American Media

We Can All Do Better

Sen. Bill Bradley | Posted 05.08.2012

Sen. Bill Bradley

America's idealism, optimism, and spirit of self-reliance -- all these have created the unique American character. But the America of today is in a state of confusion. We don't see our problems clearly, or if we do, we often -- out of inertia, fear, or greed -- fail to deal with them.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 02.19.2012

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.

Since the start of the GOP presidential campaign, stalwart candidates have fallen away like hair from worn and weary follicles. Gone are Thad McCotter...

News for all the People: An Unflattering Portrait of Race and American Media

Art Brodsky | Posted 01.03.2012

Art Brodsky

These are the stories that seldom get told in the sweep of media history in this country. While books are written about the Hearst dynasty, or the Medills and Pattersons, press barons of their time, an entire vital chapter history has largely been given short shrift, until now.

Pakistan and the American Learning Curve Part 2

Ethan Casey | Posted 08.23.2011

Ethan Casey

To write on controversial subjects in a way that I consider helpful takes a capacity for keeping one's cool and a willingness to refrain from scoring cheap points. That's no more true of Pakistan than of any other subject.

Sexual Hypocrisy and Democratic Weakness: Just Another Day in the USA

Darren Hutchinson | Posted 08.20.2011

Darren Hutchinson

Lacking anything better over which to obsess, the rapidly declining U.S. media created a faux scandal that forced Anthony Weiner to resign.

National Enquirer Publisher Filing For Bankruptcy

nypost.com | KEITH J. KELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

National Enquirer publisher American Media has some sensational news of its own: bankruptcy. Faced with resistance from a single balky bondholder, ...

Stop Shopping And Start Thinking

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Judith Acosta

So, the graffiti artist who bade us to start thinking must have been seeing what I saw -- a world becoming disconnected from the onslaught of stimulation that is part and parcel of modern life.

Hearing Ourselves Think Again

Ray Waddle | Posted 05.25.2011

Ray Waddle

Be skeptical of glittering information sources that major in fear, anger and sentimentality. Talk to people who don't share your politics or religion. Take a breath, and reset imagination.

WikiLeaks Collaborating With Media Outlets On Release Of Iraq Documents

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with the WikiLeaks Web site and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based o...

Biebered! How 'Team Edward,' 'Team Jacob' & Justin Bieber Killed the American Man

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

Shana Ting Lipton

I have been sucked into touting the brand of Lolita-banging pubescent porn spoon-fed to me by the youth-obsessed American media. I'm just a little afraid of the lack of age-appropriate boundaries.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Max Kolonko | Posted 05.25.2011

Max Kolonko

The hot head from Fort Collins reached his goal. We got a good show -- no complaints. Never mind the puking child.

Tiger Woods Killed National Enquirer Affair Story In 2007 In Exchange For Men's Fitness Cover

Posted 05.25.2011

The Wall Street Journal Friday has new details on the deal struck by Tiger Woods' representatives and American Media to kill a National Enquirer story...

J.P. Morgan Now Biggest Publisher In US

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, considered by many to be the country's most influential and successful bank executive, can add another title t...