Media

I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times

Eric reviews the Beach Boys, and Reed assesses the media's reaction to Obama's same-sex marraige “evolution.”

May 10, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem

For all our talk about the multiracialism of the millennial generation, the lack of interracial social connections is more than a coincidence.

May 10, 2012 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet

Time to Revive the Postal Service

Time to Revive the Postal Service Time to Revive the Postal Service

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

May 9, 2012 / Feature / John Nichols

Stop the Pointless Demonization of Putin Stop the Pointless Demonization of Putin

The vilifying charges levelled at Russia's president by the American media could undermine rational U.S. policy-making.

May 7, 2012 / Stephen F. Cohen

Darn Those Narcissistically Self-Absorbed, Intellectually Intolerant, Ideologically Debased Institutions! Darn Those Narcissistically Self-Absorbed, Intellectually Intolerant, Ideologically Debased Institutions!

Eric talks Rupert Murdoch and David Horowitz, and Reed wonders when the media will wake up and smell the coffee?

May 4, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Obama Sides with Civil Libertarians on Cyberwar Policy Obama Sides with Civil Libertarians on Cyberwar Policy

The most important security and surveillance legislation that you've probably never heard about.

May 3, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber

Too Hot Not to Notice? Too Hot Not to Notice?

A planet connected by wild weather.

May 3, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Massive May Day Turnout Highlights Media’s Disconnect From Reality Massive May Day Turnout Highlights Media’s Disconnect From Reality

How the establishment media failed during their May Day coverage.

May 3, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Dial M for Murdoch

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 / Editorial / 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 / Blog / Eric Alterman

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