The Palin Fix The Palin Fix
There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.
Oct 3, 2008 / Mark Ames
Net Backlash Hinders Bailout Net Backlash Hinders Bailout
With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.
Oct 2, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
Reality Bites Reality Bites
That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.
Oct 1, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain? Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain?
If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.
Sep 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard
Something Stupid Something Stupid
John McCain is determined to lie his way into the White House, and pundits and reporters are doing everything they can to enable that strategy.
Sep 18, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Secret Behind the Surge The Secret Behind the Surge
Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
Sep 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Times, They Have A-Changed The Times, They Have A-Changed
Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.
Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
How to Cover the GOP How to Cover the GOP
Since they got all the megastories wrong in Denver, here's a primer for the media horde as they descend on St. Paul.
Aug 29, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman
Media Gone Mad Media Gone Mad
The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.
Aug 26, 2008 / Eric Alterman
DNC ’08: Live From Main Street DNC ’08: Live From Main Street
Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Van Jones and David Barsamian on the subject of change.
Aug 25, 2008 / The UpTake