This is the FCC Chairman, who is ostensibly a non-partisan industry regulator, openly bragging about conducting a political purge of the media.
"Look at the results... PBS, defunded. NPR, defunded. Joy Reid, gone from MSNBC. Sleepy-eyes Chuck Todd, gone. Jim Acosta, gone. John Dickerson, gone Stephen Colbert is leaving. CBS is under new ownership, and soon enough, CNN is gonna have new ownership as well." www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Long Lead has won seven Webby Awards. Before Webby nominations are announced tomorrow, take a look at the features that have won hardware.
Verdict is in for the New Mexico child safety case against Meta. Goes against Meta on every question.
Jury finds Meta liable for ~37,000 violations. Maximum liability of $5,000 per violation.
From Norway to Kazakhstan, countries feel the proximity and pressure of Russia’s existence — and its military power. Is Russia pushing its neighbors into the next World War?
Check out Long Lead's latest feature BORDER LINE WAR, produced with Magnum Photos, at border-line-war.longlead.com
Jasper Craven journalism covers “veterans’ issues in the age of forever wars," carving out a niche that doesn't necessarily touch the combat element of the military. His new book, “God Forgives, Brothers Don’t,” explores the role military education plays in stoking America’s lust for war.
This episode has haunted me ever since I first heard it. I’m so glad we get to share it with LONG SHADOW listeners—it’s where “In Guns We Trust” and “Breaking the Internet” collide. AND it features @bostonjoan.bsky.social who @vermontgmg.bsky.social interviewed in Seasons 2 and 4 of Long Shadow!
Get this: The invention of the iPhone is closer to the Berlin Wall's fall than it is to today.
But the Iron Curtain is still here—and Russia continues to reach across it.
Read @longlead.com's latest which explores how Putin is weaponizing history, identity, and language against Russia's neighbors.
“AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in the second half of 2025. Most were written by Lichtenberg.”
10 years ago, they weren’t written by AI—they were written by me. So let me tell you how this story is going to end.
(Warning: It won’t go well for the journalist.)
