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Joe Concha is a media and pop-culture analyst who regularly appears on CNN and Fox News. He’s written for Mediaite, FoxSports.com, NBCSports.com and The New York Times.

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Can We Trust the NYT After Abramson?

Sad Spectacle

The paper and its former executive editor have been spinning furiously since her abrupt dismissal, and the paper has been left diminished by the spectacle.

Joe Concha | Published May 19, 2014

7% of Journalists Are Republicans?

Skewed

Most reporters and editors say they’re independent in a new survey, but are they just crypto-Democrats?

Joe Concha | Published May 07, 2014

Fallon's Surprising Centrist Style

Jimmy in the Middle

<p>From slow jamming the news with Obama to playing musical instruments with Palin, Jimmy Fallon’s <i>Tonight Show</i> has become <i>the</i> late night destination for red and blue alike.</p>

Joe Concha | Published Apr 07, 2014

Fascist Fascination With D-Listers

Above the Law

Putin’s reviving a Stalin-era fitness program to toughen up Russians—with help from Steven Seagal. Why do today’s strongmen have such a weakness for our washed-up celebrities?

Joe Concha | Published Mar 28, 2014

Frat Abolishes Deadly Pledging

PLEDGE FRIGHTS

Today’s widespread use of social media has outed fraternities’ ‘Animal House’-like cruelty on pledges, causing one house to ban the age-old ritual with more sure to follow.

Joe Concha | Published Mar 10, 2014

A Boozer, A Casino, A Lawsuit

Vegas

Mark Johnston says it’s not his fault that he blew $500,000 gambling while he was blind drunk. It’s the latest foolhardy case against the houses that never seem to lose.

Joe Concha | Published Mar 07, 2014

Neo-Isolationism in America

War Games

The majority of Americans are on the same page when it comes to military involvement overseas: Unless our national interests are at stake, stay out of it.

Joe Concha | Published Mar 04, 2014

The NFL Doesn't Need Role Models

Foul Players

From DUI’s to domestic abuse and disorderly conduct, no matter how out of bounds football players go off the field, fans are still game to place bets for them winning big on it.

Joe Concha | Published Feb 23, 2014

The Olympic SNAFU

From dirty water to a malfunctioning snowflake, Sochi has had its fair share of problems—but so did Turin, and Beijing and Munich before it. Quit your complaining and root for the participating world, will ya?

Joe Concha | Published Feb 10, 2014

Keep Fighting the War on Smoking

CVS’s decision to drop tobacco products should be made by more businesses. Taxes and social stigma can only do so much to stop the scourge.

Joe Concha | Published Feb 05, 2014

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