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WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA? The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman Basic Books, $25.00

THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK under review has stated in his MSNBC weblog that he dislikes me personally. Some might conclude that I should pass up this assignment, but the dislike is not mutual. I like Eric Alterman, read his weblog faithfully (and also his press columns in The Nation), and am only mildly troubled by the fact that he has hurled various insults at me in print. These things happen, especially when you write daily for the Internet.

I also like, though have a few disagreements with, Alterman's book. What Liberal Media? makes a smart and important point: The ...

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