Media (155)
The Heat is on as the NYT Closes Its Environment Desk
Written by Kate Sheppard
The paper risks much by folding its environment desk – just at the moment when climate change has never been more pressing
Is Spitzer too opinionated for Al Jazeera?
Written by Daniel D'Addario
Following on Jennifer Granholm's and Gavin Newsom's heels, Spitzer signs off as Al Jazeera's launch approaches
Django Unchained: Tarantino Tells the South to Go Fuck Itself
Written by Thom Hartmann
I knew there was more to it than just being a movie when, for several days between Christmas and New Years, I watched Drudge implicitly trashing “Django Unchained” on his hard-right website.
Time Warner Dumps Current TV Faster Than You Can Say 'Al-Jazeera America'
Written by Jon Queally
Cable giant pulls channel just hours after announcement of acquisition
Why the US Media Ignored Murdoch's Brazen Bid to Hijack the Presidency
Written by Carl Bernstein
Did the Washington Post and others underplay the story through fear of the News Corp chairman, or simply tin-eared judgment?
Controversial Anti-Abortion, Pro-Creationism Evangelist Makes a John Lennon Movie
Written by Asawin Suebsaeng
Ray Comfort, a Christian minister and socially conservative activist from New Zealand, made quite a splash last year when he made a documentary that the Anti-Defamation League slammed for equating the Holocaust to abortion in America. Now he's released a new movie, and its subject matter is a bit odd for a provocateur of the Christian right: John Lennon.
FCC May Give Murdoch a Very Merry Christmas
Written by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
Until now, this hasn’t been the best year for media mogul Rupert Murdoch. For one, none of the Republicans who’d been on the payroll of his Fox News Channel — not Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum or Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin — became this year’s GOP nominee for president.
Why is Oprah the Only Black Person on the Forbes 400?
Written by Mazher Ali
Oprah Winfrey is the only African American on the Forbes 400, a list of the wealthiest people in the U.S. In fact, she's one of only six known Black billionaires in the world, and she's the only Black woman with a fortune worth more than a billion dollars.
Romney stumbled on Libya because the GOP is reliant on a right-wing media machine that has no ideas, just scandals
Argo: Can Ben Affleck rehabilitate Jimmy Carter?
Written by Andrew O'Hehir
"Argo" reminds us that America's ongoing, screwed-up relationship with Iran has deep historical roots
