Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage? Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage?
Now that former MSNBC contributor Rula Jebreal has been canned for stating the obvious—that Israeli voices overwhelmingly outnumber those of Palestinians, including at MSNBC—will a...
Jul 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash
In Russia and in the US, the media play the blame game.
Jul 22, 2014 / Press Room
Bad News Bad News
In a world overwhelmed by violence and conflict, the news just gets worse and worse.
Jul 22, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Blinded Me with Balance: How the US Media Get Science Coverage Wrong (& How They Can Get It Right) Blinded Me with Balance: How the US Media Get Science Coverage Wrong (& How They Can Get It Right)
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the media’s coverage of climate change.
Jul 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
When Will the Justice Department Take On Amazon? When Will the Justice Department Take On Amazon?
As the online behemoth strengthens its monopoly over the marketplace, publishers, like bookstores, are in a fight for survival.
Jul 16, 2014 / Steve Wasserman
Don’t Know Much About History Don’t Know Much About History
The architects of our foreign-policy disasters would prefer we simply forget the past.
Jul 16, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman
Writers or Missionaries? Writers or Missionaries?
A reporter’s journey involves writing with a sense of history and without false consolation.
Jul 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
The Cheney Family Gets the Soprano Family Fade-to-Black Treatment The Cheney Family Gets the Soprano Family Fade-to-Black Treatment
When protesters interrupted an interview with the Cheneys to call the former vice president a war criminal, C-SPAN’s feed mysteriously cut out.
Jul 15, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Is an Israeli Official Spreading Propaganda on Tinder? Is an Israeli Official Spreading Propaganda on Tinder?
Israel's single and looking to mingle.
Jul 15, 2014 / Eli Clifton
The Distorting Reality of ‘False Balance’ in the Media The Distorting Reality of ‘False Balance’ in the Media
Too much media has becomes fixated on finding “balance,” even if it means presenting fiction on par with fact.
Jul 15, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel