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."Â 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