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A weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can do about it.

Newsletter · By Mark Jacob · English · Official site

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Sep 28, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Anonymous sources and the fluffing of JD Vance (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Mark’s reading list: Katie Phang’s Epstein lawsuit and Don Jr.’s Russian freebies (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    When you’re a good journalist working for a bad owner (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    How MAGA invents ‘controversies’ and some media buy in (opens the original)

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