Media

Subsections:

2009

Who's Afraid of the Independent Press?

GRIT TV

Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald discuss the decline of establishment media and who's afraid of the independent press.
Obama's White House Reality Show

MSNBC

The Nation's Ari Melber on how the media has fused real-time lifestyle coverage with the star power of a true celebrity politician.
No Such Thing as Free News

Michael Moran : Journalists & Journalism

Free news delivered via search engine is part of the same freeloading zeitgeist that has shattered the larger economy. Newspapers need to draw the line.
Can We Take The Media Seriously?

GRIT TV : Film

Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.
Save the News, Not the Newspaper

Eric Alterman

The newspaper industry is falling off a cliff and with it may go much of our civil discourse.

Rachel Maddow: New Queen of Cable

The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert teases his new, popular MSNBC competition, 'How many Peabodys do you have?'
Rocking the Black Vote

Amy Alexander : Radio

Dallas DJ Tom Joyner is encouraging African-American listeners to engage in electoral politics.
The Cold War That Wasn't

Mark Ames : New York Times

Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.
Bush Declares America Has No Problems

YouTube

President Bush blows and Bob Costas shines during a revealing interview at the Beijing Olympics.
Mad for Rachel Maddow

Rebecca Traister : Television

The Air America host is this election season's breakout star.
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

Radio Nation : Presidential Election 2008

Bob McChesney on media justice, Esther Kaplan on the future of labor, David Sirota on The Uprising.
Let Them Eat Waffles

Patricia J. Williams : Media Analysis

How can Barack Obama--or any candidate--overcome the sad hypocrisy of our public discourse?
Our Lapdog Media

What should we do when Big Media fails democracy? First, don't let it get any bigger.

Political Punk: Rage Against the Band

Akiva Gottlieb : Music

Now with a major label, political punk rockers Against Me! have released what may be the year's best album. But have they sold out?
Sun-rise in New York

Scott Sherman : Journalists & Journalism

How the pugnacious, money-losing New York Sun has won friends and influenced conservatives.
The Ho Industry

Alexander Cockburn : Racism & Discrimination

In the larger context, the flap over Don Imus's racial slur is only one tiny square in our dirty national quilt.

Pat Tillman, Our Hero

Dave Zirin : Sports

War hero and former NFL star Pat Tillman was not the GI Joe icon created by Pentagon spinmeisters. He was a fiercely independent thinker convinced that the war in Iraq was illegal. Bereaved military families, also angered at Pentagon exploitation of their loved ones, are joining the critical chorus.