Is the Media Going Too Far in Exposing the Theranos Founder’s Ugly Side?

As Scandal Broke Around CEO Elizabeth Holmes, Her Once-Glamorous Image Became Increasingly Unflattering

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the controversial blood-testing company Theranos, used to look good—physically beautiful even—in published photographs: On the cover of the June 2014 issue of Fortune, Holmes was shot in full color at a partial side angle revealing her contoured cheeks. Her hair is blonde and her blue eyes are huge and doe-like; she is the perfect white tech woman. The accompanying article compares her to Steve Jobs.

But since October 2015, when the Wall Street Journal first showed that her company’s technology might not work and federal …

By Yxta Maya Murray | May 18, 2016

Would Brits Really Rather Watch Fussy Old Lord Grantham Than a Dashing Winston Churchill?

The Producers of 'Downton Abbey’ Want to Tell the Wartime Prime Minister's Riveting Backstory, but a Half Century of Disparagement May Have Taken Its Toll

By Michael Shelden | March 11, 2016

If you were disappointed to see Downton Abbey come to an end on PBS this past weekend, the good news is that the producers of this sensation on both sides …

Donald Trump Could Make the Media Great Again

Newsrooms May Be Guilty of Fueling His Rise, but Journalists Can Redeem Themselves by Holding the Mogul Accountable

By Dan Gillmor | March 1, 2016

A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof weighed in on who is to blame for the poisoning of American politics.

“The G.O.P. Created Donald Trump,” blared the headline. …

You Don’t Want U.S. Politics to End Up Like Venezuela’s

In My Home Country, Our Two Major Parties Have Separate Newspapers, Fashions, and Flags. This Could Be America’s Fate.

By Rafael Osío Cabrices | January 20, 2016

I’m having a hard time figuring out which America is real. Is it the one where Americans are protesting the killing, by police officers, of unarmed black boys and men? …

I’m Happy Sheldon Adelson Wants to Own a Newspaper

The Ensuing Conflicts of Interest May Be Troubling, But It Sure Beats the Alternative

By Andrés Martinez | January 11, 2016

There is good news and bad news to report from the world of those whose business it is to relay the news. The good news is that the family of …

Obsessing About Terrorism Is Bad for Your Mental Health

Constant Media-Induced Anxiety Can Inflict Psychological Harm

By David Eisenman | January 7, 2016

My patient, Anna, is an African-American woman in her 60s living alone in Los Angeles. She has a progressive arthritis and she walks slowly with the aid of a …

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