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4 days ago · Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics, coverage, and consequences of Campaign 2024. Monday morning, before Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th and possibly final president of the United States, Joe Biden hosted him at the White House. “Welcome home,” Biden told Trump […]
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Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website. We write about sports, politics, TV, movies, science, weird shit that happens on the internet, and anything else that catches our attention, because we believe that a good publication is one that reflects the genuine interests and obsessions of its staff. We started this company because media […]
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4 days ago · This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.
How We Got Here - Defector
Sep 8, 2020 · Where did it all go wrong, then? There are perhaps too many points on the timeline to discuss. Maybe it was when infamous venture capitalist and Donald Trump confidant Peter Thiel, angered over sister site Gawker's antagonistic coverage of him, secretly funded a lawsuit against Gawker Media from ex-wrestler Hulk Hogan and structured it to cause maximum damage to the company.
Drew Magary - Defector
5 days ago · This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.
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Jan 17, 2025 · This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.
Defector Podcasts
The Distraction is Defector’s flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! […]
It's Time To Vote | Defector
Nov 1, 2024 · Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics and coverage of Campaign 2024. I voted. That was the one thing I knew I could do. I didn't get the "I VOTED" sticker because they were all out of them; it was the last hour of the first day of early voting and the line was out the door of the high school gym ...
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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.
Defector Annual Report, September 2023 – August 2024
Published on October 16, 2024. Purpose of this report. This is the fourth year that Defector’s business team is publishing an annual report. Let us be frank: We sort of regret backing ourselves into this corner of having to produce one of these every year.