The Liberal Media

Donald Trump

Pretending Trump Is Like Other Presidents Is Dangerous Pretending Trump Is Like Other Presidents Is Dangerous

The contempt the president showers on journalists is unmatched in modern history.

Oct 10, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

Three new books try to explain how we got such a massive jerk in the White House.

Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Netanyahu Trump

Trump’s Comments on the ‘Disloyalty’ of Jews Have a Sordid History Trump’s Comments on the ‘Disloyalty’ of Jews Have a Sordid History

Neocons believed that a bit of evangelical anti-Semitism in exchange for bedrock support for Israel was a bargain.

Sep 6, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Democratic presidential candidates raise their hands

Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends

Misplaced trust in the media has repeatedly led to disastrous debates.

Aug 22, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump

It Doesn’t Matter Whether Trump Is Trying to Distract You It Doesn’t Matter Whether Trump Is Trying to Distract You

We can’t ignore a president who spews Ku Klux Klan–level rhetoric, but neither can we allow him to colonize our collective imagination.

Jul 29, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Miami Herald Sign

If Jeffrey Epstein Faces Justice, It’ll Be Thanks to a Local Newspaper If Jeffrey Epstein Faces Justice, It’ll Be Thanks to a Local Newspaper

The decline of regional news will lead to a golden age of corruption.

Jul 17, 2019 / The Liberal Media / Eric Alterman

Mike Pompeo Iran

As Trump Lays Out a War Pretext, the Media Misses the Context As Trump Lays Out a War Pretext, the Media Misses the Context

The only threat Iran poses to the US is in retaliation to Trump’s attacks.

Jun 27, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Bibi and Trump

Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies

As aspiring autocrats, Trump and Bibi are strikingly alike.

Jun 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trump

Trump’s Prodigious Lying Threatens Our Democracy Trump’s Prodigious Lying Threatens Our Democracy

Even after 10,000 falsehoods, many in the media find themselves unable to call a president who lies a liar.

May 16, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren

The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren

Unlike every other candidate in the race—or in recent US history—Warren is providing a road map for where she wants to take the country.

Apr 29, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

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