2008

• These Are Better Days

  Eric Alterman : Political Analysis

  A mighty train of change is coming to Washington: will the insider establishment hop aboard?

• Jon Stewart vs. Fox's Chris Wallace

  The Daily Show

  Stewart takes Wallace to task for Fox's biased anti-Obama coverage and wonders what the network will do without Bush to back up.

• Sayonara, Sarah

  Katha Pollitt : Sarah Palin

  God's gift to journalism--and to feminism.

• Ben Affleck Spoofs Olbermann

  Saturday Night Live : Humor

  What if Keith Olbermann delivered a scathing special comment in defense of his fluffy white cat?

• A Liberal Supermajority (Finally) Finds Its Voice

  Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008

  All evidence to the contrary, mainstream media continue to frame election issues with discredited right-wing assumptions.

• McCain's 'Screw Up'

  Countdown : John McCain

  Keith Olbermann lauds Late Night host David Letterman for challenging McCain on his attack ads in a way that only he can.

• It's Sliming Time (Again)

  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.

• Media MIA

  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?"

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  Can Late Night Comedy Sink McCain?

  Adam Howard : John McCain

  If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.

• How to Cover the GOP

  Eric Alterman : Convention 08

  Since they got all the megastories wrong in Denver, here's a primer for the media horde as they descend on St. Paul.

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  Stop the Smears

  Brave New Films

  Here's how to keep FOX smears of Obama from spreading.

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  Hollywood's Baby Boom

  Meredith Blake : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment

  As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?

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  Send Bill O'Reilly Back to School

  Brave New Films

  O'Reilly's bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school.

• Bush White House Uses Fox to Push Agenda

  Countdown

  It's official, straight from the mouth of Bush's former press secretary, Scott McClellan--FOX is Republican propaganda.

• Hip Hop Star Nas Slams Fox News

  ColorofChange.org

  The politically conscious rapper helps deliver over 620,000 petitions calling on Fox to end its racist coverage of the Obamas.

• The New Yorker Cover Controversy

  Grit TV : Presidential Election 2008

  Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker about the controversial Barack Obama cover.

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  Fox Attacks Michelle Obama

  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.

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  Loving John McCain

  Eric Alterman & George Zornick : Presidential Election 2008

  He' s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.

• CBS' Lara Logan Slams US Iraq War Coverage

  The Daily Show : Iraq War

  CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan feels responsible for Americans not understanding what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

  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.

• Let Them Eat Waffles

  Patricia J. Williams : Media

  How can Barack Obama--or any candidate--overcome the sad hypocrisy of our public discourse?

• Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored

  Free Press : Journalists & Journalism

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

• McCain Is the Media's Maverick

  Media Matters for America : John McCain

  Why does the American public think John McCain is a maverick? Because the mainstream media told them so.

• Journalists As Truth-Tellers

  Bill Moyers

  Journalism can still make a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can't get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to get there.

• The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power

  Eric Alterman : Higher Education

  A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.