Media Analysis

Donald Trump holds up WSJ Opinion section with an editorial titled

Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly

The newspaper’s own reporters are challenging the Trumpian opinion section.

Aug 7, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman

Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage?

Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage? Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage?

Journalists at CBS, NBC, CNN, Time, and The Guardian are trying—but journalism as a whole needs to do better.

Aug 5, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

Trump with hands outstretched

Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal

What are the dangers of allowing Trump to dominate US political culture?

Aug 4, 2020 / Eric Alterman

With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’

With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’ With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’

Disregarding all past experience, journalists, politicians, and foreign policy experts have simply assumed that the claims of Russian bounties for killing American troops are true....

Jul 17, 2020 / David S. Foglesong

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.

Jul 15, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It

It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It

The way we talk about contagion matters. It shapes how societies respond—and whether many of us will survive.

Jul 14, 2020 / Feature / Sonia Shah

Tucker Carlson

Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson? Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson?

Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.

Jul 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Mark Zuckerberg stares down at his lap

Facebook Fuels Its Users’ Ignorance With Lies Facebook Fuels Its Users’ Ignorance With Lies

It’s time to stop clicking on the ads.

Jul 9, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again

The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again

Newsrooms have to cover the real horse race in 2020: the race against climate breakdown.

Jul 1, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak

This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak

Ignore this, please…

Jun 30, 2020 / Jen Sorensen

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