It's good to see that famed war reporter Joe Galloway is hitting back at attempts to embroil him in the Pentagon's "media generals" propaganda scanda...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media
It took one straight week of non-stop political commentary for me to finally realize how cable news had not only driven me crazy, but just how much it was negatively impacting politics as well.
Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.
Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
I may have been on the David Letterman Show. I know that's kind of a strange thing to say. A long-running, late night television show, people have b...
Michael Shaw | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media
At the moment at which the Democratic race apparently reached its tipping point, I saw as quick and dramatic a flip in the visual tone as I've ever seen before.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media
NBC spent four minutes of national airtime not only lending credibility to the claims of these very, very few unfortunate folks, but also putting up a big ad for any opportunist who feels like getting rich.
William Fisher | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
Who should we blame for retired military men getting themselves hired by TV networks to be talking head cheerleaders for "progress" in Iraq? The Penta...
Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
Many bloggers and activists seem to have succeeded in getting the media to again do what it is supposed to do: cover the issues that matter most to people.
Norman Solomon | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
In North Carolina and Indiana, voters had more votes than all the pundits did. Pundits lost. Voters came out ahead. So did Obama. And so did the body politic.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
For years, Joanna Connors never wrote about the incident, which resulted in the eventual conviction and imprisonment of the rapist. The paper covered the trial -- but kept her name hidden.
Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
My reaction to Rush Limbaugh's comment that he mistook Mayor Villaraigosa as a "shoeshine guy" is not based on partisanship. It is based on my being tired of the media's Latino rules.
Josh Silver | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
Stamping junk news as genuine isn't new; Entertainment Tonight got its bona fide pass from the FCC in 1988.
Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Michael Gordon asserts that Hezbollah militants have been training Iraqi militia fighters at a camp near Tehran. But McClatchy has a quite different take.
RJ Eskow | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media
We know that the right-wing learned how to spin and manipulate the news using outlets like Drudge and Fox. And rather than fight this system, Clinton campaign advisers like Sid Blumenthal decided to exploit it for their own ends.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
If American voters are willing to take into consideration, even for a moment, Obama's association with the Rev. Wright when deciding whether or not to vote for him, then we get what we deserve in November.
Jamie Malanowski | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
Tonight the American Society of Magazine Editors will present its annual awards that recognize excellence in the various talents and skills that go into making magazines.
Sarah Schorno | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
There has been constant and unfair criticism of sports bloggers. It's clear that the old school media guys are afraid of what they don't understand. And even worse, they don't try to.
Mike Lux and Erica Payne | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
Here we are in 2008 -- the same thing is happening as we saw happen to McCain and Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.
Andrew Arentowicz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
I am worried about our future. I would normally be minding my own business, but I'm afraid not enough people understand what's happening in the world today.
Dave Johnson | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media
While saturating the airwaves with scary video clips of Obama's scary minister the corporate media is providing the public with almost no information about McCain's.
Joe Lauria | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
The American people need to hear what Wright is saying about foreign policy. He may be wrong about some things, but he's spoken about some matters we can no longer ignore.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home
In the last few days, the weary and distracted candidate Obama has been more forceful and passionate. Confronting his displeasure with Rev. Wright seems to have lit a fire under the Barack ass.
Moira Whelan | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Both the Obama and Clinton camps can use the upcoming primaries to go after John McCain with the kind of fervor they've reserved for each other.
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Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics