Jack Newfield Jack Newfield

Our friend Jack Newfield, who died on December 20, was a fight fan. Although his heart was with the peace movement, his love for this violent sport was appropriate in a number of...

Dec 22, 2004 / The Editors

Why They Hated Gary Webb Why They Hated Gary Webb

Few spectacles in journalism in the mid-1990s were more disgusting than the slagging of Gary Webb in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Our Debt to Bill Moyers Our Debt to Bill Moyers

Click here to order copies of Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times, recently released by The New Press.

Dec 9, 2004 / The Editors

Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked

Check out Eric Alterman's new book, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences, (Viking Penguin). Click here for info and to purchase copies.

Oct 14, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

You Can’t Bomb Beliefs You Can’t Bomb Beliefs

Aaron Maté provided research assistance for this column.

Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein

Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still) Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)

One problem with trying to write critically about this year's election coverage is that by choosing any single aspect of its manifold failures, one automatically does an injustic...

Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Chastening of the Times The Chastening of the Times

On March 9, 2003, a distinguished group of high-ranking politicians and journalists descended on the Bryant Park Hotel to attend a wedding reception for the then-executive editor...

Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

‘We Lie. We Decide.’ ‘We Lie. We Decide.’

TIM RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you testified before the Senate, you talked about some of the hearings you had observed at the Winter Soldiers meeting, and you said that peop

Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Press Watch Press Watch

A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...

Aug 12, 2004 / Scott Sherman

Don’t Worry, Be Happy Don’t Worry, Be Happy

David Brooks is a writer whose chief claim to fame is not what he says but where he says it.

Jun 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman