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ABC News Helps Dinesh D’Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory

ABC News Helps Dinesh D’Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory ABC News Helps Dinesh D’Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory

Why the corporate media keep lending the far-right legitimacy. 

Jul 8, 2014 / Leslie Savan

On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar

On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar

Clinton is using Edward Snowden as a punching bag to shore up her hawkish bona fides. 

Jul 8, 2014 / Robert Scheer

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby. 

Jul 3, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’? Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?

The New York Times has yet to learn from its hawkish coverage in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Jul 2, 2014 / Leslie Savan

William Kristol’s Credentials as an Iraq Expert William Kristol’s Credentials as an Iraq Expert

Bill Kristol predicted a war of two months. It’s lasted, we know, somewhat longer. So, even including his chicken-hawk pals, Has anyone ever been wronger?

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities

The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities

The regime has repeatedly carried out artillery and air attacks on city centers, creating a humanitarian catastrophe—which is all but ignored by the US political-media establ...

Jun 30, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars?

Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars? Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars?

For 127 years, prison newspapers have struggled to speak truth to the outside world.

Jun 25, 2014 / Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche

Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq

Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq

Instead of ignoring what the neo-cons have to say about the present crisis in Iraq, maybe we should do this...

Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

The Beltway Media Gets the Iraq War Band Back Together

The Beltway Media Gets the Iraq War Band Back Together The Beltway Media Gets the Iraq War Band Back Together

Reed on Iraq and the US establishment press.

Jun 18, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear

How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear

From Bergdahl to the Las Vegas cop killers, Fox and friends enter Orwell’s “Eastasia.”

Jun 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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