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<title><![CDATA[Margaret Sullivan - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25255.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Margaret Sullivan]]></description><category domain="25255">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Mass Polygraphs at Pentagon Show Hegseth&rsquo;s Weakness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/pentagon-polygraphs-pete-hegseth-weakness</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The more the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, tries to flex his manly strength, the wimpier he looks.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fauci Made Mistakes, But His Persecution Is a Travesty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/10/dr-fauci-persecution-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's easy to second-guess decisions made during the pandemic. That doesn't justify the Republicans' politicized response]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Brazenly Escalating Attacks on the Press]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/14/new-york-times-subpoenas-trump-media</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Federal agents showed up at reporters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' homes, targeting journalists for doing exactly what the first amendment protects]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Media Fall Short in Its Reporting on Platner?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/13/graham-platner-media</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The twisting road to the candidate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s exit left a lot to be desired. But ultimately, reporters ferreted out the truth]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Does JD Vance Keep Saying Loony Things?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/07/jd-vance-rhetoric</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Scratch their surface and you see exactly what he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trying to do: stand up strong for intolerance and corruption]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[World Cup: Can Sports Events Bring Us Together? Yes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/25/world-cup-big-sports-events-bring-us-together</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although fleeting, sporting events have the enduring power to crumble divisions and highlight the beauty of kinship]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelley Will Be Remembered as a Beacon of Integrity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/04/scott-pelley-60-minutes-firing</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While his bosses look (to varying degrees) like bumblers, cowards or corporate tools, Pelley will be remembered as a beacon of integrity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Just Got Much Closer To Bringing CNN To Heel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/28/trump-paramount-skydance-warner-bros-cnn-netflix</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With David Ellison's Paramount Skydance poised to buy Warner Bros Discovery, the president is tightening his grip on the US media]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is the Washington Post Cratering?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/washington-post-fires-staff</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been less than a decade '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Washington Post'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' were almost neck and neck in the race for readers, reputation and scoops. The Times was always bigger, but the two were somewhat comparable.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos Is Going To Destroy the Washington Post]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/jeff-bezos-destroy-washington-post</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He has the chance to be the steward of a national treasure, but he's blowing it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Many Schools Don't Think Students Can Read Full Novels]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/many-schools-are-assigning-excerpts-of-novels-to-read-instead-of-full-books-why</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yanking 60 Minutes Story Is Censorship By Oligarchy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-episode-censorship</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bari Weiss a Weird &amp; Worrisome Choice for CBS News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/08/bari-weiss-cbs-news</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network's confounding departure from its roots]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Struggling LA Times Wants To Go Public. Will It Work?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/31/los-angeles-times-owner-public</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In recent years, the newspapers that have fared the best have been those with committed local ownership]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the NY Times Trying To Wreck Mamdani's Mayoral Bid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/is-the-new-york-times-trying-to-wreck-zohran-mamdanis-mayoral-bid</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it's on a crusade against Mamdani]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Struggling? Consider a War - The Media Will Help]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/trump-iran-war-media-support</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's Iran strike knocked everything else out of the news, including the Minnesota shootings and it was little surprise]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media's Coverage of Trump Far Worse Than Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president's decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Loss of Freedom at 60 Minutes a Sorry Media Milestone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/60-minutes-press-freedom</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What has happened with 60 Minutes is a high-octane version of what's happening everywhere in Trump 2.0]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Surprise Trump Is Targeting NPR and PBS]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/trump-media-npr-pbs</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The AP's Win vs. Trump: Principles Still Have Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/associated-press-trump-administration</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Series of actions this week including at Princeton and in a tiny town, offer hope that courageous voices can make a difference]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Columbia Should Have Said 'See You in Court' to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/22/columbia-university-trump-demands</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Institutions must resist thuggish bullying. There is no satisfying Trump. He will move the goalposts again and again]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Newsom Handing Steve Bannon a Megaphone?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/gavin-newsom-steve-bannon-podcast</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The California governor is seeking to reposition himself for a possible 2028 presidential run. This isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the way to do it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight Fear &amp; Loathing of Trump, Stay Tuned In]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/17/us-politics-trump-staying-tuned-in</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm far from certain that staying engaged will make a difference. What I do know is that if we all tune out, there's no hope at all]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Long Can Appalling Musk-Trump Bromance Go On?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/musk-trump-bromance</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To say the relationship is symbiotic is an understatement. Trump has the political power; Musk has endless money]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Modern Life Feels Like the 7 Circles of Digital Hell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/03/digital-life-frustration</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tech irritations are the definition of 'first-world problems', yet I yearn to fish from the banks of my own Walden Pond]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Going Out Quietly But With Trademark Decency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/20/joe-biden-presidency-trademark-decency</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of us, at least, are going to miss Biden when he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gone from office '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even if it sort of feels like he already is]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Media Can Survive Four Years of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/07/american-press-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The media will be under siege, but former Washington Post editor Marty Baron has some ideas for what journalists can do]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fox News's Interview of Harris Was Grievance Theater]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/17/fox-news-harris-interview</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bret Baier interrupted Harris so much she could barely finish a sentence. She still injected some reality into Fox News's worldKey takeaways from Harris's Fox News interview]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Slick Performance Can't Change Danger of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/02/jd-vances-slick-performance-cant-change-the-danger-of-another-trump-presidency</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance may have prevailed on tone and presentation, but at the end of the day Walz is on the side of democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Sound Less Lofty, More Earthy--and It's Working]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/29/kamala-harris-campaign-high-road</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Sullivan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party that once boasted of taking the 'high road' now feels more rough-and-tumble. Maybe that's a good thing]]></description>
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