The Not Obviously Insane Network The Not Obviously Insane Network
CNN, regularly derided as 'liberal' by conservative commentators, is only liberal if that word stands for 'somewhat sane.'
Sep 13, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Journalism & Democracy Journalism & Democracy
On the importance of being a "public nuisance."
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Bill Moyers
Unreality Television Unreality Television
The network honchos called by Louisiana Representative Billy Tauzin and the House Energy and Commerce Committee to testify on the election night debacle were a decidedly un...
Feb 23, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Murdoch’s Fox News Murdoch’s Fox News
They distort. They decide.
Feb 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Daphne Eviatar
Liberation Musicology Liberation Musicology
The recording industry has been celebrating the supposed defeat of Napster. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction th...
Feb 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Eben Moglen
The Times and Wen Ho Lee The Times and Wen Ho Lee
The paper of record has a curiously difficult time reporting the 'Chinese espionage' case.
Feb 8, 2001 / Editorial / Robert Scheer
Pacifica–A Way Out Pacifica–A Way Out
The "Christmas coup" at New York's WBAI-FM radio, in which Pacifica management changed the locks in the middle of the night, just hours before summarily firing three longtime sta...
Jan 26, 2001 / Editorial / Robert W. McChesney
Circus Maximus Circus Maximus
We're sorry, but we do not have permission to present this article on our website. It is an excerpt from Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World (Metropolitan). © ...
Jan 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Eduardo Galeano
Romancing the Screen Romancing the Screen
VINCENT CANBY As a memorial tribute to Vincent Canby, the "Arts & Leisure" section of the New York Times recently published half a page of excerpts of his prose, as se...
Nov 10, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
No Defense No Defense
How the New York Times convicted Wen Ho Lee.
Oct 5, 2000 / Feature / Robert Scheer