Mirror Man
Patricia J. Williams : Children & Child Care
Michael Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers to the pursuit of whatever Mad Hatter fancy seized him--including his made-to-order kids.
2009
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Buchanan's Bigotry Finds Home on TV
Media Matters for America : Supreme Court
Pat Buchanan launches into paranoid racist rants in response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
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How We Cover the Economy
GRIT TV
There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?
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100 Days of Cable News at Its Worst
Media Matters for America
This video features a dirty dozen collection of media moments from Obama's first 100 days, now you can vote for the worst.
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Has the 'Journal' Lost Its Soul?
Scott Sherman : Wall Street Journal
Rupert Murdoch has not wrecked the Wall Street Journal, as many had predicted. But a key question remains: is the new regime committed to unbiased reporting, or will it politicize the news?
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Obama Derangement Syndrome Hits Beck
Media Matters for America
Glenn Beck's symptoms range from conservative paranoia to bad acting.
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Roundtable: Sex, Politics and the Media
GRIT TV
The Nation's Richard Kim joins several other journalists in a discussion of the politics of gender, sexual identity and power
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Breaking Down the Weekly Media Spin
GRIT TV
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, Robert George of the New York Post and Danny Schechter the news dissector look at the reporting of the past week.
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How Obama's Laugh Turned Into a Smear
Media Matters for America
The workings of a build-up to a fake-scandal over President Obama's laughter on 60 Minutes.
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Obama Attacked With Wave Of 'Isms'
Media Matters for America : Barack Obama
Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.
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Jon Stewart Rips Jim Cramer Apart
The Daily Show : U.S. Economy
Jon Stewart finally confronts Jim Cramer face-to-face. The results are fascinating to watch.
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Can the Media Cover the Economy?
GRIT TV
Fox's coverage of EFCA. Cramer v. Stewart. The Nation's Ari Melber, Isabel McDonald and others discuss the news coverage of the past week.
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It Can Happen Here
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Media watchdogs who slept through the Bush era now have little interest in examining just how many of our liberties were lost.
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Jon Stewart vs. CNBC's Jim Cramer & Friends
The Daily Show
CNBC's Jim Cramer has appeared all over the NBC empire defending his financial acumen; Stewart has now rallied the power of Viacom to fight back.
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Dr. Gupta, Give Me the News
Chris Mooney : Health Care Policy
Withdrawing his bid for Surgeon General, CNN's Sanjay Gupta is headed back to TV. But his medical reporting, like his nomination, is worrisome.
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Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC
The Daily Show
Here's an embarrassing 'greatest misses' collection of CNBC's pre-financial meltdown coverage.
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The Unembedded
GRIT TV
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
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