Media

Who’s Got the Nukes? Who’s Got the Nukes?

As Israel steps up its saber-rattling against Iran, the US press continues to ignore facts that would undermine Israel's “moral” position.

Sep 12, 2012 / William Greider

Jeremy Scahill: Why Won’t the Media Take Obama to Task for Targeted Assassinations? Jeremy Scahill: Why Won’t the Media Take Obama to Task for Targeted Assassinations?

Why didn't the media question the "parade of jingoism" surrounding Democrats' celebration of President Obama's foreign policy in Charlotte last week?

Sep 10, 2012 / Press Room

Obama Quotes Twitter, Hailing Clinton as ‘Secretary of Explaining Stuff’ Obama Quotes Twitter, Hailing Clinton as ‘Secretary of Explaining Stuff’

Twitter messages are bubbling up to the President.

Sep 10, 2012 / Ari Melber

Post ‘Fact-Checking’: Fecklessness Squared Post ‘Fact-Checking’: Fecklessness Squared

Eric on fact checks, and Reed on BS punditry. 

Sep 6, 2012 / Eric Alterman

The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’ The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’

Afflicted by the elite journalistic disease of “on-the-one-handism,” the MSM’s supposed arbiters of truth—like the Post’s Glenn Kessler—can't ma...

Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

‘Post Truth Politics,’ Continued ‘Post Truth Politics,’ Continued

Eric on the living, the lying, and the Dead, and Reed on media bias. 

Aug 31, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest

Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest

The courageous Chinese dissident has always had an eye for the point where art and politics meet in performance.

Aug 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Allen

‘Is That You, Baby?’ ‘Is That You, Baby?’

Eric and Reed just do not like this Ryan guy.

Aug 17, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Why Did Ecuador Grant Asylum to Julian Assange? Why Did Ecuador Grant Asylum to Julian Assange?

Sweden’s refusal to provide assurance that it would not extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States was an important motivating factor.

Aug 16, 2012 / Kevin Gosztola

Three Reasons the Internet Backlash Worked Against Progressive Car Insurance Three Reasons the Internet Backlash Worked Against Progressive Car Insurance

An insurance giant battles the Internet.

Aug 16, 2012 / Ari Melber

x