2008

• Refs, Worked (Redux)

  Eric Alterman

  CBS News and the Washington Post go into overtime expunging liberal bias.

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  Collateral Damage

  Chris Toensing : Non-Fiction

  Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

• The Palin Fix

  Mark Ames

  There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.

• Reality Bites

  Eric Alterman

  That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.

• Something Stupid

  Eric Alterman

  John McCain is determined to lie his way into the White House, and pundits and reporters are doing everything they can to enable that strategy.

• The Secret Behind the Surge

  Tom Hayden : Iraq War

  Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.

• The Times, They Have A-Changed

  Eric Alterman : Convention 08

  Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.

• Media Gone Mad

  Eric Alterman : Convention 08

  The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.

• DNC '08: Live From Main Street

  The UpTake

  Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Van Jones and David Barsamian on the subject of change.

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  Obama and the Politics of 'Presumptuousness'

  Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008

  Dana Milbank's coverage of Obama in the Washington Post has become a symbol of a press corps that is almost as the Bush Administration.

• RadioNation With Laura Flanders

  Radio Nation

  Betsy Reed, Amy Alexander, Chris Hayes and Michael Tomasky debate the legacy of the media's 2008 election coverage.

• Who Wants Yesterday's Papers?

  Alexander Cockburn

  Collapse of the old world information order.

• I Read the News Today... Oh Boy

  Eric Alterman

  While some of America's smartest and most civic-minded people are trying to save daily newspapers, the media moguls who can make a difference seem to be completely off their rockers.

• Obama vs. the Smart Guys (and Dumb Wars)

  Eric Alterman : Iraq War

  Barack Obama got it right on Iraq six years ago. Now, perhaps, so can the rest of us.

• Hello Cruel World

  John Palattella : Non-Fiction

  The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.

• How the Russert Test Failed America

  Linda Hirshman

  Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn't he challenge the lies?

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  The Canonization of St. Tim

  Alexander Cockburn

  It's hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.

• Donahue's War

  Rebecca MacNeice : Iraq War

  Phil Donahue talks about his experience as a talk show host on MSNBC during the buildup to the invasion of Iraq.

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  Silence of the (MSM) Lambs

  Eric Alterman

  They enabled the Iraq catastrophe and now spin a self-flattering narrative to excuse their failings.

• Say It Ain't So, Joe

  Eric Alterman : Joseph Lieberman

  Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.

• Good Night and Good Luck

  Eric Alterman

  Pundits embrace the fantasy of Hillary Clinton's candidacy as foolishly as they embraced the Iraq War.

• Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored

  Free Press : Media Analysis

  Why is the media ignoring one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory?

• Journalists Slam ABC Debate Tactics

  : Debates

  In an open letter to ABC News, a group of journalists and media analysts condemns the network's poor handling of the latest Clinton/Obama faceoff.

• It's a Scandal, All Right

  Mary Mapes : Iraq War

  Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?

• YouTube for Smart People

  Ari Melber : Internet & New Media

  Big Think seeks to smarten up the Internet by getting up close and intellectual with the most creative thinkers alive.