White Rage in Murietta, Oracle… and Little Rock White Rage in Murietta, Oracle… and Little Rock
From 1957’s protests against integration in Little Rock, to today’s protests against immigrant children on the border, Tamron Hall sees a pattern.
Jul 18, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
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 / Blog / Leslie Savan
In Politics and Art, ‘Stories Are Dangerous’ In Politics and Art, ‘Stories Are Dangerous’
In fact, says theater director Anne Bogart, stories can be “fascistic.”
Jul 14, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
ABC News Helps Dinesh D’Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory ABC News Helps Dinesh D’Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory
Why the corporate media keep lending the far-right legitimacy.
Jul 8, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
The Media Are Suffering From ‘Hillary Fatigue’ The Media Are Suffering From ‘Hillary Fatigue’
But it’s really their journalism that’s tired.
Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’? Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on ‘The New York Times’?
The New York Times has yet to learn from its hawkish coverage in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Jul 2, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Vanden Heuvel Tells Kristol That if He Wants War, He Should Join the Iraqi Army Vanden Heuvel Tells Kristol That if He Wants War, He Should Join the Iraqi Army
How to really speak truth to neocon blather.
Jun 30, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Should the Left Stop Complaining About the Iraq War Hawks’ Return to the Media? Should the Left Stop Complaining About the Iraq War Hawks’ Return to the Media?
Jonathan Chait thinks so.
Jun 24, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear How Fox News Created a Monster—and Made Two Others Disappear
From Bergdahl to the Las Vegas cop killers, Fox and friends enter Orwell’s “Eastasia.”
Jun 16, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’ The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’
Have the media grown up half as much as Monica Lewinsky?
May 12, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan