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

7% of Journalists Are Republicans?
SkewedMost reporters and editors say they’re independent in a new survey, but are they just crypto-Democrats?

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>

Fascist Fascination With D-Listers
Above the LawPutin’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?

Frat Abolishes Deadly Pledging
PLEDGE FRIGHTSToday’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.

A Boozer, A Casino, A Lawsuit
VegasMark 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.

Neo-Isolationism in America
War GamesThe 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.

The NFL Doesn't Need Role Models
Foul PlayersFrom 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.

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?

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.
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