Jordan B. Peterson Got Mocked By Marvel. And Now He’s Attacking Elmo? Let Elmo enjoy Bad Bunny! The Mary Sue · Feb 10
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ first days at CBS Evening News savaged by staff: ‘It’s state TV’ EXCLUSIVE: In a conversation with one of his handlers during an ad break, Pete Hegseth said during his interview with Tony Dokoupil that ‘we did it at Bari's request and because CBS News did something right on this.’ The Independent UK · Jan 7
Author Saeed Teebi writes beyond exile in his memoir of Palestine and writing in dark times Writer and lawyer Saeed Teebi released an Instagram video on Sept. 30, 2025, announcing the publication of his new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times. The Conversation · Dec 22, 2025
Tony Dokoupil to serve as anchor of CBS Evening News After top editor Bari Weiss made outreach to anchors at other networks, CBS News decided to go with an internal candidate The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2025
CBS News staff grouse over ‘mediocre’ Tony Dokoupil getting ‘Evening News’ gig: ‘It’s an insult’ ‘He’s clearly been rewarded with the Evening News throne,’ one CBS News reporter said before snarking about the dwindling viewership of the program. ‘Although, some might argue it’s more of a toilet seat now.’ The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025
Bari Weiss wants to take down CBS News’ Standards and Practices unit for having ‘too much power’: sources EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit. The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025
Bari Weiss, who published CBS leaks at The Free Press, now wants to root out leakers after taking over network One CBS News staffer told The Independent that it was ‘insanely ironic’ that Weiss, the network’s new editor-in-chief, was trying to out leakers The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
Trump: Government Shutdown Could Do 'A Lot of Good' Plus: Addressing "the enemy within," the FTC's pointless meddling, Joy Reid finally understands half the country, and more... Reason · Oct 1, 2025
Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go? After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elites The Guardian - US · Sep 10, 2025
With ‘CBS Mornings’ ratings continuing to shrink, could Gayle King be in trouble? IN FOCUS: Exclusive: ‘There’s always speculation about her inflated salary and entourage,’ one network insider told Justin Baragona about Gayle King. ‘She’s undoubtedly expensive and not necessarily on the right side of the new political agenda.’ The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of Gaza The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025
Black Superman film ‘dismissed’ by Warner Bros CEO for being ‘too woke’ The film was penned by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025
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“Most Ridiculous Thing”: Massive Outrage After Marvel Reveals The New Black Panther Is White Marvel fans erupt with comments over newest reveal that the son of Black Panther's main character T'Challa is in fact white. Bored Panda · Jun 6, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025 US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and more
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025 The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – face to face with uncomfortable truths The author and academic roams from Senegal to Palestine to South Carolina in essays unified by his belief that, as stories shape us, journalism should reflect the world, warts and all
The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025 The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – a politically-charged meditation on the power of stories Travels to Senegal and the West Bank shed light on how we think about race, censorship and oppression
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2024 Percival Everett wins National Book Award for fiction with retelling of Huckleberry Finn Everett’s novel, James, which focuses on Twain's enslaved character Jim, won the $10,000 prize
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024 Literary body defends award for father of Ta-Nehisi Coates after accusations of republishing antisemitic work National Book Foundation said it ‘supports freedom of expression‘
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2024 Ta-Nehisi Coates describes what he saw in Palestine as ‘apartheid’, resembling America’s segregated Jim Crow South In May 2023, renowned Black American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates spent ten days in the West Bank and Israel, where he spent half his time with Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers who now oppose the occupation.
The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2024 ‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine One of the most penetrating critics of US racism discusses the reception to his new book and why talking about Palestine offered him a way to understand the world
Salon · Oct 12, 2024 CBS interview creates Paramount rift Tony Dokoupil sparred with Coates in a tense interview around the author's account of the war in Gaza
Reason · Oct 10, 2024 CBS Needs a Safe Space for Tony Dokoupil's Critics Despite the outrage from woke staffers, Ta-Nehisi Coates is hardly upset about the interview.
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 When is an interview too tough? CBS News grappling with question after Dokoupil interview Television morning show interviews often don't stray beyond celebrities and food segments
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024 CBS executives ‘admit heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview on Gaza did not meet standards’ after backlash ‘CBS Mornings’ co-anchor Tony Dokoupil compared Coates’s new book to ‘extremist’ writings – prompting online backlash