Trump Kicks Off the Return of the Czars Trump Kicks Off the Return of the Czars
Republicans had a huge problem with Obama’s “czars.” Will they say anything now? (Spoiler: no.)
Dec 22, 2016 / David Dayen
Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All
Who’d have thought it’d be a bad idea to elect a president with business interests pretty much everywhere in the world?
Dec 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Fake News Is Not the Real Media Threat We’re Facing Fake News Is Not the Real Media Threat We’re Facing
What the conservative media machine does is much more dangerous.
Dec 22, 2016 / David A. Bell
American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism
As terrorists strike again, from Ankara and Berlin to Syria, the US political-media establishment is determined to disqualify Putin as a security partner for President-elect Trump.
Dec 21, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking
As 67 members of the Electoral College ask for a briefing on what the intelligence community is telling Congress, right-wingers fight back.
Dec 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security
Allegations that Putin “stole” the election for Trump further prevent the urgent discussion needed to cope with grave new Cold War dangers.
Dec 15, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room
The president’s insistence on thinking before acting drove the media around the bend... and toward Donald Trump.
Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality
A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.
Dec 14, 2016 / Editorial / Wen Stephenson
Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is
Like “terrorism,” we are rushing to stop a politically loaded, abstract concept without bothering to define it.
Dec 9, 2016 / Adam Johnson
All TV Will Be Trump TV All TV Will Be Trump TV
When Donald Trump permeates the news media, more than he already does, will TV news forget even more of its adversarial role?
Dec 8, 2016 / Leslie Savan