This is my very important note to people in the media, along with anyone hoping to make sense of political news in this new era: Don’t Be Distracted!

+ NPR is out with their lists of the top albums and songs of 2016. (That feeling when you realize you’ve aged into the NPR music demo…)

+ From Quartz: A former student is suing Oxford for $1 million for failing to make him rich and successful.