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January 19, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Baltimore Sun
’s New Owner Isn’t Exactly a Paragon of “Family Values”
David Smith, of the conservative Sinclair Broadcasting Group, has a very, very different past.
January 19, 2024
Michael Tomasky
The Right-Wing Media Takeover Is Destroying America
The purchase of The Baltimore Sun is further proof that conservative billionaires understand the power of media control. Why don’t their liberal counterparts get it?
January 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Baltimore Sun
’s New Right-Wing Owner Kicks Things Off by Insulting Everyone on Staff
David Smith, of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, is laying out a dangerous vision for Maryland’s largest daily newspaper.
March 8, 2013
Mike Madden
Adios, Presidente
What Hugo Chávez's obituaries revealed
November 8, 2012
Jeff Guo
Welcome to America’s Most Gerrymandered District
November 2, 2012
Eliza Gray
Why Tuesday Could Be a Turning Point for Gay Marriage
April 28, 2012
Walter Shapiro
The Inescapable Squareness of Washington’s ‘Nerd Prom’
August 28, 2006
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