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The Gray Lady Winked
History
Ten case studies of how the New York Times's reporting failures—from Walter Duranty's coverups of Stalin's famine to Iraq WMD reporting—shaped 20th-century history. Balaji puts it on a tier with The Sovereign Individual and calls it required reading for anyone who wants to understand legacy media.
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Balaji Srinivasan
“10/10 recommendation. I put this up there with The Sovereign Individual.”
Quoted in The Anthology of Balaji's recommended reading archive; Balaji has repeatedly elevated this book on his podcast and Twitter appearances.
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Network School Reading List
Macrohistory selection on how the dominant media narrative has shaped — and distorted — the historical record.