Margaret Sullivan
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Sullivan: Debate format is an embarrassment. Here’s how to make it better.
About 40 minutes after the start of Tuesday night's Democratic primary debate, I got an email from a Washington Post reader with this subject line: "I don't care for this."

Sullivan: Embattled and in over his head, Mark Zuckerberg should – at least – step down as Facebook chairman
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once set out a bit of digital -- world wisdom that became his company's informal motto: "Move fast and break things."

Column: Defend First Amendment principle. CNN should sue Trump for revoking press pass
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta is a smart, tough reporter. He can also be a grandstander who seems to thrive on conflict with President Donald Trump, and doesn't always...

Commentary: The media must cover the planet’s destruction like it’s the only story that matters
After a week of dire news -- the certainty of our ruptured nation, the likelihood of a journalist being murdered -- the United Nation's report on climate change last Sunday...

Sullivan: How to stay (slightly) sane this week: A user’s guide to the media maelstrom ahead
On Friday morning -- which already feels like a month ago -- Washington Post White House reporter Seung Min Kim posted an exhausted sigh of relief on Twitter: "Well. We...

Sullivan: Claim against Kavanaugh is not suspicious 11th-hour bombshell
This isn't the 11th hour, because the clock isn't running out; in fact, there is no clock.

Column: Reporter Carl Bernstein has seen it all, from Nixon to now — but nothing quite like Trump
On July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, charging he had personally tried to obstruct justice...

Guest Commentary: Trump blasted reporting from Puerto Rico as “fake news,” but heeding it might have saved lives
When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last fall, President Donald Trump playfully lobbed rolls of paper towels to those taking shelter.

Sullivan: Young, media-savvy and not OK with status quo on school shootings
Telegenic and media-savvy is one way to describe David Hogg, a lean and dark-haired senior at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But maybe a better way is this: Change...

Sullivan: When Facebook and Google are “weaponized,” the victim is reality
Tech giants like Facebook and Google need to fully grasp the spread of misinformation via their platforms, and devote their attention and plentiful resources to addressing it.