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Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own. Email me: Megan.McArdle -at- washpost.com Buy my book, The Up Side of Down amzn.to/1a3i2tK
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Opinion: Column by Megan McArdle

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By Megan McArdle Verified
| Traverse City Record-Eagle Verified
The first time I was the internet’s “main character” was way back in 2003. I deserved it, as much as anyone can. Still seething from 9/11, I’d blogged something very stupid and wrong about violent anti-war protests. The internet was a much less crowded place, but it’s hard to describe how awful that experience was. Nothing in the analog world prepares you to be hated by so many people so volubly and viciously.
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The internet always routes around the censors

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By Megan McArdle Verified
| Washington Post Opinions Verified
The internet always routes around the censors (washingtonpost.com) The internet always routes around the censors By Megan McArdle 2026082311010200 The first time I was the internet's "main character" was way back in 2003. I deserved it, as much as anyone can. Still seething from 9/11, I'd blogged something very stupid and wrong about violent anti-war protests. The internet was a much less crowded place, but it's hard to describe how awful that experience was.
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The Best of the Worst

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By Josh Barro Verified, Ben Dreyfuss Verified, Megan McArdle Verified
| centralairpodcast.com
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:34 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Dear listeners, David Ellison is displeased about the California-led lawsuit to stop the Paramount-Warner merger, and he’s making threats: If the states don’t settle by October 1, he’s going to move both studios out of the state. We discuss: is this threat credible?
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