Is the press too big to fail?
Today's media may be maddening, but the sobering truth is that there was no Golden Age of American journalism
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 1:02 PM UTCMedia TomDispatch.com, New York Times
Todd Gitlin
Media TomDispatch.com, New York Times
Obama opens doors to progress, Romney slams them shut
With the president in office, progress -- however incremental -- remains possible. With Mitt, forget about it
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 251Politics The 99 percent, Progressives
2011: The year the 99 percent mobilized
How Occupy's year of transformation compares to the revolutions of 1848 and 1968
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 PM UTCEntertainment Occupy Wall Street
Liberty Park can be anywhere
The Occupy movement has much to gain from its symbolic eviction. But only if it evolves beyond Zuccotti
Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 4:15 PM UTC 27News Occupy Wall Street
Where have all the war protesters gone?
The largest demonstrations ever have largely dissipated, even as we've launched new wars. Why a movement sputtered
Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 5:01 PM UTC 186Politics Iraq war, War Room, Afghanistan
Deliverance for Democrats?
Not so fast. It's going to take a lot more than indictments to defeat the GOP.
Wednesday, Nov 2, 2005 6:30 PM UTC 19All Salon Tom Delay, George W. Bush
Ghost war
The Swift Boat Vets say John Kerry's testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam is offensive. But they don't say it's false, because the record backs Kerry's account.
Tuesday, Aug 24, 2004 11:48 PM UTCAll Salon
From tragedy to farce
He's running for president as an independent, not as a Green. He has no organization. He's starting late. Does Ralph Nader's narcissism have no bounds?
Sunday, Feb 22, 2004 8:23 PM UTCAll Salon 2004 Elections
Pushovers of the press
The media elite are reviewing Henry Kissinger's latest tome with their usual fawning gullibility. Best not to mention those bony hands reaching out from the grave.
Tuesday, Jul 3, 2001 7:54 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Back to the civil rights barricades
What's at stake in Florida is nothing less than the right to vote and to have it count. And once again an angry, elitist GOP is on the wrong side.
Monday, Dec 4, 2000 8:15 PM UTCPolitics 2000 Elections, George W. Bush
Pride before the fall
Ralph Nader told his supporters to cast a vote they could be proud of. How do you spell H-U-B-R-I-S?
Wednesday, Nov 8, 2000 8:00 PM UTCPolitics George W. Bush, Al Gore
Unsafe in any state
Ralph Nader's campaign is reckless, its justifications specious and its consequences possibly irreparable. But it does allow fundamentalist leftists to keep living in their dream world.
Saturday, Oct 28, 2000 7:05 PM UTCPolitics George W. Bush, Al Gore
It’s the stupidity, stupid
George W. Bush's constant gaffes and mental lapses reflect the luxurious laziness of a scion who's never had to work hard at anything. And the media elite has graciously awarded him a Gentleman's C.
Tuesday, Oct 24, 2000 7:00 PM UTCPolitics George W. Bush, Al Gore
The great straddler
Free trader President Clinton veers left in Seattle. But will his finesse be enough to keep Al Gore's Democratic Party intact?
Friday, Dec 3, 1999 5:00 PM UTCNews Environment, Bill Clinton
The whole world is watching — again
Left-wing literati turn out to block impeachment, but is it too little, too late?
Wednesday, Dec 16, 1998 8:00 PM UTCNews
Aristocracy of the dropouts
Republicans will prevail as long as nonvoters rule America.
Tuesday, Nov 3, 1998 4:30 PM UTCNews Matt Drudge
Aristocracy of the dropouts
Polls show America's eligible voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats in today's election, but when the world is narrowed down to who actually votes, the Republicans prevail.
Friday, Oct 30, 1998 8:00 PM UTCNews Matt Drudge
Did you ever see the president stop beating his wife?
Following revelations that Kenneth Starr's grand jury interrogation of Sidney Blumenthal included such questions as 'Does the President's religion include sexual intercourse?,' Todd Gitlin modestly proposes a few more humdinger questions for the independent counsel.
Thursday, Jul 2, 1998 7:00 PM UTCNews Bill Clinton, Sex, Love and Sex
Media Circus: Fugitive from a chain gang
New York Times managing editor Gene Roberts blasts the McNews trivializers and bean counters of the newspaper chains.
Friday, Dec 6, 1996 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment
Rank Error
The top ten reasons why the media's obsession with lists is inane
Friday, Sep 13, 1996 9:23 AM UTCEntertainment
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Todd Gitlin is a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University. His next book, available in December, is "The Intellectuals and the Flag" (Columbia University Press).
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