Marc Ambinder, MSNBC

Marc Ambinder

MSNBC

California, United States

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  • MSNBC
  • The Daily Beast
  • The New York Times
  • The Week
  • USA TODAY
  • Foreign Policy
  • Washington Post
  • FiveThirtyEight
  • VICE
  • Business Insider
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Past articles by Marc:

'Fake news' can't be fixed by more journalism, not when our democracy is broken

A Greentarget survey found that 84 percent of journalists think the term “fake news” is contributing to the delegitimization of journalism. → Read More

Virginia election postmortem: Democrats can't fight Republican fear with facts

The Virginia election win for Glenn Youngkin highlights how misled Democrats have been in harnessing the vote — specifically votes from white moderates. → Read More

AT&T wanted OAN to compete with Fox News. It worked too well.

AT&T distributes One America News Network, a favorite of Donald Trump, through DirecTV, giving them millions of dollars to compete with Fox News. → Read More

Facebook keeps banning QAnon and hate speech. It won't ever work.

QAnon and hate speech being banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube just drove it to Parler, Telegram and other harder to track areas online. → Read More

QAnon and other pro-Trump conspiracy theorists are Biden's problem now

Deradicalizing internet extremists has less to do with toppling the kingpin, more to do with striking at the right time. → Read More

The pro-Trump attack on the Capitol proves Congress isn't safe

Donald Trump inspired a mob attack on the Capitol. Security from Capitol Police isn't enough. Joe Biden must add protection for Congress and federal judges. → Read More

Sources: Secret Service Has No Plan if Trump Refuses to Go

But they do have procedures for handling trespassers. → Read More

The U.S. missed its window to prevent Russia's huge cyberattack

The best offense against Russian cyberthreats is an even more aggressive defense. → Read More

Scott Atlas cared more about 'owning the libs' than Covid. And Americans paid the price.

We’ll be feeling the after-effects of Trump’s war on science for a long time. → Read More

Why Parler's facing the same constraints conservatives fled on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube

Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have driven conservatives to new social media platforms like Parler, but censorship is still a problem. → Read More

The solution to Trump-Biden polarization may be easier (and cheaper) than we think

Mistrust in mainstream media has led to elections like the 2020 Trump-Biden standoff. Local media outlets can help heal us. → Read More

Voting has a violent history in the U.S. There's a reason we're talking about it so openly now

Election violence isn't targeted as openly at black American voters anymore. But they remember. Election Day 2020 finally has white people talking about it. → Read More

Did Schiff Poke a Hole in the First Amendment?

We can’t excuse an abuse of power just because it supports our side. → Read More

The transformation of Kim Jong Un

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

Is it time to rethink campus protest?

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

The DOJ seized a New York Times' reporter's phone and email records. Here's why it matters.

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

Trump's post-presidency will break all the rules

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

The power of Mueller's facts

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

What would Bobby do?

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More

How Trump has already transformed America's relationship with North Korea

Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More