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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen On TV: Lessons from the downfall of the Cuomo brothers

Brian Foisy December 6, 2021
The fall of the Cuomo brothers reveals the inherent danger in allowing journalists or politicians to be celebrities.
Yvonne Tang / DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Remembering athletes as people and not machines

Nick Speranza December 1, 2021
The death of professional Overwatch player Kyeong-bo Kim, known by his ingame alias “Alarm,” leaves many in shock and mourning.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Critical Eye: On cottagecore being a digital escape from the digital

Sarah Goodman November 19, 2021
The rise of the cottagecore aesthetic is a movement made stationary because of its overemphasis on aesthetics that prematurely quells true movement and renders its naturalist ethos hollow.
Sophia Flisser/DFP STAFF

Bubble Burst: The TV show ‘You’ needs to leave the new Black girl alone

Lydia Evans October 28, 2021
It’s time we collectively stop perpetuating the idea that Black women are superheroes.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Seen On TV: AT&T and OAN, an unlikely love affair

Brian Foisy October 18, 2021
How could AT&T, under its Warner Media empire, fund both CNN and the right wing media source OAN?
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen On TV: Who is Jon Stewart?

Brian Foisy October 6, 2021
Jon Stewart's illustrious career leaves the question of is he the best late-night host of the 21st century, or is he the best broadcast journalist of the 21st century?
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen On TV: Bad reporting on the ‘Justice for J6’ rally is just bad reporting, not a conspiracy

Brian Foisy September 28, 2021
The politicization of media reporting has created an environment in which the truth of the event no longer matters.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen on TV: Hurricane Ida reporting exposes media’s climate blindspot

Brian Foisy September 12, 2021
Extreme weather has always been big business for news networks, but oftentimes missing is the discussion of climate change.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: The importance of culturally conscious content

Emma Sánchez September 7, 2021
Along with more diverse casting, more diverse narratives should be set on stage and screen in tandem.
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A call for opinions that listen: A Fall 2021 preview of the Freep opinion

Bini Ollivier-Yamin August 31, 2021
Public opinion-having is not a matter of simply talking about your beliefs, but rather, it is also about listening attentively enough to form an opinion at all.
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