Eric Alterman
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Refuting the claim that mainstream media has a liberal slant, the author exposes the fallacy of a left-wing conspiracy, arguing that it is corporate news structure that determines what the public sees and hears in broadcast or print media.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply researched exploration of the surprising roots of America's long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences reveals how the American consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing."--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to the machinations of the right, there is no dirtier word in American politics today than "liberal"--Yet public opinion polls consistently show that the majority of Americans hold liberal views on everything from health care to foreign policy. In this feisty, accessible primer, journalist and scholar Alterman sets out to restore liberalism to its rightful honored place in our political life as the politics of America's everyday citizens. In...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded-and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous. If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded...
