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Mar 31, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
Not Your Father’s FCC Not Your Father’s FCC
As we struggle for media democracy, let's take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.
Mar 20, 2008 / Feature / Michael J. Copps
The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power
A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.
Mar 20, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Smearing Obama Smearing Obama
False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.
Mar 13, 2008 / Editorial / Ari Berman
Iraq’s Iranian Lovefest Iraq’s Iranian Lovefest
Ahmadinejad's triumphal visit to Baghdad highlights the abject failure of the Bush doctrine. But US media yawned.
Mar 5, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal
A Pittsburgh public television activist explains how McCain broke the rules while doing the bidding of a media mogul.
Mar 4, 2008 / Feature / Jerold M. Starr
McCain and the Media McCain and the Media
It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
Feb 27, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
When Newspapers Take a Stand When Newspapers Take a Stand
The New York Times editorial page endorses McCain, while its news department works to discredit him. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Feb 25, 2008 / Editorial / Ari Melber
The Fake Prince of Facebook The Fake Prince of Facebook
When a young Moroccan computer engineer created a fake Facebook profile for the Crown Prince of Morocco, the result was jail, torture and a very uncertain future.
Feb 22, 2008 / Feature / Laila Lalami