Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism
A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne
Back Talk: Tim Reiterman Back Talk: Tim Reiterman
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
Dec 22, 2008 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Refs, Worked (Redux) Refs, Worked (Redux)
CBS News and the Washington Post go into overtime expunging liberal bias.
Nov 25, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq
Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing
The Palin Fix The Palin Fix
There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.
Reality Bites Reality Bites
That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.
Oct 1, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Something Stupid Something Stupid
John McCain is determined to lie his way into the White House, and pundits and reporters are doing everything they can to enable that strategy.
Sep 18, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Secret Behind the Surge The Secret Behind the Surge
Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
Sep 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Times, They Have A-Changed The Times, They Have A-Changed
Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.
Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Media Gone Mad Media Gone Mad
The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.
Aug 26, 2008 / Editorial / Eric Alterman