Blustery posturing at the podium contrasts with cruel realities on the ground, including imprisoned infants.

The Media Beat this week reports on the legal cases lying in wait to challenge an overreaching president.

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Let’s take a break from the formless pandemonium of national and global politics.

The Media Beat this week reviews a well-crafted Greek tragedy, Oedipus, re-envisioned as a modern political thriller.

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Facts – eminently checkable facts – are at odds with official narratives.

With deaths caused by federal agents’ excessive force, The Media Beat explores good journalism’s prime duty.

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So-called strongmen in power depend upon mythologies.

From DC to Davos, The Media Beat this week disentangles what’s woven to deceive.

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Difficulties intensify for accurately reporting the Iranian uprising. The Media Beat addresses both Trump’s reaction to Iran and his economic troubles at home.

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Trump’s swaggering seizure of Venezuela’s leader has prompted both head-scratching and alarm among analysts. The Media Beat probes the rationales behind the theatrics.

(Sculpture by Fabrizio Galli)

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The Pentagon itself has acknowledged our forces are “OVERMATCHED” by China’s — and the New York Times has made it more widely known.

The Media Beat reports on the revelations — and on the remedies.

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Virtually all communications today assume basic literacy. But America now faces a crisis in reading abilities.

The Media Beat reports on the disturbing decline, and on reversing it.

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