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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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December 13, 2019
MagazineAlex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Michael Bloomberg
The former New York mayor is trying to spend his way to the White House.
December 13, 2019
Alex Shephard
Why the Media Is Ignoring the Afghanistan Papers
The documents are a bombshell. So why do so few news outlets care?
December 4, 2019
Alex Shephard
Tucker Carlson Debuts a New Ukrainegate Defense
The Fox News host has arrived at the crude end of the right's Trumpian logic.
December 2, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Real News Crisis Isn’t Fake News
A recent study suggests that online disinformation campaigns have had only a limited impact on voters.
November 26, 2019
Alex Shephard
If Michael Bloomberg Wants to Run for President, He Should Sell Bloomberg News
No other option really makes sense.
November 21, 2019
Alex Shephard
Another Debate Marks Time in an Endless Primary Season
These increasingly stale cable news outings are starting to feel like America is on a long drive with nothing to think about.
November 20, 2019
Alex Shephard
How Gordon Sondland Broke the Media’s Savior Complex
The star of the impeachment hearings so far wasn't a sober public servant. And that made a difference.
November 15, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Media Is Hopelessly Addicted to Donald Trump
The House's impeachment hearings were dismissed by many as boring—until the president showed up.
November 12, 2019
MagazineAlex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Dmitry Firtash
The energy tycoon is a key player in Trump's Ukraine scandal.
November 8, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Media Has a Right-Wing Bias. Politico’s Founder Just Admitted It.
How Republicans benefit from the media's centrist instincts.
November 7, 2019
Alex Shephard
Is James O’Keefe Good Now?
Not quite.
November 5, 2019
Alex Shephard
How Booing Trump Corrects Media Bias
It's rare is to see that most common thing: regular people who hate the president.
October 31, 2019
Alex Shephard
After Deadspin
With the media industry in decline, we can only expect more of the same from the chuckleheads in the corporate class.
October 29, 2019
Alex Shephard
Why Did CNN Hire a Moron Like Sean Duffy?
The former congressman's turn as a pundit is a measure of the bankruptcy of both-sides journalism in the Trump era.
October 24, 2019
Alex Shephard
Why Anonymous’s Trump Tell-All Is a Sham
If the author of ‘A Warning’ wants to do some good, he could take some lessons from an actual whistleblower.
October 23, 2019
Alex Shephard
Why Do Pundits Love the Unity Myth?
On an un-killable trope of campaign coverage.
October 17, 2019
Alex Shephard
Come On, LeBron
Why James's comments on the NBA's China scandal were so disappointing.
October 16, 2019
Alex Shephard
Why the Pundits Got Impeachment Wrong
Live by the polls, die by the polls.
October 10, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Just Trolling Now
In giving the award to Peter Handke, an apologist for Serbian war crimes, the Swedish Academy may have finally shown its true colors.
October 9, 2019
Alex Shephard
Who Will Win the 2019 (or the 2018!) Nobel Prize in Literature?
The only thing we know for sure is that the Swedish Academy won’t have Philip Roth to kick around anymore.

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