Kelsey Sutton

Bio

Kelsey Sutton is a reporter at Mic covering politics and the media. She was previously a media reporter at POLITICO.
‘Wall Street Journal’ staffers claim editor buried story for political reasons
By Kelsey Sutton
A senior editor at the Wall Street Journal tried to remove a published data journalism project that explored the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, “because the facts it contained were not politically palatable,” an unsigned memo circulating at…
GLAAD launches push for media to cover trans homicide as “more than a number”
By Kelsey Sutton
In late 2017, fresh data from three LGBTQ advocacy groups seemed to show that violence against trans people was on the rise. The data varied slightly depending on whether it came from GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign or the Transgender Law Center,…
Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week
By Kelsey Sutton
This week was dominated by the news of national security adviser H.R. McMaster’s departure from the White House after President Donald Trump repeatedly denied that McMaster was on his way out. Shocking undercover videos detailing the workings of the…
Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week
By Kelsey Sutton
The news this week was dominated by news of a razor-thin Democratic victory in a Pennsylvania special election, along with President Donald Trump’s unexpected decision to abruptly fire Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. A continued legal battle…
Why Trump would have a tough time blocking ’60 Minutes’ interview with Stormy Daniels
By Kelsey Sutton
Could President Donald Trump block the broadcast of a highly anticipated interview with porn actress Stephanie Clifford? BuzzFeed News recently reported that counsel for Trump has considered the possibility of taking legal action to try to prevent…
Facebook bans far-right political party for inciting “animosity and hatred”
By Kelsey Sutton
Facebook has banned Britain First, a far-right political party whose inflammatory anti-Muslim videos haven been shared by President Donald Trump, for violating the company’s community standards against hate speech. The social media platform deleted…
Partisan pundits and conspiracy theorists still rule Facebook, analysis shows
By Kelsey Sutton
Many of the most engaging journalists on Facebook write for highly partisan websites, and at least two highly engaging so-called journalists wrote for websites that have been classified as fake news sites, according to a new analysis about…
Unreliable sources: A look at the week’s worst media moments that didn’t involve Stormy Daniels
By Kelsey Sutton
The news this week was dominated by news of the intensifying alleged hush money scandal involving President Donald Trump’s lawyer and porn actress Stormy Daniels, along with a wild evening of interviews with former Trump aide Sam Nunberg, and an…
Did the Sam Nunberg media circus cross the line?
By Kelsey Sutton
A media circus unfolded Monday after a former aide to Donald Trump told the Washington Post he was refusing to comply with a subpoena ordering him to appear in front of a federal grand jury and hand over documents relating to the ongoing…
Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week
By Kelsey Sutton
The news this week was dominated by talk of possible gun control measures, along with a flurry of stories about turmoil in the White House following communications director Hope Hicks’ unexpected resignation. Across the media landscape this week,…
Why is it so difficult for online platforms to tackle disinformation and hate speech?
By Kelsey Sutton
The now-too-familiar influx of hoaxes, conspiracies and flat-out false stories that swirled on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter in the days after the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida, mass shooting are now spurring another round of hand-wringing about the…
Unreliable Sources: A look at the worst media moments this week about the Florida mass shooting
By Kelsey Sutton
The news this week was dominated by an onslaught of reporting on the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and has now galvanized students across the country demanding change to gun laws. Across the media landscape this…
CNN denies scripting question for Florida shooting survivor Colton Haab at gun control town hall
By Kelsey Sutton
CNN said on Thursday that there is “absolutely no truth” to claims made by a teenage survivor of the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that the cable network gave him a “scripted” question to ask during a Wednesday night town hall event…
Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week that weren’t about indicted Russians
By Kelsey Sutton
Across the media landscape this week, some reporting and commentary on the storylines of were rife with mischaracterizations or flat-out falsehoods. Here’s a look at some of the more cringe-worthy takes and media mistakes from this week. The…
Quinn Norton controversy is the latest misstep for the maligned ‘New York Times’ editorial page
By Kelsey Sutton
The New York Times’ decision to hire — and quickly fire — journalist Quinn Norton from its editorial board is the latest in a string of controversies for the Grey Lady’s increasingly maligned opinion pages. On Tuesday, the paper’s announcement that…
Unreliable sources: The worst media moments this week that weren’t an accused Nazi on cable news
By Kelsey Sutton
Across the media landscape this week, some reporting and commentary on the storylines were rife with mischaracterizations ... or flat-out falsehoods. Here’s a look at some of the more cringe-worthy takes and media mistakes from this week that didn’t…
‘Newsweek’ executive to return to embattled company after harassment investigation
By Kelsey Sutton
Dayan Candappa, the chief content officer of Newsweek Media Group who was placed on leave in late January following a report that he had repeatedly sexually harassed a female subordinate at a previous job, is set to return to the company, the…
Should CNN have put the GOP’s Holocaust-denying candidate on the air?
By Kelsey Sutton
On Thursday morning, a segment on CNN’s “New Day” featuring host Alisyn Camerota interviewing Republican congressional candidate Arthur Jones garnered a great deal of attention. The interview began with Camerota immediately telling Jones that it was…
Exodus at ‘Newsweek’ follows Monday’s surprise firings of top editors
By Kelsey Sutton
At least 14 Newsweek journalists and three journalists at the International Business Times have resigned in the days following the abrupt firing of several senior Newsweek staffers who were involved in the production of articles about the…
‘Newsweek’ journalists who worked on stories about parent company abruptly fired
By Kelsey Sutton
Newsweek’s editor-in-chief, executive editor and at least one reporter at the news organization were fired Monday in an abrupt shake-up that has rattled the newsroom, staffers told Mic. Newsweek editor-in-chief Bob Roe, executive editor Ken Li and…