McCain Is the Media's Maverick

• War in Iraq, Seven Years On

  Iraq War

  Greg Mitchell: The seventh anniversary of the start of the Iraq war dawned today with very little notice in the media--but at the start of the war, many more newspapers opposed it than we now remember.

• Watching the Media Watchdogs

  Media Analysis

  Greg Mitchell: Our media watchdogs require close watching. It's been an article of faith for Nation editors and readers since the founding of the magazine. I'm excited to join this tradition, and take it to new terrain at Media Fix, The Nation's first blog devoted to highlighting the best and worst of current media.

• Greg Mitchell Joins The Nation

  Journalists & Journalism

  The Nation is adding an essential new voice to TheNation.com--Greg Mitchell, former editor of Editor & Publisher. Mitchell will be blogging as writer and editor of the new "Media Fix" blog, a snapshot of the best and worst each day in media and journalism.

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• Fear of a Black President

  Racism & Discrimination

  Media Matters for America : Right wing commentators would rather stir up racial prejudice than enter into a serious debate about the future of US healthcare.

• Buchanan's Bigotry Finds Home on TV

  Media Analysis

  Media Matters for America : Pat Buchanan launches into paranoid racist rants in response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.

• Attacking Sotomayor: Race to the Bottom

  Supreme Court

  Media Matters for America : Right wing commentators, with characteristic disregard for reason or reality, have already begun smearing Judge Sonia Sotomayor.