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Must-reads of the week

What we talk about when we talk about Roger
January 17, 2014

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week:

Closing time for the internet — Who killed net neutrality?

Citizen Ailes — An excerpt of Gabriel Sherman’s new biography of the Fox News head

Networker — Jacob Weisberg reviews Gabriel Sherman’s biography of Roger Ailes

Michael Wolff doesn’t like The Loudest Voice in the Room — “Sherman is not a very good writer”

The science behind Upworthy’s virality — Lessons for finding “sharable” content and striking an emotional chord

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The highway’s jammed with broken heroes — David Simon on Chris Christie: “He knew”

Did God make us moral? — Intelligent Design’s oldest attack on evolution is as popular as ever

The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.