Fight for a Free Press Fight for a Free Press
The collapse of journalism and the rise of commercialism is sparking a reform movement that will fight to ensure the First Amendment endures in the digital age.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney
Access of Evil Access of Evil
Compliant coverage of the Iraq War proved the news business is morally compromised, no longer driven by creative people with something to tell but by global corporations with somet...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Amy Goodman
Brave New Media Brave New Media
We don't need to buy a network to get our message out--just creatively use an array of low-cost tools from the Internet to iPods, cellphones and whatever comes next.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Robert Greenwald
The National Entertainment State (Forum) The National Entertainment State (Forum)
If the promise of new media is to be fulfilled, progressives must chart a course of activism that confronts the increasing concentration of ownership among the Big Media powerhouse...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
Bunkum From Benador Bunkum From Benador
The debunking of a PR agency that circulated a bogus story about persecution of Jews in Iran exposed the moving parts of a media machine bent on preparing the American public fo...
Jun 14, 2006 / Larry Cohler-Esses
Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos
The growing potential for netroots activists to define issues, mobilize voters and raise significant amounts of money drew politicians to the national gathering, eager to leverage ...
Jun 13, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
Truth Is for ‘Liberals’ Truth Is for ‘Liberals’
Five years into the Bush Administration, the press corps still can't figure out how to handle the White House's primary media management tactic: lying.
Jun 8, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Stooges for the Establishment Stooges for the Establishment
Five unrepentant media giants, complicit in the hidden agendas of government leakers, now pay the price for their unethical reporting on Wen Ho Lee.
Jun 7, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
As Others See Us As Others See Us
When a group of international journalists visited a small town in Maine, they made it clear that America's aggression in Iraq, its greed and the advance of pop culture are leading ...
Jun 5, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Political Power of Words The Political Power of Words
The X factor in the midterm elections may well be the English language--specifically, the biased terminology that seeps unchallenged into mainstream media political coverage.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Dean Powers