Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief
Our friends abroad give the network the derision and the mockery it deserves.
Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Theater of the Absurd Theater of the Absurd
In the wake of the Paris attacks, moral idiots play their predictable roles.
Jan 14, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
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
How David Brock Built an Empire to Put Hillary in the White House How David Brock Built an Empire to Put Hillary in the White House
The Clintons’ former nemesis created an apparatus to fend off their enemies—right and left.
Nov 25, 2014 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage? Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage?
Now that former MSNBC contributor Rula Jebreal has been canned for stating the obvious—that Israeli voices overwhelmingly outnumber those of Palestinians, including at MSNBC—will a...
Jul 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan
MSNBC’s Scarborough Unfairly Blames the Media for Chris Christie’s Problems MSNBC’s Scarborough Unfairly Blames the Media for Chris Christie’s Problems
The former congressman slams The New York Times, but the Times was actually late to the party.
Jun 25, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Today in Bogus Complaints of Media Bias Today in Bogus Complaints of Media Bias
Two Politico writers decide to use their platform to parrot the complaints of GOP flacks.
May 31, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie