There’s Only One Thing That Could Actually Get Bill O’Reilly in Trouble, and It’s Not Lying There’s Only One Thing That Could Actually Get Bill O’Reilly in Trouble, and It’s Not Lying
Magical thinking may forever protect him.
Feb 27, 2015 / Leslie Savan
David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion
One of the late columnist’s last radio interviews.
Feb 13, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Finally, Someone Pays for Iraq War Lies—Brian Williams Finally, Someone Pays for Iraq War Lies—Brian Williams
The sacrificial lamb for a decade of profit-driven tale-spinning.
Feb 12, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Brian Williams’s ‘Fog of Memory’ Meets the Fog of Media Brian Williams’s ‘Fog of Memory’ Meets the Fog of Media
Are we Swift-helicoptering the NBC anchor?
Feb 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters
Don’t fall for Bibi’s bid to repackage himself as a kindly mensch.
Feb 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Larry Wilmore: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Multicultural Diversity… Larry Wilmore: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Multicultural Diversity…
The new Nightly Show confronts PC.
Jan 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
The French Fry Fox The French Fry Fox
Who are the surrender monkeys now?
Jan 23, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Why It’s OK for ‘The New York Times’ to Not Be Charlie Why It’s OK for ‘The New York Times’ to Not Be Charlie
While the Times frequently needs pushing on its watery language, there are real ethical reasons to exclude Charlie’s Mohammad cartoons.
Jan 15, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama
Not even the conservative media could connect the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris to #BlackLivesMatter protests in New York City… could they?
Jan 7, 2015 / Leslie Savan
After the Death of Two Cops, Right-Wing Media Demonize #BlackLivesMatter Protests After the Death of Two Cops, Right-Wing Media Demonize #BlackLivesMatter Protests
From Fox News to the New York Post, the rightward press treated the moment as an opportunity to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio and the #BlackLivesMatter movement without restraint.
Dec 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan