Tea Party Should Attack Military Spending
However you describe the Pentagon budget, it’s a lot of money.
Comcast-NBC Merger Is a Bad Deal
The proposed merger threatens competition and innovation.
Deficit Fascinates Media–Its Causes, Not So Much
One of the deficit’s biggest causes–George W. Bush’s tax cuts–deserves more attention.
Mainstream Media Blues
Newspapers, magazines, TV, and even radio are all battling the wolf at the door.
Pundits Cheered Drilling Shortly Before BP Oil Disaster
Many of America’s prominent commentators ran on fumes when they opined about oil.
I Coulda Been a Hedge Fund Manager
A guidance counselor cast me rudderless on the uncharted waters of higher education, where I drifted into journalism.
Media, Power and Politics in Venezuela: Inside the Coup 2002
You are invited to a talk with award-winning Venezuelan journalist Ernesto Villegas Poljak as he discusses his new book, Abril Golpe Adentro (Inside the April Coup). Mr. Poljak is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the daily newspaper Ciudad Caracas and has also written for El Nuevo Pais, Economia Hoy, El Universal, Ultimas Noticias, and others. Mr. Poljak will discuss the state of news media in Venezuela today and give first hand account of the role played by private news outlets during the April 2002 coup d’etat in Venezuela.
I Play an Objective Expert on TV
Scores of pundits appearing on television news are actually paid corporate lobbyists and public relations pros.
Reporters Should Tell Us the Truth about Global Warming
At this point, the scientific consensus is so overwhelming that journalists need to assert it as a fact.
Magical Realism — A Coup in Honduras, so 20th Century!
A coup is a coup only after Washington defines it as such.
Cuba: A Half-Century of Distorted News and Counting . . .
For nearly half a century the U.S. media have systematically misreported the Cuban Revolution.
The Big Yam
A review of Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture by Jing Wang.
Roumen Yanovski
Roumen Yanovski from ACCESS, Sofia, Bulgaria, compares the fates of both ethnic Turks and Roma in Bulgaria, posing questions on national identity, social reform, present day media, and history.
Violeta Draganova
Violeta Draganova
Iraq: Finding the Diamonds?
The Bush administration is looking for signs of hope in Iraq. But it’s coming up against the reality of resistance.