Piers Morgan to Testify in Hacking Scandal (VIDEO) Piers Morgan to Testify in Hacking Scandal (VIDEO)
Once upon a time, CNN would be airing the hottest hearings of the day. Now it’s at the heart of one of them, as Lord Justice Leveson calls CNN anchor Piers Morgan to &ld...
May 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Piers Morgan Called To Testify in Hacking Scandal (VIDEO) Piers Morgan Called To Testify in Hacking Scandal (VIDEO)
Once upon a time t CNN would be airing the hottest hearings of the day. Now they're at the heart of the story, as Lord Justice Leveson calls CNN anchor Piers Morgan to &...
May 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole
All the Media Money Can Buy All the Media Money Can Buy
Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?
May 23, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the latest victim of the disease of false equivalence, which masks the true cause of dysfunction in our government.
May 21, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed? This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?
230,000 long-term unemployed workers lost their benefits on Sunday and the system is about to get a whole lot worse.
May 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Greg Kaufmann
Dial M for Murdoch Dial M for Murdoch
British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?
May 2, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
And Your Smile Is a Thin Disguise… And Your Smile Is a Thin Disguise…
Eric is back from the pub tour, and Reed highlights some the lazy, biased reporting during the GOP horserace.
Apr 26, 2012 / Eric Alterman
The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.
Apr 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’ Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’
Just down the road from the Kremlin is a television station with opposition spirit.
Apr 3, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel