Eric Alterman

@Eric_Alterman

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.

Refs, Worked (Redux) Refs, Worked (Redux)

CBS News and the Washington Post go into overtime expunging liberal bias.

Nov 25, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

These Are Better Days These Are Better Days

A mighty train of change is coming to Washington: will the insider establishment hop aboard?

Nov 13, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

A Liberal Supermajority (Finally) Finds Its Voice A Liberal Supermajority (Finally) Finds Its Voice

All evidence to the contrary, mainstream media continue to frame election issues with discredited right-wing assumptions.

Oct 29, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

It’s Sliming Time (Again) It’s Sliming Time (Again)

Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.

Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

Reality Bites Reality Bites

That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.

Oct 1, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

Letters Letters

Mouths Water. Earth Smiles. Orient, N.Y.

Oct 1, 2008 / Eric Alterman, Our Readers, and Bernard Avishai

Something Stupid Something Stupid

John McCain is determined to lie his way into the White House, and pundits and reporters are doing everything they can to enable that strategy.

Sep 18, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Times, They Have A-Changed The Times, They Have A-Changed

Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.

Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

Israel Turns 60 Israel Turns 60

Israeli writers and intellectuals look at their nation and its problems in a more nuanced and realistic way than most Americans.

Sep 3, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman

How to Cover the GOP How to Cover the GOP

Since they got all the megastories wrong in Denver, here's a primer for the media horde as they descend on St. Paul.

Aug 29, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman

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