All the Media Money Can Buy All the Media Money Can Buy
Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?
May 23, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Ilyse Hogue and Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Jobs Record Is Fair Game Ilyse Hogue and Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Jobs Record Is Fair Game
Why are commentators comparing unrelated political attacks as though they were equivalent?
May 22, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider
A new study shows that Fox viewers are even worse informed than those who consume no news at all.
Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the latest victim of the disease of false equivalence, which masks the true cause of dysfunction in our government.
May 21, 2012 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
NATO Meeting Kicks off With Harassment of Protesters, Ominous Warnings to Press NATO Meeting Kicks off With Harassment of Protesters, Ominous Warnings to Press
Chicago police have wasted no time in employing strong-arm tactics against activists and media gathered for this weekend’s summit.
May 18, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed? This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?
230,000 long-term unemployed workers lost their benefits on Sunday and the system is about to get a whole lot worse.
May 18, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Will Romney Catch up to Obama Online? Will Romney Catch up to Obama Online?
Conservatives mocked “The Life of Julia,” but it is more advanced than Romney's Website. Does that matter?
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
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