Media

‘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 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

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