What Liberal Media?; The Truth About Bias And The News
New York: Basic Books, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 322 pages. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Dan, Keep writing those letters to the Editor, Best wishes Eric Alterman. Eric Alterman (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic and educator. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the author of eleven books. From 1995 to 2020, Alterman was "The Liberal Media" columnist for The Nation. He is a contributing writer there, and at The American Prospect, where he wrote the newsletter, Altercation, until January 27, 2023. In his farewell newsletter column Alterman stated that he opened a Substack page also entitled, Altercation. Alterman's first book was entitled, Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy, which won the 1992 George Orwell Award. Alterman wrote the book while working on his doctorate in U.S. history at Stanford University. Alterman's other books include the national bestsellers, What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News and The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America. Other books he has authored include Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy and the second edition of Sound & Fury. His It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen won the 1999 Stephen Crane Literary Award. In September 2004, Viking Press published When Presidents Lie/When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences – a version of his doctoral dissertation – on lies of major consequence told by American presidents. More