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2006
Israel on the Slide: Who's to Blame? Alexander Cockburn | The Israeli press has criticized the Lebanon disaster from all political angles. The American press chooses to cheerlead instead, while liberal Jewry remains silent. September 11, 2006 issue Nightly Nativism Daphne Eviatar | CNN pundit Lou Dobbs has made himself a "specialist" in channeling nativist, nationalist and even white supremacist rhetoric. August 28, 2006 issue The Problem with Pundits Eric Boehlert | Pro-Lieberman Beltway pundits who whined about progressive bloggers and sounded noisy alarms about the disastrous impact of a Lamont win will have a lot of explaining to do come November. August 28, 2006 (web) Reading Less Bad News From Iraq Calvin Trillin | The papers simply cannot find the space. August 14, 2006 issue The Uses and Abuses of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Eric Alterman | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a really bad guy. But the Bush Administration's armchair warriors mythologized him into a self-fulfilling prophecy of insurgent terror. July 10, 2006 issue Access of Evil Amy Goodman | 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 something to sell. July 3, 2006 issue		The Political Power of Words: Emerging Writers Dean Powers | 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. June 12, 2006 (web) Time Is on Their Side Eric Alterman | Time magazine's new managing editor has inherited an editorial model that's under siege and a pundit lineup that tilts squarely to the right. June 12, 2006 issue Media Assault on Latin America Jonathan Cook | US media coverage of the rise of the Latin American left is an echo of the Bush Administration's simplistic, knee-jerk rhetoric. May 1, 2006 issue Lap Dogs of the Press Helen Thomas | During the run-up to the Iraq War, the nation's leading print and broadcast media could have saved lives if they questioned the Administration's pronouncements. Instead, they were an echo chamber for the White House. March 27, 2006 issue The Olympics We Missed Dave Zirin | The Winter Olympics are to NBC what icebergs were to the Titanic. Jingoistic, condescending coverage missed the real drama. March 6, 2006 (web)

2005
Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free Robert Scheer | Why is it not bigger news that these infamous Iraqi scientists have been quietly released from imprisonment without any charges being brought by their US captors? January 9, 2006 (web) Conrad Black's Fall Scott Sherman | Reading Patrick Fitzgerald's sixty-page indictment of publishing magnate Conrad Black and his associates, one gets the feeling that the next stop for this high-living power-broker will be a prison cell. January 2, 2006 issue Letter from the (Outgoing) Publisher Victor Navasky | As Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel becomes the latest in a long line of publisher/owners of The Nation, Victor Navasky looks ahead to his new role as publisher emeritus and member of the magazine's editorial board. November 28, 2005 issue All the King's Media William Greider | The scandals suffocating the Bush Administration seem less like Nixon and Watergate and more like Louis XV and pre-Revolutionary France. They are harbingers of a potent cultural event that may jolt the public out of complacency. November 21, 2005 issue Corrupt, Incompetent and 'Off Center' Eric Alterman | With leading Republicans facing the slammer and Bush in a tailspin, fate has given liberals a huge opportunity. Americans already share our values--we need a new language to help connect peoples' deepest needs to the liberal vision. November 7, 2005 issue Found in the Flood Eric Alterman | The most remarkable aspect of the media's treatment of the hurricane coverage was the return of the poor, in coverage that was neither condescending nor condemnatory. September 26, 2005 issue In Defense of Pat Robertson Richard Kim | The wacky televangelist may have done us a favor by bringing the insanity of Bush Administration tactics into plain view. September 12, 2005 (web) Witnesses to an Execution Richard Kim | An international furor over the hanging of "two gay teenagers" in Iran. August 15, 2005 (web) The Times, It Is A-Ragin' Eric Alterman | Even so-called liberal publications frequently tilt rightward. August 15, 2005 issue Lying Liars & the Presidents Who Employ Them Eric Alterman | The media passed along without prejudice Karl Rove's deliberate distortions of Richard Durbin's words. July 18, 2005 issue The History of Smoking Guns Alexander Cockburn | History is one big smoking gun, and the function of the official press is to say it isn't so. July 11, 2005 issue Clinton Agonistes Eric Alterman | John Harris's history of the Clinton Administration deserves much of the praise it has received, but it ignores the media's anti-Clinton animus. July 4, 2005 issue In Re Newsweek: Which Side Are You On? Eric Alterman | In its campaign against Newsweek, the Bush Administration seeks to undermine already faltering public confidence. June 20, 2005 issue		Genetically Speaking Patricia J. Williams | There is no specific genetic marker that distinguishes one race from another. June 20, 2005 issue Good, Gray NPR Scott Sherman | Once a quirky upstart, NPR is now soberly mainstream. May 23, 2005 issue What Would Dewey Do? Eric Alterman | Robert Novak has never given the impression that he cared much for the virtues of civility. May 23, 2005 issue Marla Ruzicka, Rachel Corrie and 'Credibility' Alexander Cockburn | No US Senator attended Rachel Corrie's funeral. May 16, 2005 issue Barely Legal Videos David Rees | Get your news on. May 9, 2005 issue 'Case Closed' Eric Alterman | In a more just universe, the right-wingers would give reporters the credit they so richly deserve. April 25, 2005 issue In Re Rather: The Target Is Journalism Eric Alterman April 11, 2005 issue Better Red Than Dead? Eric Alterman February 28, 2005 issue Connecting the Dots Tom Engelhardt February 28, 2005 issue Ward Churchill and the Mad Dogs of the Right Alexander Cockburn February 21, 2005 issue Fantasy Island Eric Alterman February 14, 2005 issue Hail-to-the-Chief Show Richard Goldstein February 14, 2005 issue The Media's New Cold War Stephen F. Cohen | Ukraine's election was a call to arms. January 31, 2005 issue

2004
The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote Robert Scheer | What would Jesus watch? My guess is PBS. December 13, 2004 issue Where Rather Was Right Victor Navasky | What Rather got right relates to yet another presidential narrative. October 11, 2004 issue 'We Lie. We Decide.' Eric Alterman September 20, 2004 issue Defying Convention Liza Featherstone September 20, 2004 issue Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them Katha Pollitt | It's a stretch to suggest that the anti-Bush advocates are the lefty equivalent of the hard-right disinformation machine. September 13, 2004 issue		Election Matters: 'Embedded Patriots' William Greider | The most intriguing story in Washington is a subterranean conflict that reporters cannot cover because some of them are involved. July 12, 2004 issue Widows and Orphans First... Eric Alterman April 12, 2004 issue Press Watch: Floating With the Tide Scott Sherman | Reports paint a portrait of a timid, credulous press corps that, when confronted by an Administration intent on war, sank to new depths of docility. March 15, 2004 issue A Spectacular Success? Eric Alterman February 2, 2004 issue Bush as Hitler? Let's Be Fair Alexander Cockburn January 26, 2004 issue

2003
Washington Goes to War (with Howard Dean) Eric Alterman January 12, 2004 issue Secrets, Lies and Media Privilege Robert Scheer | Protecting the government sources who maligned Wen Ho Lee is wrong. January 5, 2004 (web) Target: George Soros Eric Alterman December 29, 2003 issue The London Trip of a Global Tyrant Alexander Cockburn December 8, 2003 issue The Struggle for Russia Stephen F. Cohen | The ongoing human tragedy is what is missing from the US media story, the plight of most Russians is hardly ever mentioned. November 24, 2003 issue Aaron McGruder's Right to Be Hostile Michael Moore November 17, 2003 issue Up in Flames Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols | The public revolts against monopoly media. November 17, 2003 issue The New Know-Nothingism Eric Alterman November 17, 2003 issue There They Go Again Katha Pollitt November 17, 2003 issue Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My! Eric Alterman November 3, 2003 issue Seeing Red at the Post Victor Navasky October 13, 2003 issue		Patriotic Gore Eric Alterman September 1, 2003 issue Selling Dean Short Katha Pollitt September 1, 2003 issue 'Lyndon B. Bush'? Eric Alterman August 4, 2003 issue Liberal Signs of Life Eric Alterman | The "liberal media" is dead. Long live the liberal media. July 14, 2003 issue Saving Private Lynch: Take 2 Robert Scheer | "Her story is one of the most stunning pieces of news management ever conceived." June 2, 2003 (web) The US vs. the UK Russ Baker | A comparison of televised media coverage of the Iraq war. April 28, 2003 (web) Hour of Media Shame Kanak Mani Dixit | One casualty of the war on Iraq has been the image of the Western media. April 28, 2003 (web) The Doha Follies Michael Massing April 21, 2003 issue The Press and the Myths of War Chris Hedges | There is nothing glorious or gallant about combat. April 21, 2003 issue What Liberal Media? Eric Alterman February 24, 2003 issue Copyright Monopolies Andrew L. Shapiro | The 7-to-2 ruling in Eldred v. Ashcroft is a blow to consumer rights and free speech, and sets awful precedents. February 17, 2003 issue

2002
Rockin' in the Free World Eric Alterman November 11, 2002 issue Don't Try This at Home Eric Alterman June 5, 2000 (web) The Palestinian Side Must Be Told Robert Scheer May 6, 2002 (web) CNN Rushes Rush* Al Franken September 3, 2001 issue Devil in a Blue Dress Eric Alterman September 23, 2002 issue 'America's Army' Targets Youth Jacob Hodes & Emma Ruby-Sachs | The Army's new website is part of a much larger overhaul of recruiting strategy. September 2, 2002 (web) The Mayor of My Hometown Eric Alterman September 2, 2002 issue Beauty Tips and Politics Lauren Sandler | Hot media news: Women want hard-hitting reports on issues that affect them. September 2, 2002 issue Farewell, My Cokie Eric Alterman August 5, 2002 issue Screen Rage Marjorie Heins July 22, 2002 issue Cartooning Terror Emma Ruby-Sachs & Asa Pittman | Now more than ever, there's a need for the critiques that political cartoons can offer. July 15, 2002 (web) Who's Afraid of Cornel West? Eric Alterman July 15, 2002 issue In Cold Type: Mouth of the South Amy Wilentz July 15, 2002 issue Jewish Media Stranglehold? Cliff Rothman July 8, 2002 issue Affirmative Action Reaction Eric Alterman July 1, 2002 issue Fighting the Drug (Ad) Wars Marc Siegel June 17, 2002 issue And Another Thing... Katha Pollitt June 10, 2002 issue In Cold Type: Judging Israel: A Legal Brief Amy Wilentz June 10, 2002 issue Journeys With Fecklessness Eric Alterman June 3, 2002 issue When Is a Coup a Coup? Scott Sherman May 27, 2002 issue Bad Work Eric Alterman May 20, 2002 issue		In Cold Type: How They See Us Amy Wilentz May 13, 2002 issue The Pull of 'New Gravity' Mark Mordue May 6, 2002 issue Sensation Patricia J. Williams May 6, 2002 issue Twenty Years On Alexander Cockburn April 22, 2002 issue Adventures in Book Reviewing Katha Pollitt April 15, 2002 issue The Year of the Yellow Notepad Alexander Cockburn April 8, 2002 issue In Cold Type: Miller Time Amy Wilentz April 8, 2002 issue Sullivan's Travails Eric Alterman April 8, 2002 issue Enron, the Media and the New Economy Jeff Madrick April 1, 2002 issue Back Into the Muck Eric Alterman March 25, 2002 issue Condolences to Musharraf Christopher Hitchens March 18, 2002 issue Parallax and Palestine D.D. Guttenplan March 11, 2002 issue In Cold Type: Kings and Klimt at NYRB Amy Wilentz March 11, 2002 issue Unhappy Anniversary Eric Alterman March 11, 2002 issue The Black Pathology Biz Ishmael Reed November 20, 1989 issue Axis Me No Questions... Eric Alterman February 25, 2002 issue Press Watch: Black Hawk Downer Michael Massing February 25, 2002 issue 'Whacking' the Liberal Media Eric Alterman February 11, 2002 issue In Cold Type: Swimming to Kandahar Amy Wilentz February 11, 2002 issue Huey Freeman: American Hero John Nichols | Sure he's a cartoon character, but it still takes courage to speak out. January 28, 2002 issue Rx Needed for Medical Journals Sonia Shah January 28, 2002 issue

2001
Idiocy Watch: The New Republic Eric Alterman January 7, 2002 issue Something Old, Something New Jeffrey Chester & Gary O. Larson January 7, 2002 issue A Teflon Correspondent Mark Dowie January 7, 2002 issue Big Media, Bad News January 7, 2002 issue The Wages of Synergy Janine Jaquet January 7, 2002 issue Take This Media...Please! Al Franken & Ani DiFranco | Comments on the media from cultural producers and critics in a range of fields. January 7, 2002 issue Stossel's Heroes Mark Dowie | The Department of Energy is pondering the most expensive environmental clean-up in world history. December 31, 2001 (web) 'Objectivity' RIP Eric Alterman December 24, 2001 issue Press Watch: Cable Snooze Michael Massing December 24, 2001 issue The Ends of War Christopher Hitchens December 17, 2001 issue Press Watch: Where Germs Rule Michael Massing December 17, 2001 issue Can Patriotism Be Compassionate? Martha Nussbaum December 17, 2001 issue Freedom Is History (and Vice Versa) Eric Alterman December 10, 2001 issue Where Were They When It Counted? Alexander Cockburn December 10, 2001 issue Letter From Ground Zero: In Hindsight Jonathan Schell December 10, 2001 issue Uncle Ben Goes to War Michael Massing December 3, 2001 issue Images in a Rearview Mirror Christopher Hitchens December 3, 2001 issue Press Watch: Word Warriors Michael Massing November 26, 2001 issue Letter From Ground Zero: Niceties Jonathan Schell November 26, 2001 issue Le Pouvoir Est Dans La Rue? Christopher Hitchens November 19, 2001 issue Victory Gardens?! Katha Pollitt November 19, 2001 issue 'Blowback,' the Prequel Eric Alterman November 12, 2001 issue Working-Class Heroes Joshua B. Freeman | It ought not to require mass death to remind us who keeps NYC functioning day after day after day. November 12, 2001 issue Press Watch: Seven Days in October Michael Massing November 12, 2001 issue Press Watch Michael Massing November 5, 2001 issue Profiles in Cowardice Victor Navasky | Recent events show that you don't need media concentration to have homogenization of the news. November 5, 2001 issue Private Censorship Mark Crispin Miller October 22, 2001 (web) Patriot Games Eric Alterman October 29, 2001 issue Press Watch Michael Massing October 29, 2001 issue Blaming bin Laden First Christopher Hitchens October 22, 2001 issue Press Watch Michael Massing October 22, 2001 issue The Clash of Ignorance Edward W. Said | Labels like "Islam" and "the West" only serve to confuse us. October 22, 2001 issue A Rejoinder to Noam Chomsky Christopher Hitchens October 15, 2001 (web) Public Statement on Pacifica Marc Cooper October 15, 2001 (web) Reply to Hitchens Noam Chomsky | Debating the roots of the September 11 terrorist attacks. October 15, 2001 (web) Press Watch Michael Massing October 15, 2001 issue Modesto Man Christopher Hitchens September 17, 2001 issue Summer Follies Katha Pollitt September 17, 2001 issue Of Sin, the Left & Islamic Fascism Christopher Hitchens October 8, 2001 (web) West Bank Dreamin' Eric Alterman September 3, 2001 issue Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy a Bridge? Eric Alterman August 6, 2001 issue Junk Journalism Eric Boehlert August 6, 2001 issue		She Needed Fewer Friends Alexander Cockburn August 6, 2001 issue Eminem: Grammy's Homecoming Queen? Richard Kim March 5, 2001 (web) STOP THE PRESSES! (Tabloid Edition) Eric Alterman July 16, 2001 issue Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us Earl Shorris July 16, 2001 issue 'The Vietnam Syndrome' Richard Falk July 9, 2001 issue 'Dead Again' Eric Alterman July 2, 2001 issue McVeigh: Done to Death Bruce Shapiro July 2, 2001 issue No Vengeance, No Justice Patricia J. Williams | It is precisely the dimension of McVeigh's evil that presses us to consider most seriously the limits of state force. July 2, 2001 issue McVeigh: Done to Death Bruce Shapiro June 25, 2001 (web) The Fugitive Christopher Hitchens June 25, 2001 issue Mad Bad Ads Katha Pollitt June 25, 2001 issue The Vandals Repeat Did Not Take the Handles Eric Alterman June 18, 2001 issue The Left Taught Him How to Do It Alexander Cockburn June 18, 2001 issue Body Count in Kosovo Christopher Hitchens June 11, 2001 issue Sites for Sore Eyes Eric Alterman June 4, 2001 issue Leave No Child Behind? Christopher Hitchens May 28, 2001 issue Without Fear, Favor or Ombudsman Eric Alterman May 21, 2001 issue The Stochastic Aptitude Test Patricia J. Williams May 21, 2001 issue Lie to the Media, Get a Job Eric Alterman May 7, 2001 issue McVeigh's Last Mile May 7, 2001 issue Journalism & Democracy Bill Moyers | A reflection on journalism, democracy and the importance of being a "public nuisance." May 7, 2001 issue China: Beyond the Matrix Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom May 7, 2001 issue Commies and the Conservatives Who Love Them Eric Alterman | Why is it so hard to find a good right-wing anti-communist when you finally need one? April 23, 2001 issue Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said Alexander Cockburn April 23, 2001 issue Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong Rick Perlstein | By refusing to remember how history always embarrasses the present, punditry only really knows how to be wrong. April 23, 2001 issue The Black Box John Anderson April 16, 2001 issue The Times v. Moyers April 16, 2001 issue Times Letters Unfit to Print Michael Massing April 16, 2001 issue The Pardons & the Press Eric Boehlert | The insular Beltway news business is broken because too often it refuses to let the facts get in the way of a good story. April 9, 2001 issue Our Mobsters, Ourselves Ellen Willis | Why The Sopranos is therapeutic TV. April 2, 2001 issue Mangler-in-Chief Ken Silverstein March 26, 2001 (web) Whodunit--the Media? Maggie Cutler March 26, 2001 issue Deconstructing the Election Win McCormack March 26, 2001 issue Unreality Television Eric Alterman March 12, 2001 issue Murdoch's Fox News Daphne Eviatar | While much has been written about Fox's election night gaffe, there's been far less focus on the blatant bias of Fox's regular staff, contributors and guests. March 12, 2001 issue A Noodler's Chicken Soup Julia M. Klein March 12, 2001 issue Sorry, Wrong President Eric Alterman February 26, 2001 issue The Times & Wen Ho Lee Robert Scheer February 26, 2001 issue The Future of the Public Intellectual: A Forum Various Participants February 12, 2001 issue Hailing the Thief Ben Ehrenreich February 5, 2001 (web) The 'Tiananmen Papers' Edward Jay Epstein February 5, 2001 issue

2000
Let the Whitewash Begin Eric Alterman January 8, 2001 issue Ce N'est Pas un Président Eric Alterman December 25, 2000 issue 'Accuracy' vs. 'Speed' Eric Alterman December 11, 2000 issue The Butterfly Election Jonathan Schell December 4, 2000 issue Left in Shambles Eric Alterman November 27, 2000 issue Blaming Arik Last Eric Alterman October 30, 2000 issue Stop, Thief! Eric Alterman October 16, 2000 issue American Journalism and Russia's Tragedy Stephen F. Cohen October 2, 2000 issue The Right Whines Eric Alterman October 2, 2000 issue Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler! Eric Alterman September 4, 2000 issue The Persecution of Wen Ho Lee, Redux Robert Scheer August 6, 2001 (web) Schmoozapalooza 2000 Eric Alterman August 7, 2000 issue Media and Trade: A Love Story William Greider July 24, 2000 issue Independence: An Endangered Species? Eric Alterman July 3, 2000 issue		Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol Robert Scheer June 18, 2001 (web) Don't Try This at Home Eric Alterman June 12, 2000 issue Disinterestedness Dies Eric Alterman June 5, 2000 issue Back to the Forward Eric Alterman May 22, 2000 issue Dr. Laura, Be Quiet! Katha Pollitt May 15, 2000 issue The 'Shame' Game Eric Alterman May 8, 2000 issue Still With Us Eric Alterman April 24, 2000 issue Into the Muck Eric Alterman April 10, 2000 issue The Liberal Media, RIP Eric Alterman March 13, 2000 issue China Spying Story: All the Excuses Fit to Print Robert Scheer February 19, 2001 (web) Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled Robert Scheer February 5, 2001 (web) Of Scientists and Spies Eric Alterman January 31, 2000 issue Home Discomforts Katha Pollitt January 24, 2000 issue

1999
The Prattle on Seattle Eric Alterman January 3, 2000 issue Blowjobs and Snow Jobs Eric Alterman December 20, 1999 issue The New Global Media: It's a Small World of Big Conglomerates Robert W. McChesney November 29, 1999 issue The Seven-Year (Old) Snitch Eric Alterman November 22, 1999 issue Fashion Statements Eric Alterman November 8, 1999 issue Navigating The Atlantic Eric Alterman October 25, 1999 issue A Euro Without a Europe Eric Alterman October 11, 1999 issue From Pacifica to the Atlantic Robert W. McChesney October 11, 1999 issue The Journal's Russia Scandal Matt Taibbi & Mark Ames October 4, 1999 issue Little Limbaughs and the Fire Next Time Eric Alterman September 27, 1999 issue		The Commentary School of Falsification Christopher Hitchens September 20, 1999 issue Natural Born Killers Katha Pollitt July 26, 1999 issue Media Matters Tara Zahra July 19, 1999 issue Racial Ventriloquism Patricia J. Williams July 5, 1999 issue Media Matters David Sarasohn June 21, 1999 issue Tilting at Rumor Mills Eric Alterman March 15, 1999 issue How Hitchens Suckered Himself Alexander Cockburn March 8, 1999 issue LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters Jon Wiener February 22, 1999 issue A Cold War Over the Cold War? Eric Alterman February 15, 1999 issue Media Starvation Diet James North February 8, 1999 issue

1998
His Terrible, Swift Sword: The Times's Raines on Clinton Michael Tomasky January 4, 1999 issue		Islam Through Western Eyes Edward W. Said April 26, 1980 issue

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