I appreciate the correction but do not accept the apology, as I dispute the notion that Jamie Kirchick claims to "now know" that his statements were false.
Eric Alterman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media
The editors of The New Republic can learn the truth with the click of a mouse, but they either don't care or can't be bothered. The National Enquirer has higher standards than that.
Eric Alterman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media
It is my lot in life, apparently, to do The New Republic's job for it, and so I attempted to determine whether there could possibly be any justification for the allegations it printed on its website regarding my views.
Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media
It's only considered to be newsworthy, and to be a point of deep media concern, when a Democrat is accused of slighting the press.
Eric Alterman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media
One would think that the magazine that unleashed Stephen Glass would be careful before empowering another young person with no journalistic credentials to make fantastic allegations.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media
Sadly, the McClellan revelations and the Phase II report reveal that, despite their public penance, much of the media would rather ignore this whole matter of the lead up to war.
Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
Lee Siegel, the senior editor at the New Republic who was suspended for posting a handful of self-serving comments on his TNR blog under the handle "s...
James Love | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media
I think Ralph Nader has done more than any other living U.S. politician to improve the lives of Americans. But that was not how I was quoted.
The New Republic | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton won a decisive ten-round decision over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, but she didn't score a knockout. The struggl...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 01.16.2008 | Media
In today's campaign coverage, what journalists think about unfolding events takes precedence over what voters think.
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With just ninety days left in the election it's come down to...
The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has...
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior...
Love her or hate her, you've gotta hand it to Paris...
Senator Obama on Tuesday said of the McBush...
BEIJING — A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for...
NEW YORK — Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now,...
**UPDATE** The "I Am Rich" app has been removed from the app store. Silicon...
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes a look at offshore drilling...
Only the wildly hypocritical McCain could have made...
I'm not going to...
Q: Most people are really thrilled when they announce their daughter's engagement.
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media