Dishonest, Moronic or Both? Dishonest, Moronic or Both?
Grover Norquist, the right's premier political organizer, once told me that the most significant difference between liberal journalists and conservative journalists is that t...
Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Remembering Marshall Frady Remembering Marshall Frady
I first met Marshall Frady in the Sinai desert during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when we shared the back seat of a Russian-made Egyptian Army jeep.
Mar 11, 2004 / Marc Cooper
Al Jazeera Goes to Jail Al Jazeera Goes to Jail
In Iraq's media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.
Mar 11, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The (Not So) Gay Old Times The (Not So) Gay Old Times
AMPLIFICATION: Because of space constraints and incautious wording in my column last week, I referred to the Times's "Jayson Blair/Gerald Boyd problem." I intended to refer to th...
Mar 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Novak’s No Patriot (or Journalist) Novak’s No Patriot (or Journalist)
Journalists are understandably loath to call on a colleague to give up a source who's been promised anonymity, as the credibility of the entire profession can suffer from such a ...
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Journalists Take Flak in Iraq Journalists Take Flak in Iraq
Reporters say harassment and intimidation by American soldiers is growing.
Dec 24, 2003 / Feature / Laura Rozen
The Foreign Correspondent The Foreign Correspondent
How we miss Martha Gellhorn, and how we need her right now!
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Neal Ascherson
I.F. Stone I.F. Stone
Sidney Hook, the Marxist philosopher-turned-neoconservative who once mistakenly listed I.F.
Jul 2, 2003 / Feature / Victor Navasky
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
A small journalistic cottage industry has grown up demonstrating that the Bush Administration took the nation to war against Iraq under false pretenses.
Jun 26, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
The Press and Private Lynch The Press and Private Lynch
The Pentagon was selling a patriotic tale. It found many eager buyers.
Jun 19, 2003 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar