Eric Alterman

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Former Nation media columnist Eric Alterman is a CUNY distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College, and the author of 12 books, including We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel, recently published by Basic Books.

The Newspaper Biz: ‘More Poison, Please’? The Newspaper Biz: ‘More Poison, Please’?

We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.

Apr 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

We've got a new "Think Again" column called " It's Still the BushEconomy" about the proclivity of so many in the media to treat thiseconomic crisis as if it were caused by Obama,...

Apr 17, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Piracy: The Military Options Piracy: The Military Options

Major Bob is back, too. But first, we've got a new "Think Again" column called " It's Still theBush Economy" about the proclivity of so many in the media to treat thiseconomic...

Apr 16, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

We've got a new "Think Again column called, ""Will-ful Ignorance, Round26," and it's about George Will's shameful global warming columns andFred Hiatt's defense of them, and it's...

Apr 10, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Lose the ‘Business’; Save the News? Lose the ‘Business’; Save the News?

As newspapers become increasingly irrelevant, is making them tax-exempt their last, best hope?

Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

We've got a new "Think Again Column called "Mice, Playing: The Declineof Skeptical Journalism," and it's here.And I did a post for the Daily Beast on the contretemps over Vanity ...

Apr 3, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues." My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pres...

Mar 27, 2009 / Eric Alterman

I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues… I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues…

We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues." My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pre...

Mar 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman

Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe… Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe…

It's a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.

Mar 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Big Alter-media week: We've got a new called "Think Again column called"Remember Real Journalism," and it's here. We did a BHTV episode with our new conservative buddy Reihan,...

Mar 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman

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