As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The White House and the media need one another in order to be successful in their jobs. The White House depends on the media to make its case to the public; the media need the White House to fill their… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
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 Image
