Donahue’s Demise Donahue’s Demise
The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'...
Mar 2, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Venezuela’s Media Coup Venezuela’s Media Coup
Poor Endy Chávez, outfielder for the Navegantes del Magallanes, one of Venezuela's big baseball teams. Every time he comes up to bat, the local TV sportscasters start in...
Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein
Media Democracy’s Moment Media Democracy’s Moment
Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
As Not Seen on TV As Not Seen on TV
The debate over the dangers of media monopoly got a lot less theoretical in the last week of January, when Comcast, the nation's No.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Empire of the Air Empire of the Air
Kristin Thomson, Michael Bracy and Peter DiCola also contributed to this article.
Dec 23, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Toomey
Raines of Fire Raines of Fire
New York Times executive editor Howell Raines shares, with his fellow liberal Southerner Al Gore, a talent for driving his opponents batty.
Dec 18, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Hawks at the Washington Post Hawks at the Washington Post
The house organ for America's political class is pushing Bush's case for war.
Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / Michael Massing
Web Journalism’s Sticky Pages Web Journalism’s Sticky Pages
Legendary New York Times obit writer Alden Whitman once observed, "Death, the cliché assures us, is the great leveler; but it obviously levels some a great deal more tha...
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tatiana Siegel
A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy
These days, it's the media conglomerates who are drunk with power--demanding a larger share of the nation's airwaves and threatening to turn the World Wide Web into an electronic...
Jul 23, 2002 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
Bad Work Bad Work
Howard Gardner, the noted education/cognition specialist, recently undertook, with two colleagues, an in-depth study of the work-related happiness of two groups of people, gene...
May 2, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman