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Imbalance of Talk Radio
Report from CAP and Free Press shows that while conservative talk radio dominates the format, simple measures could restore balance.
Local Media Diversity
Report outlines how to effectively measure local media diversity and determine what level of diversity supports local democracy.
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May 8, 2008
A Texas Monthly study reveals again that abstinence-only education doesn't work, writes Eric Alterman.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
May 1, 2008
The Pentagon's subversion of democratic dialogue is saddening and limits an honest debate about the war, and the media refuses to admit complicity.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
April 24, 2008
Stephanopoulos and Gibson somehow remain blissfully unaware—or worse—unconcerned about the problems facing the vast majority of Americans.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
April 22, 2008
By Gene Sperling
April 17, 2008
April has seen a series of media revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
April 10, 2008
Network news may still be valuable, but it's also aging with its audience in the era of the 24-hour cable network.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
April 10, 2008
The Office returns to TV tonight, one of the first shows back after the writers' strike. David Madland examines what this means for the economy.
By David Madland
April 4, 2008
Public opinion polls show negative reactions to Bush administration’s handling of financial market turmoil on Wall Street and Main Street.
By Ruy Teixeira
April 3, 2008
CNN correspondent Michael Ware and journalist Nir Rosen joined CAP to talk about increasing sectarianism and Iran's role in the Iraq war.
April 3, 2008
Iraq demands a change in direction, but it's hard for people to demand a change on policies that go unreported, writes Eric Alterman.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
March 27, 2008
The public needs reliable information about the Iraq war, but media coverage of the conflict has dropped off the map.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
March 26, 2008
It no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America’s last genuine newspaper.
By Eric Alterman
March 21, 2008
CAP event discusses Party Crashing, a new book that looks at the political disconnect between civil rights and hip hop generations.
March 20, 2008
If Americans overwhelmingly support progressive policies, why are so many of them afraid to call themselves "liberal"? Eric Alterman has an answer.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
March 13, 2008
While primaries and scandals distract the media, the Bush administration's defense of torture doesn't get the attention it deserves.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
March 7, 2008
New polls find that Americans are more worried about maintaining their standard of living now than they were during the 1991-92 recession.
By Ruy Teixeira
March 6, 2008
Looking for evidence of the Bush administration's distaste for oversight and responsible government? Look no further than the FCC.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
February 28, 2008
Almost every one of the 18 benchmarks laid out by the Bush administration have failed, yet the spinning never ends.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
February 21, 2008
It's hard to find one area of the world where the Bush administration's foreign policies have been successful.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
February 14, 2008
We are still in the shadow of a 9/11 presidency, and 9/11 Commission conflicts of interest don't make it easier to uncover the truth.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
February 14, 2008
“The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award, draws on "New Cinema" tradition.
By Merrill McDermott
February 13, 2008
The success of the Writers Guild’s strike shows why Employee Free Choice Act is so important, writes Louis Soares.
By Louis Soares
February 11, 2008
Why is privacy relevant to Internet company mergers? And what kinds of privacy solutions should merging companies consider?
By Peter Swire
January 31, 2008
The Bush administration takes one step forward and two steps back in transparency, making it harder for reporter watchdogs everywhere.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
January 28, 2008
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January 28, 2008
As Bush’s days of power draw to a close, one thing is clear: We’ve got a lot more problems now than we did seven years ago. Read MicCheck Radio's list of 99 of them.
January 24, 2008
The Bush administration’s 935 demonstrably false statements in the lead up to Iraq should give reporters pause when covering Iran.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
January 23, 2008
Hachigian and Sutphen speak about their new book, The Next American Century, at a CAP event.
January 22, 2008
The FCC sale weakens national security and emergency preparedness, warns Mark Lloyd. There’s another way.
By Mark Lloyd
January 17, 2008
“Ombuds-gal” Laurie Dhue does little to hold O’Reilly accountable. O’Reilly notes, “Why wouldn’t Laurie be on the side of goodness and light?”
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
January 10, 2008
While Iraq isn’t Vietnam, America is still America, and comparing U.S. involvement in the two countries provides interesting results.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
January 3, 2008
Media coverage of Iraq declined dramatically in late 2007, just in time for the run-up to the presidential election that could change our policy there.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
December 20, 2007
Reporting on global warming negotiations may not be particularly sexy fodder for The Situation Room, but we cannot live on Paris Hilton alone.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
December 13, 2007
The neoconservatives are at it again, attacking the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran because it doesn’t fit their policy plans.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
December 6, 2007
Many of the best accounts of Iraq from reporters struggle with boiling down death and devastation while acting as their own security detail.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
December 5, 2007
FCC chair seeks waiver for new Tribune owner. Today’s progressives should fight this effort as progressives did 60 years ago, writes Mark Lloyd.
By Mark Lloyd
November 29, 2007
A new postal rate that would benefit media megaliths could spell the demise of many smaller, particularly minority publications.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
November 27, 2007
By Rob Anderson
November 20, 2007
The Ted Stevens scandal exemplifies how local newspapers and new media can team up on hard-hitting and accessible journalism.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
November 20, 2007
New rule would make it easier to consolidate media ownership in local markets, says Mark Lloyd.
By Mark Lloyd
November 15, 2007
A new G.I. bill would be progressivism at its best; our veterans deserve our full respect, and we can reshape America in this image.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
November 9, 2007
By Bracken Hendricks
November 8, 2007
The politics of Mukasey's nonresponse to whether waterboarding is torture has, unsurprisingly, led the media to ask the same question.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
November 1, 2007
Plan from FCC Chair Kevin Martin once again tries to give big companies control of what we see, hear, and read.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
October 25, 2007
It's obvious that the operations of Blackwater Corp. and other private contractors constitute yet another Bush administration scandal.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
October 23, 2007
Connecting rural Americans to high-speed Internet is important for business, health care, civic participation, and public safety, says Mark Lloyd.
By Mark Lloyd
October 22, 2007
Newspapers needs facts, not anonymous sources, before reporting that “analysts” believe Syria is seeking nuclear capabilities.
By Alexandra Bell
October 18, 2007
Fox’s new business channel is, unsurprisingly, another source of biased, unreliable, chatter dragging down the level of the conversation.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
October 11, 2007
Why did the mainstream media shower criticism on MoveOn but find Limbaugh’s plainly anti-military remarks mostly uninteresting?
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
October 4, 2007
Conservatives are now spouting the “If you disagree with me, you’re a racist” brand of moral bullying that people rightly criticized liberals for years ago.
By Eric Alterman