Crisis at Libération Crisis at Libération
Beset with financial woes, a labor-management power struggle and an aging leftist readership, the legendary French newspaper is on the brink of extinction.
Nov 16, 2006 / K.A. Dilday
The Death of News The Death of News
In cities across America, reporters are being laid off, TV stations are cutting back coverage and the newspaper industry is crumbling to dust. When it all shakes out, will Wikipedi...
Nov 15, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Ellen Willis, 1941-2006 Ellen Willis, 1941-2006
Friends and colleagues remember Ellen Willis, political essayist, journalist, rock critic and valued contributor to The Nation, who died November 9.
Nov 11, 2006 / The Nation
Time to Abolish the Editorial Page? Time to Abolish the Editorial Page?
Do newspapers really need special pages for political pronouncements, stentorian tone and candidate endorsements?
Nov 9, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
The End of Times? The End of Times?
Journalism's in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a f...
Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Salute to Molly Ivins A Salute to Molly Ivins
Her writing--sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism--reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
Oct 26, 2006 / Lewis Lapham
Useful Idiots Useful Idiots
Why did America's so-called liberal media find it so easy to support Bush's Iraq disaster? You won't find answers in the US media: Try The London Review of Books.
Oct 23, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
No ‘Comments’ No ‘Comments’
How can the MSM maintain they hold themselves to higher standards than the Drudge-driven political blogosphere when they ape its most irresponsible practices?
Oct 12, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Anna Politkovskaya Anna Politkovskaya
The killing of Anna Politkovskaya has rallied her journalistic colleagues and fellow citizens in a way few other recent events have.
Oct 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Woodward, Revised Woodward, Revised
Bob Woodward is late to the party: His new book, State of Denial, catches up to the story of the Iraq debacle that other journalists have been reporting for years.
Oct 9, 2006 / David Corn