Mitch Bedows Archives - Washington Square News

Facebook’s Need for Reform

Facebook’s refusal to take a firm stance against misleading and fake news on their platform has long been controversial. Their recent decision to allow advertisements for the bail bond industry is definitive evidence that they need to fundamentally restructure their policy.

Mitch Bedows, Staff Writer • February 28, 2020

Facebook’s history of manipulation with public-interest censorship on their platform, the world’s largest social network, is no longer a secret. Unfolding dramatically over...

All American Kanye

Mitch Bedows, Contributing Writer • October 5, 2018

A look into the eerie similarities between Kanye West and America as a whole.

The Hopeful Legacy of Elmer Bobst

Elmer Holmes Bobst: "Jews have troubled the world from the very beginning."

Mitch Bedows, Contributing Writer • September 11, 2018

Bobst Library doesn't need to be renamed because the irony of Elmer Holmes Bobst's anti-Semitic beliefs represents progress.

The Lost Voice of Journalism

Mitch Bedows, Contributing Writer • September 10, 2018

A take on the closure of the Village Voice — a downtown New York institution — and what the implications are for local papers around the country and for journalism in the United States within the current political landscape.