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As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Almost Aspect Bush Catastrophe Every Finish Handling Presidency Significant Start

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Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Anymore Believe Fair Get Liberals Media Shake

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The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Always Double Economist English English Language Forward Issue Language Look Quirky Smartest Undoubtedly Weekly

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American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: American Fact Inequality Journalists Life Tend Treat

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Fox News is nothing if not impressive. No matter how harsh the criticism it endures, the network somehow always manages to prove itself even worse than we had previously imagined.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Always Criticism Endures Even Even Worse Fox Fox News Had Harsh How Imagined Impressive Itself Matter Network News Nothing Prove Somehow Than Worse

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This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: About Angry Debate Democrats Even Even Worse Inability Iraq Media Over Policy Process Reporting Republicans Substance Trend Trying Unfortunate Vote Who Worse

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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

Topics: Anymore Cannot Conservatives Control Debate Empowers Even Fair Hope Liberal Liberals Media Myth Point Shake States United United States Where

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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

Topics: Been Better Eight Game How Learning Left Now Past Play Right Working Years

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Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Billions Cleaning His Income Lady Pays Percentage Smaller Taxes Than Warren Warren Buffett

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The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.

~Eric Alterman

Topics: Been Campaign Catastrophic Consequences Could Deception Deliberate Hardly His Itself Johnson Military More Nation Party Presidency President Regarding Vietnam

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: January 14th, 1960

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