Jun 16 2017SaveFilibustered6/16/17Filibustered6/16/17Grow up, Oliver StoneAlex McLevy242SaveOliver Stone has always fancied himself a revisionist historian, a bold truth-teller speaking facts to power.…
Nov 9 2016SaveFilibustered11/9/16Filibustered11/9/16The election’s over: Which pundit is the most desperate to keep it going?Alex McLevy325SaveThe people have spoken, the votes have been counted, and the results are clear: Everyone wants this unpleasant…
Sep 27 2016SaveFilibustered9/27/16Filibustered9/27/16Clinton vs. Trump: Whoever wins, the debate moderator losesAlex McLevy1.1KSaveA specter was haunting the first 2016 presidential debate. A disembodied voice, veering in and out of the sound…
Jul 29 2016SaveFilibustered7/29/16Filibustered7/29/16Cable news was more interested in the people offstage at the DNCAlex McLevy238SaveFor this year’s party conventions, the cable networks revised the first rule of pontificating on television—“It…
Jul 22 2016SaveFilibustered7/22/16Filibustered7/22/16The RNC was a show made for cable, and the networks suffered for itAlex McLevy598SaveEvery four years the presidential conventions roll around, rising from the dead like impatient cicadas, to make a…