Are There No Standards for Punditry? Are There No Standards for Punditry?
Thanks to cable news, discredited experts and government officials are regularly reborn as trusted authorities.
Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘If I Turn Traitor…’ ‘If I Turn Traitor…’
Eric Alterman reviews music and Reed Richardson parses the ethics of sports journalism.
Mar 25, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch! Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch!
A man like Murdoch deserves to be shunned. That he is celebrated instead tells you almost all you need to know about the insanity that grips our benighted political culture.
Mar 24, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern Journalism Under Siege at Northwestern
The suspension of a star professor raises very disturbing question about the future of one of the country’s foremost journalism schools.
Mar 23, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
On Political Talk Shows, Liberals Can’t Finish Their— On Political Talk Shows, Liberals Can’t Finish Their—
Is there data proving that liberals get interrupted more on political television? And who's fault is that?
Mar 18, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Melber
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
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