Ben Smith
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Founder of CrowdTangle Hopes to Bring Transparency to Social Media
The co-founder of CrowdTangle has been working with Congress on legislation to make tech companies disclose their inner workings.
Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar
“I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let’s Go, Brandon!” meme.
'Don't Look Up' Nails the Media Apocalypse
With “Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay makes a star-studded allegorical satire that shows the news media whistling past the climate-change graveyard.
How TikTok Reads Your Mind
It’s the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers a new level of detail about...
Inside the ‘Misinformation’ Wars
Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.
Tucker Carlson's 'Patriot Purge' Special Leads Two Fox News Contributors to Quit
Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, stars of a brand of conservatism that has fallen out of fashion, decide they’ve had enough.
His Reasons for Opposing Trump Were Biblical. Now a Top Christian Editor Is Out.
A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians.
Why the Media Loves Labor Now
At a moment of political turmoil, economic change and a pandemic-driven focus on how we work, labor has become a hot news beat.
Learning to Live With Mark Zuckerberg
Journalists and tech executives seem to be fighting each other to a draw in a battle that has no end in sight.
Inside the Big Facebook Leak
In a time of mega-leaks, journalists’ sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive who shared company documents, led a meticulous media...