Media

Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler! Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!

First, the obvious part.

Aug 24, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Persecution of Wen Ho Lee, Redux The Persecution of Wen Ho Lee, Redux

Over the last two years, various government and congressional officials adroitly exploited leaks to the media to defame Wen Ho Lee, a Los Alamos nuclear scientist.

Aug 7, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Schmoozapalooza 2000 Schmoozapalooza 2000

So ABC is arranging its convention coverage around an exhibition football game. NBC is giving us just the acceptance speeches.

Jul 27, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers? Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers?

Should the corporate owners of newspapers like the Los Angeles Times or the New York Post be allowed to own television stations in the same city?

Jul 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright

Once upon a time there was a struggling young California band. Its music was too loud and its image too unpolished for MTV.

Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Siva Vaidhyanathan

Media and Trade: A Love Story Media and Trade: A Love Story

On the final day of the Seattle demonstrations this past December, Peter Jennings of ABC's World News Tonight introduced the story with a sly aside: "The thousands of demonstrato...

Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

The Other Gay Media The Other Gay Media

AOL's buyout of Time Warner may have been this year's largest new media/old media merger, but in terms of sheer market consolidation, PlanetOut's purchase of Liberation Publicati...

Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Richard Kim

Independence: An Endangered Species? Independence: An Endangered Species?

The hopes of many for the birth and sustenance of independent web journalism took a body blow recently when all 140 employees of the APBnews.com crime news site were let go with ...

Jun 15, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

Pacifica: The Last Word Pacifica: The Last Word

"Biased" was the term used most often in the scores of letters sent in response to John Dinges's "What's Going on at Pacifi

Jun 8, 2000 / Letters / Our Readers

Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do

The pace of recent events made one of the most significant rulings in the history of American antitrust law seem like an anti-climax.

Jun 8, 2000 / Feature / Eben Moglen

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