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Showing videos filed under: New Yorker
Hendrik Hertzberg: Bust the Filibuster
January 6, 2011But there’s one big obstacle—almost as big as the rest put together—that has no pluses whatsoever, and that we don’t have to be stuck with: the arsenal of senatorial death rays that goes by the quaint name of filibuster.Hendrik Hertzberg, Debating the Mandate, and the Constitution
January 5, 2011But there’s one big obstacle—almost as big as the rest put together—that has no pluses whatsoever, and that we don’t have to be stuck with: the arsenal of senatorial death rays that goes by the quaint name of filibuster.Into the Obama Era with Hendrik Hertzberg
November 18, 2009Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker describes himself as being "aboard the Obama express," and his new book, OBAMANOS!, collects his essays on the Obama generation and the way the campaign changed politics. A year into the administration, Hertzberg is still hopeful, though like many progressives he offers criticisms of the way the health care reform fight and others have been conducted.Changing the Jobs Debate, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Revisiting Maine
November 17, 2009The unemployment number officially hit double digits recently, though the actual truth is that it's been in double digits for a while. The Nation's John Nichols , author of Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy calls the unemployment crisis a "social, economic and political threat," writing of the growing sense of urgency within an administration facing a purported recovery that hasn't extended to everyday people. Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy agrees, noting that unemployment is still a crisis for the families affected, who struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table.Whose Mandate is This?
February 6, 2009Do we need mandate-driven leadership or bipartisan politics at any cost? Barack Obama is barely two weeks into his first term and already his administration is placating the defeated Republican party. The mainstream media continues to sell the idea that Obama can't move forward without the GOP and outlets across the spectrum have been extremely critical of Obama's policies thus far.The Media's Bipartisan Fix and White Collar Crimes
February 5, 2009Is bipartisanship overrated? Barack Obama won the 2008 election by nearly nine million votes, yet the mainstream media is acting as if he has no authority to proceed without Republican support.Made For TV Politics, Teen Reporters, and What's Next!
October 30, 2008High production values, a cany selection of stories . . . was last night's infomercial from the Obama campaign worth the $5,000,000 it cost to broadcast on primetime network and cable tv? In the mix of personal stories and political policy we heard the now familiar themes of hope and change -- a lot.The F Word: Covert Ops and Assassination in Pakistan
September 12, 2008Covert ops, counter-insurgency, ground assaults without government approval…if you asked which of the above fall within the orbit of US foreign policy options the correct answer would be: ALL. Revelations surfaced this week about special units operating within Pakistan but without the approval of that government...The F Word: Vanity Fair Misses the Point: It's not McCain's Physique, it's his Politics that's the Problem.
July 23, 2008If Vanity Fair's cartoonist wanted to flip the New Yorker cover on the GOP, they'd have to portray the media's lies about the candidate. Not the true stuff.Media Roundtable: The Politics of Satire at the New Yorker, Fannie and Freddie, and the US in Iran
July 15, 2008Ryan Lizza’s 18-page story on how Chicago shaped Barack Obama in the New Yorker has been getting far less attention than the magazine’s cover. On our media roundtable the New Yorker’s senior editor Hendrik Hertzberg faces off with Media Channel’s Danny Schechter over the magazine’s attempt to upend the many falsehoods about the Illinois Senator.
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