The Fourth Estate Archives

Link founding father to sleaze king

by Ron Rosenbaum,

Why Alexander Hamilton would have liked Rupert Murdoch's New York Post

Tubecrit

by John James Powers,

Television criticism is still a primitive art

The Gossip’s Code

by Diana McLellan,

Rule 2

The Tedium Twins

by Alexander Cockburn,

Tonight: Are there two sides to every question? Back to you, Jim.

Fact shortage no problem, analysts say

by Alexander Cockburn,

It's much more fun covering a war you can't get to

Diary of a freeloader

by Rhoda Koenig,

Feeding the hand that bites you

Calamity Jane

by Art Levine,

The commander of the New York Times health elite orders constant vigilance against the enemies of the body

For immediate release

by P.J. Corkery,

The true story of an innocent journalist trapped inside a public relations firm

Searching for the sunbelt

by Nicholas Lemann,

Found, in an office at the University of Texas at Dallas

An inflation libretto

by Nikolai Stevenson,

The refrain of paper money in Argentina

Stating the Obvious

by Alexander Cockburn,

The cliché crisis

Wanted

by Alexander Cockburn,

An irresponsible press

In Duran’s corner

by Sally Helgesen,

The press takes a dive

Blood and ink

by Alexander Cockburn,

Keeping score in El Salvador

The Pundit’s Art

by Alexander Cockburn,

Walter Lippmann’s dubious legacy

The Wizard of Newsweek

by David Sanford,

Friends

Fascism Without Swastikas

by Fergus M. Bordewich,

Misreading the Iranian Revolution

Speaking for Blacks

by Randall Kennedy,

Race problems at the New York Review of Books

Media Martyrdom

by Robert Watson,

The Greensboro shoot-out

The pope’s groupies

by David Sanford,

Flacks vobiscum

Fast Folk

by Louis T. Grant,

Keeping up with the gerbils

Zahedi’s Affairs

by Nicholas Burnett,

The shah’s receiving line in Washington

Snake Oil

by David Sanford,

On failing to go to the medicine show

Invitation to a Hanging

by Simon Winchester,

An encounter with Islamic justice

Loosely Speaking

by Joseph Sobran,

The First Amendment makes strange bedfellows

Scoop and Dagger

by Michael Arthur Ledeen,

Competition in the intelligence markets

On trial in Moscow

by Craig R. Whitney,

Propaganda dressed in the robes of the law

Market Democracy

by Earl Shorris,

The world according to Gallup

The Common Man and the Electric Church

by Tom Bethell,

Religion and its role in class division

The Treason of the Clerisy

by Chilton Williamson,

Most American intellectuals adhere to a repressive code

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Link founding father to sleaze king

Tubecrit

The Gossip’s Code

The Tedium Twins

Fact shortage no problem, analysts say

Diary of a freeloader

Calamity Jane

For immediate release

Searching for the sunbelt

An inflation libretto

Stating the Obvious

Wanted

In Duran’s corner

Blood and ink

The Pundit’s Art

The Wizard of Newsweek

Fascism Without Swastikas

Speaking for Blacks

Media Martyrdom

The pope’s groupies

Fast Folk

Zahedi’s Affairs

Snake Oil

Invitation to a Hanging

Loosely Speaking

Scoop and Dagger

On trial in Moscow

Market Democracy

The Common Man and the Electric Church

The Treason of the Clerisy

January 1983

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