Al Jazeera Goes Mainstream Al Jazeera Goes Mainstream
The Arabic and English satellite broadcasts are giving voice to Arabs who challenge their governments, and ours.
Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Ned Lamont
Lippmann and the News Lippmann and the News
In the early 1900s Walter Lippman laid the groundrules for public debate in America. Have the US media followed his prescriptions?
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Schudson
What’s Really Wrong With the MSM? What’s Really Wrong With the MSM?
They've lost our trust by providing conservatives a platform for deliberate deceptions, silencing reporters for revealing the truth and excusing their own self-serving behavior.
Dec 6, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Moyers & FDR Moyers & FDR
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Bill Moyers
The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest
Lapham's Quarterly makes its debut, seeking to explain the present with illuminations from the past.
Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Evan Cornog
The New Face of Al Jazeera The New Face of Al Jazeera
Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?
Nov 9, 2007 / Feature / Kristen Gillespie
Of Lies, Catfights and Rock ‘n’ Roll Of Lies, Catfights and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Official lies have always been with us. But our political life--as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others--has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.
Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Hawking War Guilt Hawking War Guilt
All the warmongering that's fit to print.
Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Jim Sleeper
The Liberal Hawks’ Lament The Liberal Hawks’ Lament
Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.
Oct 25, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Stop the Media Grab Stop the Media Grab
If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.
Oct 25, 2007 / The Editors