Media Gone Mad Media Gone Mad
The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.
Aug 26, 2008 / Eric Alterman
The Hillary Diehards The Hillary Diehards
If there were any real news here, 15,000 journalists would be reporting it. Instead, they gather soundbites from a few nut cases who consider politics a form of therapy.
Aug 25, 2008 / Eric Alterman
Obama and the Politics of ‘Presumptuousness’ Obama and the Politics of ‘Presumptuousness’
Dana Milbank's coverage of Obama in the Washington Post has become a symbol of a press corps that is almost as the Bush Administration.
Aug 13, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
I Read the News Today… Oh Boy I Read the News Today… Oh Boy
While some of America's smartest and most civic-minded people are trying to save daily newspapers, the media moguls who can make a difference seem to be completely off their rocker...
Jul 16, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Obama vs. the Smart Guys (and Dumb Wars) Obama vs. the Smart Guys (and Dumb Wars)
Barack Obama got it right on Iraq six years ago. Now, perhaps, so can the rest of us.
Jun 26, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Loving John McCain Loving John McCain
He's not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman and George Zornick
Silence of the (MSM) Lambs Silence of the (MSM) Lambs
They enabled the Iraq catastrophe and now spin a self-flattering narrative to excuse their failings.
Jun 12, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Say It Ain’t So, Joe Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.
May 29, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Good Night and Good Luck Good Night and Good Luck
Pundits embrace the fantasy of Hillary Clinton's candidacy as foolishly as they embraced the Iraq War.
May 15, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Letters Letters
Readers write back on Jeremiah Wright's church and Henry Siegman's criticism of Israel; Eric Alterman answers his critics.
May 14, 2008 / Eric Alterman and Our Readers