Brave New Films, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. September 24, 2008. Two decades after his role in the savings and loan crisis, McCain is still bent on deregulation.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. August 24, 2008. Thank God for the Winter Games -- those figure skaters are all super-manly men.
Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. August 1, 2008. Isn't it bad enough that we can't escape from political dynasties, do we have to set them up in the media too?
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2008. "We all know it's bullshit, but like so many other zombie narratives, here's an old perennial stomping its way through the graveyard."
Scott Ritter, Truthdig. June 17, 2008. Even after a former Bush spokesman says the press caved in on Iraq, the media are in total denial about their role in the invasion.
Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 19, 2008. A TV-made political feud has morphed into a proxy battle between executives at the highest levels of Fox News and NBC.
Paddy, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. January 14, 2008. Now if the judge could rule that the cable shows had to talk about issues, not high school catfighting, we might have a real election here.
Tom Brokaw, Random House Publishing Group. December 5, 2007. Journalism icon Tom Brokaw reflects on his Midwestern roots, 1960s gender politics and the death of JFK.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Video. November 23, 2007. Melissa McEwan: When a news anchor states something as fact, as opposed to a common impression, it's not a semantic difference.
Linda Hirshman, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2007. Linda Hirshman: First there was Russert's hysterical performance at the last debate, now this.
Taylor Marsh, AlterNet: Video. August 27, 2007. Taylor Marsh: Some NBC affiliates deliberately suppressed or refused to air the prime time debut of Olbermann's progressive program.
Jeffrey Chester, TheNation.com. April 4, 2007. We should not leave decisions about how digital content is paid for and distributed just to Google and its ever-growing list of corporate competitors.