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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 28, 2026, 6:21 AM

When it Comes to News, “More is Less”

Here’s a question to consider: when you see an interesting headline in the news, do you then read the entire article? Thirty years ago, your answer would have been “usually yes.” Today, it’s invariably going to be “hardly ever.”...

Aug 26, 2026, 8:10 PM

Beware the ‘Populist Bump’

Last week, Der Spiegel faced a media firestorm for its cover page placement of lead Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD) Saxony-Anhalt candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Despite the accompanying article’s critical tone, commentators from renowned center-left media outlets lambasted the publication, arguing...

Aaron Bornstein

Aug 23, 2026, 7:42 AM

I’m Begging You: Don’t Mistake Slop for AI Writing

I recently read Bret Stephens’s anti-AI op-ed, and it is frustrating how much traction those trying to shut down the use of AI in publishing seem to be gaining. Last month, according to The Guardian, a $2 million crime-novel deal...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 21, 2026, 8:38 AM

What’s Missing in Policymaking and News Production: Complexity

Everyone knows (sort of) that we live in a “complex world.” But what does that demand of us? This is a double “us”: regarding political policymakers as well as individual citizens. Let’s start with legislators, bureaucrats and the like. Given...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 14, 2026, 8:24 AM

The Predictors’ Scorecard

Israel’s elections are but several weeks away – and the press is full of who will win, who will lose, and what does that mean for Israel. Not to mention all the other news topic prognostications. Overall, is this...

Jul 31, 2026, 10:39 PM

A tip of the kippah this week to Gazan writer Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib for the evocative title of his new book, Hamas and Its Two Million Hostages. Whatever readers ultimately think of the book itself, the title captures an...

Steven Teplitsky

Jul 29, 2026, 9:03 PM

The Architecture of Influence

How Qatar’s Al Jazeera infiltrated Western newsrooms, dismantled Cold War verification standards, and turned breaking headlines into geopolitical leverage. There was a time in American newsrooms when the rule governing foreign state-controlled media was absolute: verify everything, trust nothing. During the...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 22, 2026, 6:17 AM

Redi Tlhabi and the Death of a Word

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When a contested legal conclusion becomes editorial shorthand, it stops protecting the people who need it. On July 15, more than 1,000 people gathered at New York’s Town Hall for the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s inaugural Global Leadership Forum. Mayor Zohran...

Jul 10, 2026, 1:40 PM

Sexist journalism makes for a sexist reality

By treating male perspectives as the default, the media turns women's absence from public life into something ordinary – and helps entrench inequality

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 10, 2026, 10:46 AM

Social Media and… Mistrust

My post last week was all about the political ramifications of social media. But they are called “social” media for a reason. The social effects are easily as important and problematic. So here goes: the problem and some solutions. The...

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