Media

Brackets, Brackets, Everywhere Brackets, Brackets, Everywhere

Alter-reviews of Stoppard and music old and new, Reed on the Washington Post's decision to bracket their writers into right-leaning and left-leaning and reader mail.

Mar 17, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

My Monster, My Self: On Nicholas Carr and William Powers

My Monster, My Self: On Nicholas Carr and William Powers My Monster, My Self: On Nicholas Carr and William Powers

With our tiny screens and cellphones, we have become prosthetic gods, the whole world in our handhelds. Are we not also monsters?

Mar 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Gary Greenberg

As If: On Barbie Zelizer As If: On Barbie Zelizer

Most journalists think that words are more important than images. Barbie Zelizer thinks they are wrong.

Mar 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Money, Talking Money, Talking

Eric on David Broder, Reed on NPR and undercover journalism and the mail.

Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose

FCC leniency has allowed News Corp to create countless coverage-restrictive duopolies.

Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate

Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate

Mar 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy?

In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy? In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy?

For a healthy democracy, transparency is the best medicine.

Mar 3, 2011 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist? Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist?

What the debate over terrorists seems to miss is the personal dimension: personal failures and personal grievances of the lone gunmen.

Mar 3, 2011 / The Notion / Laila Lalami

An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism

Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus is the latest monotonous revery about the Internet social revolution. Evgeny Morozov punctures that bubble.

Mar 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Is WikiLeaks Driving Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa? Is WikiLeaks Driving Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa?

Media Fix's Greg Mitchell says that though the media may attack WikiLeaks on their editorial pages, many outlets depend on the cables for juicy details about Libya and beyond.

Feb 25, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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