http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ericalterman Posts tagged with 'ericalterman' at MetaFilter. Wed, 26 May 2004 15:54:17 -0800 Wed, 26 May 2004 15:54:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/33330/Eric%2DAlterman%2Don%2DAbu%2DGhraib%2Dand%2Dthe%2Dmedia <a href="http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040607&amp;s=alterman">Eric Alterman on Abu Ghraib and the media.</a> Alterman: And how pathetic is it that the only cable network really grappling with the media's failure is <a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/">Comedy Central</a>? Let's give the last word to the Daily Show's incomparable Stephen Colbert: "The journalists I know love America, but now all anybody wants to talk about is the bad journalists--the journalists that hurt America.... Who didn't uncover the flaws in our prewar intelligence? Who gave a free pass on the Saddam-Al Qaeda connection? Who dropped Afghanistan from the headlines at the first whiff of this Iraqi snipe hunt? The United States press corps, that's who." tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33330 Wed, 26 May 2004 15:54:17 -0800 abughraib afghanistan america ericalterman iraq journalist skallas