Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking
The Washington Post is feeding into Trump’s agenda by turning fact-checking into an ideological weapon.
Sep 3, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens
The Times columnist is just the latest example of a right-winger who flounders outside his ideological bubble.
Aug 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends
Misplaced trust in the media has repeatedly led to disastrous debates.
Aug 22, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias
And thankfully, bad press matters less and less.
Aug 20, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie
How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.
Aug 20, 2019 / P.E. Moskowitz
How the US Media Demonizes Iran How the US Media Demonizes Iran
Lesson 1: When the missile is American, use the passive voice.
Aug 19, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Serge Halimi and Pierre Rimbert
I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth. I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth.
I’m not trying to drive a boycott. I’m trying to get the paper of record to listen.
Aug 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Bernie Sanders Is As Frustrated as Ever With Corporate Media Bernie Sanders Is As Frustrated as Ever With Corporate Media
The senator explains to The Nation why he is raising concerns not just about the presidential debates but about the media’s narrow coverage of national crises.
Aug 16, 2019 / John Nichols
Does Paul Ryan Think White Supremacist Hate Is a ‘Hoax’? Does Paul Ryan Think White Supremacist Hate Is a ‘Hoax’?
The former speaker of the House is on the Fox Corporation board—does he share the view, as stated on Fox News, that white supremacy is “actually not a real problem in America”?
Aug 9, 2019 / John Nichols
The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful
Progressive Democrats can and should demand deeper and sharper lines of questioning and more diverse moderators.
Aug 8, 2019 / Editorial / John Nichols