Media Analysis

2009

• Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin

  GRIT TV : Sarah Palin

  The Nation's Richard Kim joins a conversation on Sarah Palin's recent media blitz and the impact it could have on our country's politics.

• Justicia Poetica

  Roberto Lovato : Latinos

  The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.

• Sarah, Smile

  Eric Alterman : Conservatives & The American Right

  The next generation of right-wing journalists are largely apparatchiks.

• Republican = Conservative = Fox?

  MSNBC

  The Nation's John Nichols talks to Hardball's Chris Matthews about President Obama's decision to marginalize Fox News.

• Just Don't Call It 'Journalism'

  Eric Alterman : Fox News Network

  By refusing to acknowledge Fox News's avowed partisanship, its MSM defenders diminish the work of honest journalists who try to play fair.

• Nobel Peace Sparks War

  Patricia J. Williams : Barack Obama

  It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.

• Where Have You Gone, William Safire?

  Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism

  Newsrooms' fears of misunderstanding the right leads to outsized coverage and attention.

• Are You Happy?

  Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women

  What a stupid question.

• The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation

  The Rachel Maddow Show : September 11

  Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reacts to Glenn Beck's '9/12 movement' and the right-wing's tone deaf response to Obama's healthcare speech.

• Has the Media Killed Healthcare Reform?

  GRIT TV

  The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, joins a panel discussion on the media's coverage of healthcare and the Gates arrest.

• Policing the Gossip Industry

  MSNBC

  The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel clashes with Dan Abrams over the responsibilities of mainstream media.

• Mirror Man

  Patricia J. Williams : Children & Child Care

  Michael Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers to the pursuit of whatever Mad Hatter fancy seized him--including his made-to-order kids.

• Buchanan's Bigotry Finds Home on TV

  Media Matters for America : Supreme Court

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

• How We Cover the Economy

  GRIT TV

  There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?

• 100 Days of Cable News at Its Worst

  Media Matters for America

  This video features a dirty dozen collection of media moments from Obama's first 100 days, now you can vote for the worst.

• Has the 'Journal' Lost Its Soul?

  Scott Sherman : Wall Street Journal

  Rupert Murdoch has not wrecked the Wall Street Journal, as many had predicted. But a key question remains: is the new regime committed to unbiased reporting, or will it politicize the news?

• Obama Derangement Syndrome Hits Beck

  Media Matters for America

  Glenn Beck's symptoms range from conservative paranoia to bad acting.