Propaganda, Outrage, and Entertainment

HOME

ESSAYS

August 23, 2023 • By Kathryn Cramer Brownell

¤

Kathryn Cramer Brownell

LARB CONTRIBUTOR

Is Social Media a Threat to Democracy?

Allen Mendenhall reviews “Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy” by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone....

“Wright-Gate” and Newt’s Ruthless Playbook

The story of how an ethical tussle in Congress during the early 1990s broke American politics for decades....

The Unchanging Joe Biden

A portrait of Joe Biden’s inner life can be seen in a book written 32 years ago....

How Trump Won, Part 57

Donald Trump harnessed racial resentment to win the presidency, and it gets abundant statistical treatment in a new book....

C-Span for Radicals

The live stream’s redirection of our attention from single zap action to ongoing occupation parallels precisely the evolution of tactics represented...