News We Can’t Lose News We Can’t Lose
As prospects for traditional media decline, alternatives are emerging.
May 13, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn
Doug Hughes is not a dangerous fruitcake. In fact, he is a small-d democratic idealist who went out of his way to alert the authorities in advance of his so-called “Freedom F...
Apr 17, 2015 / William Greider
Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas
US journalism needs investigative reporting, and these are great places to start.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Massing
Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector
He criticized old media, he created new media and he knew the necessity of a free and freewheeling press.
Mar 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide
The president wants cities to be able to innovate with municipal broadband systems.
Jan 15, 2015 / John Nichols
Blaming the Victim, Excusing the Powerful: What Real Institutional Media Bias Looks Like Blaming the Victim, Excusing the Powerful: What Real Institutional Media Bias Looks Like
Eric on this week’s concerts and Reed on how, from Bill Cosby’s victims to drone strikes, the media refuse to protect the powerless.
Dec 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality
Standing in opposition to net neutrality is tantamount to standing against innovation, against small business, against private-sector job creation and against competition.
Dec 2, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When Networks Snub a Presidential Address, Democracy Is ‘The Biggest Loser’ When Networks Snub a Presidential Address, Democracy Is ‘The Biggest Loser’
It is absurd that broadcast networks choose entertainment over Obama’s immigration speech.
Nov 20, 2014 / John Nichols
Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms
Eric on this week’s concerts and Reed on how local TV stations boost their bottom lines with a deluge of election ads.
Nov 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Which Cable Network Nearly Skipped Out on Climate Week? Which Cable Network Nearly Skipped Out on Climate Week?
CNN’s climate change coverage almost disappeared like Malaysian Flight 370.
Oct 2, 2014 / Leslie Savan