Louis Bayard, Washington Post: "Norman Lear, who brought social commentary to the sitcom, dies at 101"
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR: "Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101"
Judy Kurtz, The Hill: "Legendary TV producer Norman Lear, creator of 'All in the Family,' dies at 101"
Richard Severo and Peter Keepnews, New York Times: "Norman Lear, whose comedies changed the face of TV, is dead at 101"
Chris Morris, Variety: "Norman Lear, TV legend, dies at 101"
Warnings from the Right
Tom Jones, Poynter: “’Sleepwalking into dictatorship’: This week’s Sunday shows stirred up strong takes”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “A second Trump term ‘poses a threat to the existence of America as we know it,’ says The Atlantic’s top editor”
The Atlantic: “If Trump wins”
Greg Sargent, Washington Post: “Opinion: Enough with all the fatalism about a Trump dictatorship”
Max Tani, Semafor: “The ‘un-cancellable’ Megyn Kelly returns to the debate stage”
Remembering Kissinger, O’Connor
Spencer Ackerman, Rolling Stone: “Henry Kissinger, war criminal beloved by America’s ruling class, finally dies”
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian: “Kissinger at 100: How his ‘sordid’ diplomacy in Africa fuelled war in Angola and prolonged apartheid”
Jamelle Bouie, New York Times: “Kissinger’s dirty work abroad hurt America at home, too”
Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News: “Little empathy for former Secretary of State Kissinger”
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: “Clarence Page: Coming to terms with Henry Kissinger’s legacy – it’s complicated”
Janus Rose, Vice: “Wikipedia editor who first noted Henry Kissinger’s death has become an ‘instant legend’”
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post: “Opinion: Not merely the right woman, Sandra Day O’Connor was the right justice”
Caroline Wilburn, Texas Tribune: “Sandra Day O’Connor, born in El Paso, remains point of civic pride”
Jenna Greene, Reuters: “Sandra Day O’Connor’s unfinished legacy of judicial election reform”
Locked out
Henry Lee, KTVU: “Reporter speaks out after Alameda DA bars her from news conference”
Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle: “Alameda County DA Pamela Price reinstates reporter she excluded from news conferences”
Alex N. Gecan, Berkeleyside: “Update: DA Pamela Price restores press access to Berkeley journalist”
Pushed Out at Harvard?
Joseph Menn, Washington Post: “Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta”
CBS: “Former Harvard disinformation scholars says she was pushed out of job over pressure from Facebook”
Shannon Bond, NPR: “Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta”
Travis Anderson & Daniel Kool, Boston Globe: “Prominent disinformation specialist files whistle-blower complaint against Harvard”
Shannon Thaler, New York Post: “Ex-Harvard scholar claims she was ousted for pointing out Facebook’s ‘digital harms’”
It’s a ‘Marvel’
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Marvel used to reliable churn out billion-dollar hits. Now Disney has a mess on its hands”
