Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’ Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’
Ever notice that anytime anyone tells the truth in the contest for the Republican nomination, a new scandal erupts?
Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Putting Teen Pregnancy in Perspective Putting Teen Pregnancy in Perspective
The media love reporting on year-to-year fluctations in the American teen birth rate. Less attention is paid to the fact that teen pregnancy is exponentially more common in the Uni...
Nov 18, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Who’ll Stop The Rain? Who’ll Stop The Rain?
Eric reviews new CD collections, Reed takes on the anti-Occupy narrative.
Nov 18, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Targeting Media Who Cover OWS Targeting Media Who Cover OWS
New campaign imploring Mayor Bloomberg and the US Conference of Mayors to publicly commit to protecting press freedoms in their cities.
Nov 17, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
A Raid on the First Amendment: New York’s Assault on Press Freedom A Raid on the First Amendment: New York’s Assault on Press Freedom
Reporters covering the eviction of Occupy Wall Street were arrested and restrained from doing their jobs.
Nov 15, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Open All Night Open All Night
Alterman on comedy and Crosby, Stills and Nash and Reed on media's political coverage bias.
Nov 11, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Werner Herzog Goes ‘Into The Abyss’ of Capital Punishment Werner Herzog Goes ‘Into The Abyss’ of Capital Punishment
Herzog’s film, which debuts today, opens at a time when debate over capital punishment has taken on renewed urgency.
Nov 11, 2011 / Ari Berman
The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs
While our tech-obsessed media fondled their iPhones, it was left to a courageous monologist to discover the real legacy of Apple's founder.
Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Tammy Baldwin: Creating a Progressive America Tammy Baldwin: Creating a Progressive America
Traditional media is a shadow of what it was a decade ago.
Nov 7, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Smiling Through the Apocalypse Smiling Through the Apocalypse
Alterman reviews the Beach Boys and Reed pokes holes in media ethics.
Nov 4, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman