Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC
Here's an embarrassing 'greatest misses' collection of CNBC's pre-financial meltdown coverage.
Mar 5, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
The Post’s Stimulus Chimp The Post’s Stimulus Chimp
The uproar over the New York Post's racially insensitive cartoon has nothing to do with Al Sharpton and everything to do with the ugly history of stereotypes.
The Unembedded The Unembedded
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
War Is Over (If You Want It) War Is Over (If You Want It)
This just in: we won the Iraq War. And for the past eight years George W. Bush kept us safe.
Feb 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Backlash Against Racist NY Post Cartoon Begins Backlash Against Racist NY Post Cartoon Begins
Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff discusses the effect of the protests against a controversial New York Post cartoon on Rupert Murdoch's empire.
Can We Take The Media Seriously? Can We Take The Media Seriously?
Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.
Feb 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv
The Worst of the Stimulus Smears The Worst of the Stimulus Smears
Hilarycare...Welfare...Socialism! In case you forgot the bilious opposition the stimulus bill inspired, here is a repulsive recap.
Feb 17, 2009 / Video / Media Matters for America
Anatomy of a Stimulus Smear Anatomy of a Stimulus Smear
Keith Olbermann explores how Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and other right wingers managed to spread outright lies about the stimulus.
Save the News, Not the Newspaper Save the News, Not the Newspaper
The newspaper industry is falling off a cliff and with it may go much of our civil discourse.
Feb 12, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Jon Stewart Rips Bill O’Reilly Over Hypocrisy On Privacy Jon Stewart Rips Bill O’Reilly Over Hypocrisy On Privacy
Jon Stewart ridicules the Fox News host for ambushing a Columbia Journalism Review staffer for publishing a piece by a writer from The Nation.
Feb 10, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show