A Tale of Two Trials: Biden’s Family Values vs. Trump’s

Big Tech’s Big Talk • Problems at the Post • Feeding the AI Beast [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( A Tale of Two Trials: Biden’s Family Values vs. Trump’s Good morning. Republicans often say they’re the party of family values. Yet, as Mark McKinnon [wrote]( in his “tale of two trials” column this week, those values were strikingly absent from the hush money trial of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who received little of the familial support that has materialized around Joe Biden’s son Hunter during his criminal proceedings. Meanwhile, Molly Jong-Fast [picked up]( on another bad look for the former president: that his own party’s post-conviction messaging is all over the place. Zooming out from all the legal drama, the Hive had a banner week in media coverage. Charlotte Klein [delivered]( a juicy scoop on the newsroom shake-up at The Washington Post, whose publisher continues to sink deeper into scandal, while Nick Bilton [questioned]( whether AI-driven summarization tools will dumb down the news and eat away at engagement. Plus, on the latest episode of Inside the Hive, Steven Brill [took]( Big Tech to task for allowing fake news to run rampant despite making promise after promise to rein it in. Thanks for reading, and see you on Monday. —Jon Skolnik, associate editor [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Blazer, Clothing, Coat, Jacket, Bag, Handbag, and People]( [A Tale of Two Trials: Biden’s Family Values vs. Trump’s]( By [Mark McKinnon]( [A pair of courtroom dramas speak volumes about love, support, and two extremely different candidates.]( [Read more button](   [Trumpworld’s Post-Conviction Spin Cycle]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [If being a convicted felon is so great for Donald Trump, why are Republicans freaking out?]( [Read more button](   [If Google Kills News Media, Who Will Feed the AI Beast?]( By [Nick Bilton]( [Summarization tools from OpenAI and Google offer a CliffsNotes version of journalism that may further dumb down public discourse and deliver a brutal blow to an already battered media business.]( [Read more button](   [Tech Titans Have Talked a Big Game About Misinformation. It Hasn’t Gone Anywhere]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Steven Brill, the cofounder of NewsGuard, discusses how social media giants like Facebook and X have aided and abetted in the death of truth, and provides a legislative road map for holding them accountable.]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [“I Can’t Sugarcoat It Anymore”: Will Lewis Bluntly Defends Washington Post Shake-Up]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Addressing a rattled newsroom in the wake of Sally Buzbee’s resignation, the Post’s CEO and publisher stressed the need for taking “decisive, urgent action to set us on a different path.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast