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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Trump Aborts Interview after Smart Black Women Ask Tough Questions
/182 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelI’m not convinced that Trump’s latest stunt to claim the media spotlight — truly atrocious behavior at the National Association for Black Journalists conference — will be any different than all the other things Trump has succeeded in commanding the media’s attention without ever paying a price for his own racism.