My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes
“I created a TV network for people 55 to dead,” the late, disgraced Fox News founder told me in 2000. “And they don’t want to see anyone like you.”
May 18, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How
It’s time to rethink the use of confidentiality agreements in workplace harassment cases.
May 11, 2017 / Terri Gerstein
From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders
I’ve argued for years that treating Fox as legitimate was a terrible mistake. The rise of Breitbart shows I should have been even more cynical.
Apr 28, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Bye-Bye, Bill O’Reilly Bye-Bye, Bill O’Reilly
On and off screen, Bill O’Reilly helped create the sexist, racist, right-wing culture that was the Fox News brand.
Apr 19, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past
But black women are speaking out and fighting back.
Mar 30, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Fake News Is Not the Real Media Threat We’re Facing Fake News Is Not the Real Media Threat We’re Facing
What the conservative media machine does is much more dangerous.
Dec 22, 2016 / David A. Bell
All TV Will Be Trump TV All TV Will Be Trump TV
When Donald Trump permeates the news media, more than he already does, will TV news forget even more of its adversarial role?
Dec 8, 2016 / Leslie Savan
How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster
Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.
Oct 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
Donald Trump’s Misogynist Ratpack Donald Trump’s Misogynist Ratpack
Trump has surrounded himself with sexists and serial adulterers. Sexual harasser Roger Ailes is an “adviser.” No wonder he’s struggling with women voters.
Sep 7, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage? Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage?
The danger in this election is not just that Trump could win. It’s that—win or lose—he could poison our politics for a generation.
Aug 30, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel