the first time in its history.
December 7, 2020
Alex Shephard
Trump Will Finally Get What He Wanted All Along
Now that he’s lost the presidency, he can do what he’s good at: campaigning for it.
December 3, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Media Is Finally Tuning Trump Out
On Wednesday, the president delivered one of the most insane speeches of his political career. The press barely batted an eye.
December 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Does America Really Need More Inside-the-Beltway Journalism?
Three stars are leaving Politico to start their own D.C. scoop factory. Whether it will have anything new to offer remains to be seen.
December 1, 2020
Alex Shephard
How to Cover a Normal Cabinet
Joe Biden’s nominees aren’t the monstrosities of the Trump administration. But they still deserve an appropriate level of scrutiny.
November 25, 2020
Alex Shephard
Pretty Soon There’ll Be Just One Big Book Publisher Left
The acquisition of Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House shows that the industry is headed toward a monopolistic singularity.
November 24, 2020
Alex Shephard
How Newsmax Became Trump TV
Chris Ruddy’s conservative cable news network is gaining viewers by telling them Trump can still win.
November 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Desperate Year of the Digital Media Titans
BuzzFeed’s acquisition of HuffPost might be good for both companies, but it reflects an industry that’s long past its vibrant period of upstart energy.
November 20, 2020
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Oligarch of the Month: Kelly Loeffler
The Republican senator profited from a pandemic while millions of Americans lost their jobs.
November 19, 2020
Alex Shephard
Can the Media Break Its Trump Addiction?
For the last five years, the press has breathlessly followed Trump’s every turn. It’s finally time to move on.
November 17, 2020
Alex Shephard
Barack Obama, Media Critic
His book publicity tour has been full of critiques of the media that reveal a lot about the former president himself.
November 13, 2020
Alex Shephard
Can Book Publishers Afford to Publish Donald Trump?
A Trump post-presidency memoir would be a mega-bestseller. But is the industry prepared to deal with the fallout?

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