Les Payne's Too-Quiet Departure
Peter Eisner : Corporate Media & Consolidation
A legendary African-American journalist is cast off by Newsday, and the profession is poorer for it.
Journalists & Journalism
Subsections:
2009
2008
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Ranters and Corantos
A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.
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Back Talk: Tim Reiterman
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
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Refs, Worked (Redux)
CBS News and the Washington Post go into overtime expunging liberal bias.
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Collateral Damage
Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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The Palin Fix
There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.
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Reality Bites
That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.
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Something Stupid
John McCain is determined to lie his way into the White House, and pundits and reporters are doing everything they can to enable that strategy.
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The Secret Behind the Surge
Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
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The Times, They Have A-Changed
Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.
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Media Gone Mad
The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.
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DNC '08: Live From Main Street
Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Van Jones and David Barsamian on the subject of change.
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Obama and the Politics of 'Presumptuousness'
Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008
Dana Milbank's coverage of Obama in the Washington Post has become a symbol of a press corps that is almost as the Bush Administration.
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Betsy Reed, Amy Alexander, Chris Hayes and Michael Tomasky debate the legacy of the media's 2008 election coverage.
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I Read the News Today... Oh Boy
While some of America's smartest and most civic-minded people are trying to save daily newspapers, the media moguls who can make a difference seem to be completely off their rockers.
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Obama vs. the Smart Guys (and Dumb Wars)
Barack Obama got it right on Iraq six years ago. Now, perhaps, so can the rest of us.
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Hello Cruel World
The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.
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How the Russert Test Failed America
Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn't he challenge the lies?
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The Canonization of St. Tim
It's hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.
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Donahue's War
Phil Donahue talks about his experience as a talk show host on MSNBC during the buildup to the invasion of Iraq.
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Silence of the (MSM) Lambs
They enabled the Iraq catastrophe and now spin a self-flattering narrative to excuse their failings.
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Say It Ain't So, Joe
Eric Alterman : Joseph Lieberman
Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.
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Good Night and Good Luck
Pundits embrace the fantasy of Hillary Clinton's candidacy as foolishly as they embraced the Iraq War.
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Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored
Free Press : Media Analysis
Why is the media ignoring one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory?
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