The FCC Scandal The FCC Scandal
It's official: Revelations that the FCC suppressed reports on the danger of media consolidation prove the agency is overwhelmingly biased in favor of big media.
Sep 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Get Me Rewrite Get Me Rewrite
Bill Clinton maintains that the mainstream media has misrepresented his record on fighting terror. But it will take a generation to meaningfully assess his effectiveness.
Sep 26, 2006 / Mark Updegrove
Screamin’ at the Machine Screamin’ at the Machine
We should be cheering at sports events and screaming at politicians. But these days, it's vice versa. Now that ESPN's Screamin' Stephen A. Smith is acting like a pundit, things cou...
Sep 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
From Flying Saucers to 9/11 From Flying Saucers to 9/11
The world is in tumult, but in the heart of Empire, the level of creative political energy runs flat along the bottom of the graph.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Hell of a Times Hell of a Times
A nasty succession battle is brewing at the conservative Washington Times, its newsroom abuzz with allegations of racism, sexism and unprofessional conduct.
Sep 20, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Life After Net Neutrality: Replaced By a Chimp? Life After Net Neutrality: Replaced By a Chimp?
If Senator Ted Stevens defies mounting public opposition and succeeds in killing net neutrality, expect the free flow of online content to be replaced by lowbrow corporate infotain...
Sep 19, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC
Why did the network humiliate its news division, ignore historians and insult Americans with a 9/11 docudrama that it knew was a tissue of lies?
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
9/11 in a Movie-Made World 9/11 in a Movie-Made World
What if the Twin Towers hadn't collapsed? Would the Bush Administration have so easily advanced its fear-inspired "war on terror" without the images that played on a culture's secr...
Sep 10, 2006 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Politics, the Media and 9/11 Politics, the Media and 9/11
Since September 11, the Bush Administration has repeatedly exploited the threat of terrorism for political ends, from dirty bombs to sleeper cells to electoral politics.
Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Eric Boehlert
Linking to New Orleans Linking to New Orleans
As New Orleans rebuilds, so does its Internet community. Here's a list of the Big Easy's liveliest sites.
Sep 1, 2006 / Feature / Michael Tisserand