Journalists and Journalism

The Gasbag Gap The Gasbag Gap

Why expect political balance on talk TV when the networks are wedded to the belief that all the action is on the right?

Feb 16, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Spin to the Right Spin to the Right

Coretta Scott King's funeral should have been a paean to liberal values. Instead, talking heads nattered over the etiquette of speaking truth to power.

Feb 10, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hatch-Miller

Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much. Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much.

Despite his lies and incompetence, Bush remains more popular with elite media than Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't ...

Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Never Mind the Truth… Never Mind the Truth…

Coverage of the Alito hearings revealed once again that there is no liberal bias in mainstream media.

Jan 19, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Foggy Bottom Foggy Bottom

If we are suspending the law in deference to Bush's unchecked impulses, let's call it by its proper name: Benign lawlessness? Gitmo Governance? Fear Factor?

Jan 19, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

‘Fool Me Once…’ ‘Fool Me Once…’

The willingness of our most powerful media companies to defer to pressure from the White House is deeply disconcerting. In the name of national security, the Bush team repeatedly d...

Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

It Wasn’t All Bad It Wasn’t All Bad

Bush is on the defensive. The GOP is mired in corruption. The media are waking up. Civil liberties are beginning to matter. See? Good things did happen in 2005.

Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy

This just in: The Pentagon offers yet another lesson in democracy. Just don't look for any bylines.

Dec 15, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

All the News That’s Fit to Buy All the News That’s Fit to Buy

Bush brings a robust simplicity to the business of news management: Where possible, buy journalists to turn out favorable stories. And if you think you can get away with it, shoot ...

Dec 8, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Anybody Want to Buy a Newspaper? Anybody Want to Buy a Newspaper?

Under pressure from Wall Street, newspaper journalism is being frog-marched out of the media marketplace. And once it's gone, how will we know anything?

Dec 2, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

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