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My First Byline: Matt Laslo

Washington reporter

Published on Your First Byline • Sep 4

June 2024

Make Politics Boring (Again): Outfoxing AI, deepfakes & the nationalization of local politics

Journalist & Johns Hopkins Lecturer Matt Laslo's AI talk at NPR HQ, June 7, 2024

Jun 15, 2024 • 

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September 2023

Oversight Chair Comer: "we're in this situation ... because the Democrats abused their impeachment power”

House Oversight Chair James Comer (July 20, 2023)

Sep 13, 2023 • 

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August 2023

Trump’s Fulton County indictment is the most sweeping and dangerous one yet

DA Fani Willis hit Trump with RICO charges, but, after more than a year, she still hasn’t been able to sit a jury in her blockbuster RICO case against…

Aug 23, 2023 • 

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GOP Sen. Hawley laughs off Cruz and Rubio's laissez faire AI approach: "Not gonna happen"

Ep. 3 — Sen. Josh Hawley: “Ha. I don’t know that we’re gonna be able to hermetically seal it like that” (7-11-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • 

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Prof. Laslo reminds Sen. Marco Rubio, “You all haven’t touched data privacy"

Ep. 2 — Sen. Marco Rubio (7-11-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • 

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Sen. Cramer to Prof. Laslo: "I'd like to take one of your courses"

Ep. 1 – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was in a jovial mood ahead of lawmaker's August recess (7-26-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • 

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It’s embarrassing being a part of the press corps these days

Dear press corps, this election cycle could be our last chance to serve the American people – we've already lost about half the country

Aug 2, 2023 • 

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July 2023

Data privacy resources based on Matt Laslo's tech coverage

Laslo's early, revealing and persistent privacy reporting for WIRED has served as a bridge between academia and Washington, as evidenced in it being…

Jul 28, 2023 • 

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January 2023

Coming soon: Lights, Cameras, Memes!

Matt Laslo's a WIRED magazine contributor & political comms prof. at Johns Hopkins University (MA)

Jan 2, 2023 • 

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