Paul Farhi
@farhip.bsky.social
Ex-WashPost. Freelance writer (mostly about the news media but other stuff, too). Pleased to meet ya.
Lawsuits. Executive action. A compliant Congress and regulatory bureaucracy. Trump’s campaign to crush the media is succeeding. Latest by me for @TheAtlantic. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Campaign to Crush the Media
The president has launched a frontal assault on the journalism business. So far, he’s winning.
www.theatlantic.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Lawsuits. Executive action. A compliant Congress and regulatory bureaucracy. Trump’s campaign to crush the media is succeeding. Latest by me for @TheAtlantic. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
By one estimate, one in 10 public radio stations could go dark under Trump’s plan to eliminate federal funding of public broadcasting. Trump’s Public Radio Cuts Could Mean Calamity for Local Outlets. Latest by me for Medill’s Local News Initiative localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
Trump’s Public Radio Cuts Could Mean Calamity for Local Outlets
As Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountain communities of western North Carolina last fall, Blue Ridge Public Radio remained a beacon in the storm.
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
June 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
By one estimate, one in 10 public radio stations could go dark under Trump’s plan to eliminate federal funding of public broadcasting. Trump’s Public Radio Cuts Could Mean Calamity for Local Outlets. Latest by me for Medill’s Local News Initiative localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
The most revealing part of this exchange was the reply: “I wish you did.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
A Revealing Joke in the Oval Office About Getting in Trump’s Good Graces
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The most revealing part of this exchange was the reply: “I wish you did.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Despite MAGA Media’s Teacher’s Pet Status, It’s the Old Guard Churning Out Trump Scoops. Latest by me for Vanity Fair: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Despite MAGA Media’s Teacher’s Pet Status, It’s the Old Guard Churning Out Trump Scoops
Top editors from The Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Politico speak with VF about holding Donald Trump’s administration accountable in these nearly 100 days. What’s essential, says the Times’ Carolyn ...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Despite MAGA Media’s Teacher’s Pet Status, It’s the Old Guard Churning Out Trump Scoops. Latest by me for Vanity Fair: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Much to chew on here. But Ukraine’s soldiers aren’t dying for “no reason.” They’re dying to defend their country from invaders who want to kill them and their families, destroy their culture, erase their history and take over their country.
April 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Much to chew on here. But Ukraine’s soldiers aren’t dying for “no reason.” They’re dying to defend their country from invaders who want to kill them and their families, destroy their culture, erase their history and take over their country.
Year-over-year growth (unique visitors), Nov. 2024 vs Nov. 2023:
—Truth Social, 4.250 million, +39 percent.
—Bluesky, 5.352 million, +1,048 percent
Source: TheRighting.com, based on ComScore data.
—Truth Social, 4.250 million, +39 percent.
—Bluesky, 5.352 million, +1,048 percent
Source: TheRighting.com, based on ComScore data.
theRighting – Alerting Mainstream Audiences to Today’s Headlines from the Right
TheRighting.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Year-over-year growth (unique visitors), Nov. 2024 vs Nov. 2023:
—Truth Social, 4.250 million, +39 percent.
—Bluesky, 5.352 million, +1,048 percent
Source: TheRighting.com, based on ComScore data.
—Truth Social, 4.250 million, +39 percent.
—Bluesky, 5.352 million, +1,048 percent
Source: TheRighting.com, based on ComScore data.
Unaddressed question in ABC-Trump settlement: If ABC (Disney) felt it had to capitulate, why not settle under an NDA? (Trump has used those many times). As is, public disclosure of settlement terms ($15 million, etc.) might set the market for the next claim. Lawyers, any thoughts?
December 16, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Unaddressed question in ABC-Trump settlement: If ABC (Disney) felt it had to capitulate, why not settle under an NDA? (Trump has used those many times). As is, public disclosure of settlement terms ($15 million, etc.) might set the market for the next claim. Lawyers, any thoughts?
An amazing piece of journalism, if only for the resources on display. It is the work of:
—Four bylined reporters.
—*19* contributing reporters.
—Three researchers.
Not many news orgs in America (or the world) that can marshal this kind of firepower. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...
—Four bylined reporters.
—*19* contributing reporters.
—Three researchers.
Not many news orgs in America (or the world) that can marshal this kind of firepower. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...
Luigi Mangione, Suspect in CEO Killing, Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise
The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was an Ivy League tech graduate from a prominent Maryland family who in recent months had suffered physical and psychological pain.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 PM
An amazing piece of journalism, if only for the resources on display. It is the work of:
—Four bylined reporters.
—*19* contributing reporters.
—Three researchers.
Not many news orgs in America (or the world) that can marshal this kind of firepower. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...
—Four bylined reporters.
—*19* contributing reporters.
—Three researchers.
Not many news orgs in America (or the world) that can marshal this kind of firepower. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...
Happens after every sensational crime (including this CEO assassination): The TVs put on a bunch of people (profilers, former agents, etc.) to speculate about what might have happened and what’s going to happen. Guesswork.
December 7, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Happens after every sensational crime (including this CEO assassination): The TVs put on a bunch of people (profilers, former agents, etc.) to speculate about what might have happened and what’s going to happen. Guesswork.
New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...
In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
December 5, 2024 at 7:02 PM
New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...
Missing background: Isaacman is an ally/associate of Elon Musk. He is expected to double down on NASA’s reliance on private companies for space flight. Musk owns one such company, SpaceX.
December 4, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Missing background: Isaacman is an ally/associate of Elon Musk. He is expected to double down on NASA’s reliance on private companies for space flight. Musk owns one such company, SpaceX.
I get all the uproar about this pardon, including the “he lied” criticism. But show me a loving parent who wouldn’t do the same for their child if they had the power.
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 AM
I get all the uproar about this pardon, including the “he lied” criticism. But show me a loving parent who wouldn’t do the same for their child if they had the power.
Missing background: Boulos is Tiffany Trump’s father in law.
December 1, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Missing background: Boulos is Tiffany Trump’s father in law.
Missing background: In 2005, Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 felony counts, including tax evasion and witness tampering, the latter arising from his retaliation against his brother in law, a witness against him. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother in law, More….
November 30, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Missing background: In 2005, Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 felony counts, including tax evasion and witness tampering, the latter arising from his retaliation against his brother in law, a witness against him. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother in law, More….
If my mother had ever sent me anything close to this searing (and thank God she never did), I would consider my life a failure. Absolutely mortifying.
"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him
Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:12 AM
If my mother had ever sent me anything close to this searing (and thank God she never did), I would consider my life a failure. Absolutely mortifying.
I have some thoughts about this Drake-Kendrick beef, and…Hey, where’d everyone go?
November 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I have some thoughts about this Drake-Kendrick beef, and…Hey, where’d everyone go?
Not just the best Thanksgiving-eve-travel-is-hell movie, but the best Thanksgiving movie (admittedly not a big genre).
November 28, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Not just the best Thanksgiving-eve-travel-is-hell movie, but the best Thanksgiving movie (admittedly not a big genre).
Let the games begin.
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Let the games begin.