The Chastening of the Times The Chastening of the Times
On March 9, 2003, a distinguished group of high-ranking politicians and journalists descended on the Bryant Park Hotel to attend a wedding reception for the then-executive editor...
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Where Rather Was Right Where Rather Was Right
When it comes to presidential politics there seem to be a half-dozen narratives favored by big (and small-minded) media: Who's ahead?, "Gotcha!", the (cynical) assumption that al...
Sep 23, 2004 / Editorial / Victor Navasky
Debating the Great Debate Debating the Great Debate
This essay, from the November 11, 1960 issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on ...
Sep 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
‘We Lie. We Decide.’ ‘We Lie. We Decide.’
TIM RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you testified before the Senate, you talked about some of the hearings you had observed at the Winter Soldiers meeting, and you said that peop
Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Defying Convention Defying Convention
This article draws on reporting by Eyal Press, Esther Kaplan and Katha Pollitt.
Sep 2, 2004 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone
Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them
For well over a decade now, right-wingers and Republicans have heaped insult, lies and slander on liberals and Democrats, who responded for the most part by becoming starchy, sel...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Billboard Barons Billboard Barons
It was a bomb that started the whole thing--an image of one anyway.
Aug 26, 2004 / Editorial / David Montero
ABC’s Digital Convention Scam ABC’s Digital Convention Scam
The Center for Digital Democracy is part of a "Public Interest, Public Airwaves" coalition supporting a policy that would require broadcasters to air more public service programmin...
Aug 25, 2004 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy
Google has been acting as a censor to any political advertising with an edge.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Katherine C. Reilly
PBS Adds Insult to Injury PBS Adds Insult to Injury
Click here to ask PBS CEO Patricia Mitchell to reconsider the network's new conservative slant. CORRECTION: The Dow Jones Corporation's total revenue (not profit) topped $1.5 bil...
Aug 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman