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WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files (Foreign Policy, Internet and New Media, World)

As Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, here is a closer look at Cablegate in Latin America.

Peter Kornbluh
Dilma Rousseff
How WikiLeaks Revitalized Brazil's Media (Internet and New Media, Journalists and Journalism, Media, World)

Cablegate did not just reveal secrets, it inspired a new culture of investigative journalism.

Natalia Viana
WikiLeaks Colombia: Gossip and Counterinsurgency (Internet and New Media, World)

From trivial matters to border tension with Hugo Chávez, Cablegate was a mixed bag of revelations for Colombians.

Carlos Eduardo Huertas
Latin America After Cablegate: What Changed? (Internet and New Media, World)

A discussion on the WikiLeaks legacy, from Argentina to Peru.

Peter Kornbluh, Gustavo Gorriti, Santiago O’Donnell and Francisca Skoknic
Alexander Cockburn: The Best of 'Beat the Devil' (Alternative and Independent Media, Politics)

Some of our favorites from nearly thirty years of his Nation column.

Alexander Cockburn
On the Other Hand...Nothing: The Trouble with Even-handedness (Corporate Media and Consolidation, Journalists and Journalism, Media Analysis)
Eric Alterman
The Washington Post
The Washington Post's Problem (Journalists and Journalism, Media Analysis, Conservatives and the American Right)

The paper had a problem: it needed a blogger to cover conservatives. It wound up with a bigger problem.

Eric Alterman
Julian Assange
Julian Assange Seeks Asylum in Ecuador (Internet and New Media, World)

The Wikileaks founder has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.

Tom Hayden
How the Media Created the Muslim Monster Myth (Racism and Discrimination, Media Analysis, Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism)

From Arab bandits to TV terrorists, the history of Islamophobia in US popular culture is long and ugly.

Jack Shaheen
Rolling the Dice at the 'Times-Picayune' (Journalists and Journalism, Media)

The beloved New Orleans daily is profitable and has enviable market penetration. So why is it moving to three-day delivery?

Jason Berry

Blogs

What’s the Matter With Graham Hill’s 'Living With Less'
Richard Kim

The problem isn’t that Americans are spending more money on stuff—they’re not. It’s that stuff has gotten cheaper.

March 13, 2013
Surprise! Ten Years Ago Many Top Newspapers Did Oppose the US War Against Iraq
Greg Mitchell

 Just before the invasion, one-third of newspapers spoke out against attacking at that time.

March 13, 2013
Native Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams
Aura Bogado

For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away. 

March 12, 2013
Critics Hit Major 'NYT' Probe of Drone Strike Against Americans
Greg Mitchell

The Obama administration should have argued the case against Anwar al-Awlaki in a court of law, not on the pages of The New York Times.

March 11, 2013
What 'Oz' Owes To Early Radical Feminism
Michelle Dean

No joke: Much of Oz’s matriarchal leanings come straight from a radical American feminist.

March 8, 2013
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Eric Alterman

Journalists need to hold themselves to higher standards, as do their ombudsmen.

March 7, 2013
Bob Woodward's Biggest Failure: Iraq
Greg Mitchell

 The investigative journalist followed the dummy on the WMD assertions leading up to the war.

March 7, 2013
Reading Bob Woodward
Rick Perlstein

 A smoking-gun demonstration of how the formerly great reporter trims his sails according to the power politics of the moment.

March 6, 2013
'NYT' Axes 'Green' Blog, After Dropping Environment Unit
Greg Mitchell

Even the Times public editor agrees that the move hurts its environmental coverage.

March 6, 2013
Cognitus Interruptus on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
Leslie Savan

Why mainstream media pundits keep punting.

March 5, 2013
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