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<title><![CDATA[Jack Shafer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14589.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jack Shafer]]></description><category domain="14589">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Shockingly Thrived With the New Debate Rules]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/28/how-trump-did-debate-new-rules-00165694</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Staged by CNN in an audience-free soundstage in which even competing reporters were banned, the Biden-Trump debate had more ground rules than an Ultimate Fighting match.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Collapse of the News Is Taking Its Soul Down With It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/06/media-journalism-swagger-00154659</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A general view of the Kansas City bureau of the Associated Press. In the foreground is the East desk. Next is the Coast desk, then the State desks and in the background the Local desk, on April 22, 1940. '&#'.ord('|').';' AP Corporate Archives'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Haley Boomlet Is Proof of a Bored Press Corps]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/28/media-gop-presidential-race-2024-00128944</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why else would the media feast on a fight for second place behind Trump?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Implosion of Haley's Social Media Crusade]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/16/nikki-haley-social-media-anonymity-00127612</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Nikki Haley did free speech a great service this week by making a nutty call for social media to be bleached clean of anonymity.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Skip the Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/09/trump-should-skip-the-debate-00110358</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be good for him and the GOP.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Has Discovered No One Likes a Copycat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/02/desantis-trump-copycat-00109210</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Florida governor tried to execute the master's playbook but voters don't want imitations when they can have the real thing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Should Primary Biden. It Would Be Good for Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/03/biden-needs-a-heavyweight-primary-challenge-00104441</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be good for the party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cancel the State of the Union]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/07/joe-biden-2023-sotu-speech-00081340</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Instead of the interminable public spectacle, Biden should send an email.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can the White House Clean-Up Crew Rescue Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/25/biden-trump-classified-documents-00079253</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We expect a classified documents scandal from Trump, not the so-called grown-up who displaced him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Empty Threat from the New York Times Union]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/07/new-york-times-union-walkout-00072639</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Staff are threatening a walkout, but newspaper unions have lost their leverage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Confession of Sam Bankman-Fried]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/02/sam-bankman-fried-confession-crypto-ftx-00071768</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Please, shut up.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' This is what lawyers tell clients who have been charged with crimes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or are in danger of being charged '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' because anything they say will only be dredged up by the prosecution to prove their guilt. Sam Bankman-Fried, the wunderkind behind the FTX and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Isn't About To Light $44 Billion on Fire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/06/elon-musk-twitter-00060824</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all his bloviating, the tech billionaire will want Twitter to succeed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gov. DeSantis, Republican Stuntman]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/15/ron-desantis-republican-stuntman-00057055</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He's happy to ship migrants to Martha's Vineyard if he thinks he can own the libs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Will Regret Icing Out the Press]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/28/republican-candidates-ice-out-the-press-00048345</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[2024 GOP contenders are making a big mistake by only talking to themselves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[You Trust the Media More Than You Say You Do]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/20/gallup-polls-wrong-trust-media-00046654</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new poll shows confidence in the press is still sinking. Don't believe it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New York Times Has a New King. It Won't Change Much]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/19/news-industry-gets-new-pope-00026391</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful jobs in the news industry comes with huge constraints.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Psaki's Move to MSNBC Won't Taint NBC News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/07/jen-psaki-msnbc-nbc-news-political-operators-00023905</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's press secretary is just another in a long line of political operatives who have turned broadcaster.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Elon Musk Is Buying Into Twitter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/04/elon-musk-anti-media-mogul-00022838</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like other billionaires, Musk can't resist the siren call of owning big media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin, Russian Honey Badger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/22/vladimir-putin-doesnt-care-honey-badger-00019350</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The West can throw whatever it wants at the Russian autocrat. He doesn't care.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dangerous Appeal of Righteous Censorship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/31/dangerous-appeal-neil-young-censorship-00003923</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Rogan's all wrong on Covid vaccines, but nothing good comes from stifling free speech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Be Real: The Supreme Court Is Political and Always Has Been]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/28/supreme-court-is-political-always-has-been-00003224</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everybody is two-faced about the Supreme Court.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Popularity Has Tumbled, But He Has a Way Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/26/joe-biden-unpopular-polls-way-out-517278</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All he has to do is stop overpromising and start overdelivering.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Folly of Premature Political Obituaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/17/the-folly-of-premature-political-obituaries-512526</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pundits have filed a blizzard of predictions about the Biden administration's looming troubles, but history has proven unkind to such prognostication.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Doing His Comeback All Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/09/donald-trump-is-doing-his-comeback-all-wrong-510895</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All but erased from public life, he is making a mistake by announcing a presidential run so early.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump News Show Is Over and We're All Healthier]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/01/news-consumption-post-trump-508086</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The all-you-can-eat Trump buffet is gone. But have we learned to stay away?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Trump, Facebook Kicks the Can--Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/04/on-trump-facebook-kicks-the-canagain-491933</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The social-media giant is getting expert at punting on its biggest political issue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Caitlyn Jenner's Long Game]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/07/caitlyn-jenners-long-game-485811</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To win, she doesn't need the most votes. She just needs us to keep talking about her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Television's Trumpiest New Show]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/12/sebastian-gorkas-new-show-proves-that-propaganda-makes-lousy-tv-481012</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sebastian Gorka's new 'Reality Check' proves that propaganda makes lousy TV.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Would Make the Most Boring Social Media Site Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/22/why-trump-would-make-the-most-boring-social-media-site-ever-477513</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The self-obsessed former president doesn't realize social media won't work if it only serves one person.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Media Empire? Don't Bet on It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/09/trump-building-media-empire-456888</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jack Shafer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He may desperately need his own platform now that he's been exiled from Twitter, but it's going to cost him more than he's got.]]></description>
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