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Shawn McCreesh is a writer covering media, politics, and power.

  1. stop the presses
    Of Course Taylor Lorenz Welcomed Herself to the Wash Post With a Twitter FeudShe goes after Maggie Haberman. Meanwhile, the Times considers a crackdown on brands on its payroll.
  2. iron curtain call
    The Met’s Big Breakup With the Bolshoi“Even at the height of the Cold War, artistic exchange was possible. But now all bets are off.”
  3. stop the presses
    Manhattan’s Maskless Machers Love The Music Man — and The MayorEric Adams is getting raves: “Hot, compassionate, strong, determined” — Diane von Furstenberg; “Pitch-perfect” — Barry Diller.
  4. stop the presses
    The Jane Hotel to Reboot As an Outpost of an Elite Hollywood Private ClubJeff Klein’s San Vicente Bungalows is, he says, only for interesting people.
  5. stop the presses
    The Mystery Behind the Zucker ShockerHis office romance has been an open secret for years. So why is he really leaving?
  6. stop the presses
    Sarah Palin Paints the Town COVIDShe shocks the capital of blue America, unvaccinated and unashamed.
  7. media
    The New York Post Gets Its Own Tabloid ScandalA former top editor sues, saying the paper’s notorious former boss was welcomed back after sexually harassing her.
  8. art
    How Agnieszka Pilat Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Artist“It’s our obligation to have a relationship with machines so they grow up to be good citizens.”
  9. stop the presses
    Ben Smith Goes GlobalThe Times media columnist — defecting for a news start-up — was never an institutionalist anyway.
  10. stop the presses
    ‘The Media Variant’ Hits New York CityIt began in the group chats. Everyone seemed to know someone who’d tested positive. Then it hit Twitter.
  11. stop the presses
    A Real Housewife of New York Dined and Dashed at D.C.’s Sceniest RestaurantStaff and diners at Le Diplomate were shocked when Luann de Lesseps vanished after an expensive meal. (She did pay up a few days later.)
  12. stop the presses
    I Was the Only Man Allowed Into Joanna Coles’s Power 100 LunchWell, just for cocktails.
  13. politics
    Party Like It’s January 6A night out with Rudy Giuliani, Paul Gosar, and New York’s Young Republicans.
  14. stop the presses
    BuzzFeed Is About to Go Public — and Its Employees Are Walking Out in ProtestThe small but high-profile BuzzFeed News unit is using the occasion to register dissatisfaction with management.
  15. stop the presses
    Welcome to the Beach Cafe, the Upper East Side’s Republican CheersAnn Coulter, Cindy Adams, and Donald Jr. hang out there; try the (Roger) Stone Burger.
  16. performing arts
    Who Will Give Peter Gelb $2 Billion to Guarantee the Met Opera’s Future?All of Gelb’s big problems running the opera house only got bigger during the pandemic.
  17. stop the presses
    I Hung Out With Both Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams on Election NightIt was the best of parties, it was the worst of parties.
  18. rebuilding
    Some Tree Buffs in D.C. Took It Upon Themselves to Help Rebuild Notre-DameA truss constructed with 12th-century techniques. On spec.
  19. reckonings
    When the Capitol Riot Came HomeA police chief’s words to a reporter on January 6 upended a little New Hampshire town and roiled state politics.
  20. capitol riot
    What the MAGA Mob at the Capitol Had to Say for Itself“This is what Trump wanted,” said one supporter outside the overrun building.
  21. media
    A Visit With Andrew Neil, The Spectator’s Publisher and Boris Johnson’s Old BossThe TV interviewer and chairman of Britain’s ancient conservative magazine is taking a whack at America.
  22. encounter
    Talking Instagram, Trump, and Old New York With Michiko KakutaniFor three decades, hers was the most influential voice in publishing. With the release of The Death of Truth, she now finds herself being reviewed.