Television and politics

Who’s Laughing Now?

by Tom Bissell,

The tragicomedy of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live

W.W.E. the People

by Naomi Klein,

By Naomi Klein, from No Is Not Enough, which was published in June by Haymarket Books. Klein is the author of The Shock Doctrine, among other books.

Power Rangers

by Thomas Frank,

What, then, is the Washingtonian, this smug and satisfied man? Behold him as he ambles toward you on the sidewalks of Capitol Hill, phone clamped to his ear, talking loudly…

Murdoch Triumphant

by Marvin Kitman,

How we could have stopped him—twice

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Art by Tony Healey,

The Soft-Kill Solution

by Ando Arike,

New frontiers in pain compliance

Voting Democracy off the Island

by Francine Prose,

Reality TV and the Republican ethos

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Art by Tullio Pericoli,

Blabscam

by Christopher Hitchens,

TV’s rigged political talk shows

Televising the conventions

by Martin Mayer,

Television and the world of politics

by Robert E. (Robert Edmonds) Kintner,

Part II

Television and politics

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Who’s Laughing Now?

W.W.E. the People

Power Rangers

Murdoch Triumphant

Untitled

The Soft-Kill Solution

Voting Democracy off the Island

Untitled

Blabscam

Televising the conventions

Television and the world of politics