‘Case Closed’ ‘Case Closed’
In a more just universe, the right-wingers wouldgive reporters the credit they so richly deserve.
Apr 7, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Miller’s UN Reporting Miller’s UN Reporting
The editorial page of the New York Times recently led with a justifiably outraged condemnation of George W.
Mar 31, 2005 / Russ Baker
In Re Rather: The Target Is Journalism In Re Rather: The Target Is Journalism
That the resignation of Dan Rather from his CBS News anchor job is a humiliation for the so-called liberal media (SCLM) is taken as a given across the conservative and mainstream...
Mar 24, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Blogging, Journalism and Credibility Blogging, Journalism and Credibility
Journalists, bloggers, news executives, media scholars and librarians try to make sense of the new media environment.
Mar 17, 2005 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon
Invisible Women Invisible Women
Women don't shout. Women don't like politics. Women shrink from intellectual debate. Women don't try.
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Hip-Hop Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Hip-Hop Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Though promoted as an antiracist event, the rally lamented the state of the corporate music industry generally.
Mar 16, 2005 / Feature / Mark Hatch-Miller
Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi? Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi?
That the Boston Globe is a great newspaper can be in no doubt, as its brave (though flawed) reporting on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has recently demonstrated.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson
He said he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon. "A great funeral" was what he wanted, he told his son. Then he walked into the kitchen and shot himself dead in the head.
Mar 3, 2005 / Warren Hinckle
The Motorcycle Gangs The Motorcycle Gangs
A portrait of an outsider underground.
Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Hunter S. Thompson
The Pajama Game The Pajama Game
It's hard to know who to root against in the bloggers vs. CNN controversy that led to the resignation of CNN's Eason Jordan, a twenty-three-year veteran of the network.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman