To become informed and hold government accountable, the general public needs to obtain news that is comprehensive yet interesting and understandable, that conveys facts and outcomes, not cosmetic images and airy promises. But that is not what the public demands. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Ever since Richard Nixon walloped George McGovern in the presidential election of 1972, political pundits have treated as a truism the proposition that liberals… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed,… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. — Eric Alterman Copy Share
The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
By the accusation of liberal bias ... the institutions that conservatives revere - the military, corporate America, organized religion, and the powerful conservative groups… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
