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Feeling Like Ozymandias, With Susie Banikarim
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David Roth
December 19, 2024
Year In Review
Presenting The 2024 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
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Giri Nathan
December 19, 2024
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Media Meltdowns
Carlos Watson Played The Wrong Game And Lost
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
December 18, 2024
Media Meltdowns
ESPN Soccer Show Once Again Derailed By Fart-Like Noise
92
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Samer Kalaf
December 10, 2024
TV
Netflix Can’t Even Do Commercials Right
312
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Tom Ley
December 10, 2024
Media Meltdowns
What The Fuck Is A “Vaccine Skeptic”?
682
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Albert Burneko
November 15, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Shoves Author Of Weird Column About Him Shaming The Memory Of His Dead Brother
239
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Patrick Redford
November 3, 2024
Journalismism
Jeff Bezos Made Someone Else’s Business Decision
305
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Tom Ley
October 29, 2024
MLB
TBS’s Score Bug Is Dreadful
115
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Barry Petchesky
October 15, 2024
Funbag
We Must Address The Tom Brady Crisis (The Crisis Being That He Stinks)
718
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Drew Magary
September 24, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Sending Horny Texts To RFK Jr. Is Not A Public Service
297
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Patrick Redford
September 24, 2024
Media Meltdowns
New York Magazine Suspends Olivia Nuzzi Over “Inappropriate Relationship” With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
439
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Patrick Redford
September 20, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Dimwitted Right-Wing Influencers Accused Of Being Unwitting Russian Assets
419
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Barry Petchesky
September 5, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Bigots Need Their Useful Idiots
339
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Tom Ley
August 2, 2024
NFL
The Scourge Of In-Game Coach Interviews Spreads To The NFL
104
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Ray Ratto
July 29, 2024
Journalismism
Why Did The New York Times Delete A Notorious Fraudster’s Election Take?
270
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Albert Burneko
July 26, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Thom Brennaman Pitied Himself Back Into The Broadcast Booth
127
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Tom Ley
July 21, 2024
Margin Of Error
What’s The Story With Joe Biden?
714
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Tom Scocca
July 11, 2024
Margin Of Error
Debate Losers
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Tom Scocca
June 28, 2024
Media Meltdowns
AI Is Now Advanced Enough To Blow Al Michaels’s Mind
110
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David Roth
June 26, 2024
Soccer
Love Him Or Hate Him, Alexi Lalas Stinks At His Job
340
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Patrick Redford
June 25, 2024
Arts And Culture
Appalling Errors In Vulture’s Ranked List Of Muppets Movies, Ranked
303
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Albert Burneko
June 23, 2024
WNBA
The Olympic Roster Is Not Just A Marketing Tool
170
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Ray Ratto
June 11, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Feds Accuse America’s Weirdest Media Company Of Being A Money-Laundering Front For The Falun Gong
302
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Patrick Redford
June 4, 2024
Capital
If You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify
294
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
April 12, 2024
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