Media

What’s Wrong With the Comcast/Time Warner Merger

What’s Wrong With the Comcast/Time Warner Merger What’s Wrong With the Comcast/Time Warner Merger

If it’s not blocked, a single corporation will be able to dictate digital communications and media content for decades to come.

Feb 19, 2014 / The Editors

Why Woody Allen Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt

Why Woody Allen Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt Why Woody Allen Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt

A society hot for punishment is quick to play judge and jury. But there’s nothing feminist or radical about pretending to know the truth.

Feb 19, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Whodunit? Liberals!

Whodunit? Liberals! Whodunit? Liberals!

From celebrity deaths to the crisis of the middle class, it’s all their fault.

Feb 19, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman

Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’

Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’ Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’

If anything, reporting on the NSA’s overreach has revealed just how dangerous to our freedoms the agency’s surveillance practices really are.

Feb 18, 2014 / Robert Scheer

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The merger doesn’t just impact the marketplace of cable; it threatens the marketplace of ideas.

Feb 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘Fox News Sunday’ on Christie vs. Clinton

‘Fox News Sunday’ on Christie vs. Clinton ‘Fox News Sunday’ on Christie vs. Clinton

The New Jersey governor still looks like a front-runner for 2016.

Feb 17, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’

Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’ Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’

Americans can and should say "no" to the consolidation of communications.

Feb 14, 2014 / John Nichols

Distorting Russia

Distorting Russia Distorting Russia

How the American media misrepresent Putin, Sochi and Ukraine.

Feb 12, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Toward Better Invisible Primary Press Coverage: Fewer Polls, More Policy

Toward Better Invisible Primary Press Coverage: Fewer Polls, More Policy Toward Better Invisible Primary Press Coverage: Fewer Polls, More Policy

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on what's wrong with how the media covers the primary. 

Feb 11, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Metanarrative and the Woody Allen Sex Abuse Case

Metanarrative and the Woody Allen Sex Abuse Case Metanarrative and the Woody Allen Sex Abuse Case

For a lot of commentators on all sides, the stakes far exceed the truth of Dylan Farrow’s accusation itself.

Feb 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Duggan

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