Eric Alterman

Columnist for The Nation & Fellow at the Center for American Progress

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Eric Alterman Biography

Eric Alterman is a Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and Professor of Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is also “The Liberal Media” columnist for The Nation and a fellow of the Nation Institute. His "Altercation" weblog now also appears on The Nation's site. Alterman is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, where he writes the “Think Again” column, a senior fellow (since 1985) at the World Policy Institute at The New School in New York.Alterman is the author of seven books, including the national bestsellers, What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News (2003, 2004), and The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America. (2004). The others include: When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences, (2004, 2005). His Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (1992, 2000), won the 1992 George Orwell Award and his It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (1999, 2001), won the 1999 Stephen Crane Literary Award, and Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy, (1998). His newest book is Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook to Post-Bush America,(2008).

Termed "the most honest and incisive media critic writing today” in the National Catholic Reporter, and author of “the smartest and funniest political journal out there,” in The San Francisco Chronicle, Alterman is frequent lecturer and contributor to numerous publications in the US, Europe and Latin America. In recent years, he has also been a columnist for: Worth, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and The Sunday Express (London, a history consultant to HBO films and a senior fellow at Media Matters for America. A former Adjunct Professor of Journalism at NYU and Columbia, Alterman received his B.A. in History and Government from Cornell, his M.A. in International Relations from Yale, and his Ph.D. in US History from Stanford. He lives with his family in Manhattan.

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Eric Alterman Videos

  • Eric Alterman - Does Print Journalism Have a Future? - YouTube

Eric Alterman Books

  • The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
    The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
  • Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama
    Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama
  • Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
    Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
  • When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences
    When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences
  • What Liberal Media?: The Truth about Bias and the News
    What Liberal Media?: The Truth about Bias and the News
  • It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen
    It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

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