Rachel Maddow Meets Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
Maddow talks about her experiences interviewing Barack Obama and debating Pat Buchanan. Stewart admits he's a fan.
The Daily Show
Maddow talks about her experiences interviewing Barack Obama and debating Pat Buchanan. Stewart admits he's a fan.
Once again, the MSM is casting Americans as far less liberal than they actually are.
Deconstructing Russia coverage on the Washington Post editorial page.
Eric Alterman : Political Analysis
A mighty train of change is coming to Washington: will the insider establishment hop aboard?
Stewart takes Wallace to task for Fox's biased anti-Obama coverage and wonders what the network will do without Bush to back up.
What if Keith Olbermann delivered a scathing special comment in defense of his fluffy white cat?
Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008
All evidence to the contrary, mainstream media continue to frame election issues with discredited right-wing assumptions.
Keith Olbermann lauds Late Night host David Letterman for challenging McCain on his attack ads in a way that only he can.
Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008
Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.
David Cay Johnston : U.S. Economy
There's still plenty of time for the media to get the bailout story right: just start asking, "Who benefits?"
If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.
Since they got all the megastories wrong in Denver, here's a primer for the media horde as they descend on St. Paul.
Meredith Blake : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?
O'Reilly's bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school.
It's official, straight from the mouth of Bush's former press secretary, Scott McClellan--FOX is Republican propaganda.
The politically conscious rapper helps deliver over 620,000 petitions calling on Fox to end its racist coverage of the Obamas.
Grit TV : Presidential Election 2008
Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker about the controversial Barack Obama cover.
Brave New Films : Presidential Election 2008
Fox's long history of racism is nothing new, but it has been particularly egregious when it comes to their coverage of the Obamas.
Eric Alterman & George Zornick : Presidential Election 2008
He' s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.
CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan feels responsible for Americans not understanding what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Radio Nation : Alternative & Independent Media
This week, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on the role of independent media in turbulent political waters.
How can Barack Obama--or any candidate--overcome the sad hypocrisy of our public discourse?
Free Press : Journalists & Journalism
Why is the media ignoring one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory?
