Media

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

The Legacy of Chernobyl The Legacy of Chernobyl

Twenty-six years after the Chernobyl disaster, the US media have yet to print the pictures of Chernobyl now.

Apr 26, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid

The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid

Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.  

Apr 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

Did Romney Buy the GOP Nomination? Did Romney Buy the GOP Nomination?

Mitt’s opponents say he won only because he outspends everyone. It’s not that simple. 

Apr 25, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

James Murdoch Lightly Grilled James Murdoch Lightly Grilled

Murdoch minor may just about stay out of jail by claiming to be an idiot—an option not available to his father, who begins two days of testimony tomorrow morning.

Apr 24, 2012 / Blog / D.D. Guttenplan

Report: Media Favored Horserace Over Issues in Presidential Primary Report: Media Favored Horserace Over Issues in Presidential Primary

How did the media cover the 2012 primary campaign?

Apr 23, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber

Machine-Made News Machine-Made News

The Internet as a toy with a tin ear and a wooden tongue.

Apr 23, 2012 / Lewis Lapham

Sunday Talk Shows Still Skew Right and White, but There’s Light at the End of the Week

Sunday Talk Shows Still Skew Right and White, but There’s Light at the End of the Week Sunday Talk Shows Still Skew Right and White, but There’s Light at the End of the Week

Up with Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris-Perry are diverse in terms of gender, race and parts of the brain utilized.

Apr 20, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare

Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare

Neither Republicans nor Democrats treat parenting as work, and thousands of poor women are living in poverty today as living proof of that fact.

Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

The Real Hilary Rosen Scandal

The Real Hilary Rosen Scandal The Real Hilary Rosen Scandal

Her firm, SKD Knickerbocker, sells its perceived access to the White House, while lobbying for corporate tax breaks and for-profit colleges.

Apr 13, 2012 / Lee Fang

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