“The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: hope
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Local politics, like everything else, are not
“Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system – like our physical existence – still breaks down along geographical lines.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: politics
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While history never repeats itself, political patterns
“While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: history
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To own the dominant, or only, newspaper
“To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: age
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For the past eight years, the right
“For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: learning
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Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed
“Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved F in any freshman economics (or earth science) class.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: science
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We live in a media world simultaneously
“We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: technology
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The ability of the 1 percent to
“The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics – just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.”
— Eric Alterman
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Category: politics
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