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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Eric Alterman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Alterman_@_BBF_(8024099379).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg/220px-Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg/330px-Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg/440px-Eric_Alterman_%40_BBF_%288024099379%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Alterman in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-01-14</span>) </span>January 14, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Journalist</li> <li>author</li> <li>professor</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eric Alterman</b> (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian and journalist. He is a <a href="/wiki/CUNY" class="mw-redirect" title="CUNY">CUNY</a> Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_College" title="Brooklyn College">Brooklyn College</a> and the author of twelve books. </p><p>From 1995 to 2020, Alterman was "The Liberal Media" columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation" title="The Nation">The Nation</a></i>. He is a contributing writer there, and at <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Prospect" title="The American Prospect">The American Prospect</a></i>, where under a two-year grant he wrote the newsletter, <i>Altercation</i>, until January 27, 2023. In his farewell newsletter column Alterman stated that he opened a Substack page also entitled, <i>Altercation</i>, on January 21, 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that although publication plans were only in development, he was accepting free subscriptions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman was born to a <a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Jewish</a> family in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Scarsdale_High_School" title="Scarsdale High School">Scarsdale High School</a> in the New York suburb.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He earned a BA in history and government from <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a> in international relations from <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a> in <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States" title="History of the United States">U.S. history</a> from <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His doctoral dissertation, completed in 2002 with <a href="/wiki/Barton_Bernstein" title="Barton Bernstein">Barton Bernstein</a> as primary advisor, was entitled, <i>Two lies: the consequences of presidential deception</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journalism">Journalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman began his journalism career in 1983, freelancing originally for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation" title="The Nation">The Nation</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="The Washington Monthly">The Washington Monthly</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper's">Harper's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Monde_diplomatique" title="Le Monde diplomatique">Le Monde diplomatique</a></i>, and later, for <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine" title="The New York Times Magazine">The New York Times Magazine</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="The Atlantic Monthly">The Atlantic Monthly</a></i>, among others, while working as a senior fellow for the World Policy Institute in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Not long after, he became the Washington correspondent for <i><a href="/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)" title="Mother Jones (magazine)">Mother Jones</a></i> and, soon thereafter, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, before returning to <i>The Nation</i> as a columnist in 1995.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Alterman has been a contributing editor or columnist for many publications including <i><a href="/wiki/Elle_(magazine)" title="Elle (magazine)">Elle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Worth_(magazine)" title="Worth (magazine)">Worth</a></i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i>, and <i>The Sunday Express</i> (London), while he has also contributed to <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>The Atlantic</i>, and <i>Le Monde Diplomatique</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, he restarted "Altercation" as a newsletter published by <i>The American Prospect</i>. It previously had been a daily blog featured by MSNBC beginning in 2002.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman was hired by <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> in 1996, appearing as a commentator on the cable channel and writing a column posted on its website. In 2002, MSNBC engaged him to create the <a href="/wiki/Weblog" class="mw-redirect" title="Weblog">blog</a> daily "Altercation", one of the first blogs hosted by a <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_media" title="Mainstream media">mainstream media</a> news organization.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2006, after a ten-year association, Alterman and MSNBC parted ways. <a href="/wiki/Media_Matters_for_America" title="Media Matters for America">Media Matters for America</a> hired him as a senior fellow and agreed to host "Altercation", effective from September 18, 2006. Regular contributors to "Altercation" included the sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Pierce" title="Charlie Pierce">Charlie Pierce</a> and the historian and military officer Robert Bateman. On December 22, 2008, Alterman announced that "Altercation" would be moving to the website for <i>The Nation</i> in 2009, and would appear on a less regular basis than its previous Monday to Friday schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also has worked as a history consultant for <a href="/wiki/HBO_Films" title="HBO Films">HBO Films</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teaching_career">Teaching career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Teaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman has taught journalism at both <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>. Since fall 2004, he has been a professor of English at <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_College" title="Brooklyn College">Brooklyn College</a>, where he teaches courses in media and media history.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, he was named a <a href="/wiki/CUNY" class="mw-redirect" title="CUNY">CUNY</a> distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College and professor of journalism at the <a href="/wiki/CUNY_Graduate_School_of_Journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="CUNY Graduate School of Journalism">CUNY Graduate School of Journalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman's first book was entitled, <i>Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy</i>, which won the 1992 <a href="/wiki/George_Orwell_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="George Orwell Award">George Orwell Award</a>. Alterman wrote the book while studying for his doctorate in U.S. history at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>. Alterman's other books include the national best-sellers, <i>What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News</i> (2003, 2004) and <i>The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America</i> (2004). Other books he has authored include <i>Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy</i> (1998) and the second edition of <i>Sound & Fury</i> (2000). His <i>It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen</i> (1999, 2001) won the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crane" title="Stephen Crane">Stephen Crane</a> Literary Award. In September 2004, <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking Press</a> published <i>When Presidents Lie|When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences</i> – a version of his doctoral <a href="/wiki/Dissertation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissertation">dissertation</a> – on lies of major consequence told by American presidents.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>His seventh book, published in 2008 by <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking</a> was entitled, <i>Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2008, Alterman published a lengthy essay in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> on the decline of American newspapers and the future role of new media news sites.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His eighth book, <i>Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was published in early 2011. It was an extension of a lengthy article by him that was published by <i>The Nation</i> in summer 2010. Alterman's ninth book, <i>The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama</i> (2012), is a history of postwar American liberalism co-authored with the historian <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mattson" title="Kevin Mattson">Kevin Mattson</a>. Three years later, in 2015, his tenth book, <i>Inequality in One City: Bill de Blasio and the New York Experiment</i> was published. </p><p>In 2020, he published his eleventh book, <i>Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie and Why Trump is Worse</i>. </p><p>His twelfth book was published in 2022 and is entitled <i>We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_criticism">Media criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman's media criticism was the subject of two of his books. In contrast to conservative media commentators, Alterman argues that the press is biased against liberals rather than biased in their favor. He was called "the most honest and incisive media critic writing today" in the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Catholic_Reporter" title="National Catholic Reporter">National Catholic Reporter</a></i> and the author of "the smartest and funniest political journal out there" in <i>The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>. In 2008, Alterman became a regular columnist for the Jewish magazine, <i><a href="/wiki/Moment_(magazine)" title="Moment (magazine)">Moment</a></i>, where he wrote regularly about Jewish issues. From 2009 to 2012, he was a regular contributor to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast">The Daily Beast</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_by_and_about">Quotes by and about</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Quotes by and about"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alterman was and remains a critic of <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a> for Nader's actions in the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000 U.S. presidential election</a>, arguing that Nader is to blame for the election of <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> because of <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader#Spoiler_controversy" title="Ralph Nader">vote splitting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has called Nader "Bush's Useful Idiot",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> myopic,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a deluded megalomaniac.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the documentary, <i><a href="/wiki/An_Unreasonable_Man" title="An Unreasonable Man">An Unreasonable Man</a></i>, he is quoted as saying about Nader: </p> <blockquote><p>The man needs to go away. I think he needs to live in a different country. He's done enough damage to this one. Let him damage somebody else's now.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Alterman has criticized <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> for his avarice and for failing to give any of his wealth to the poor. Jobs died with more than $8 billion in various bank accounts and with shareholdings in a tax-free fund with assets of more than $70 billion. He has also accused <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> of business practices that ultimately result in the misery of Chinese workers.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He appears in the award-winning documentary film on <a href="/wiki/Lee_Atwater" title="Lee Atwater">Lee Atwater</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Boogie_Man:_The_Lee_Atwater_Story" title="Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story">Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story</a></i>. In it, Alterman said, "...Race is poison, but it is poison that works for their side. People vote their fears and not their hopes, and Lee understood that." He also appears in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Greenwald" title="Robert Greenwald">Robert Greenwald</a>'s documentary, <i><a href="/wiki/Outfoxed" title="Outfoxed">Outfoxed</a></i>, and in <i>Best of Enemies</i>, a documentary about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley. </p><p>His critics have called Alterman a member of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States" title="Israel lobby in the United States">Israel lobby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eric_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eric-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alterman notes, however, that his views on Israel are attacked by both the left for being too pro-Israel and by the right, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard" title="The Weekly Standard">The Weekly Standard</a></i>, for not supporting Israel enough.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_works">Major works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy</i> (1992, 1993, 2000) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-8639-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-8639-5">978-0-8014-8639-5</a></li> <li><i>Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy</i>, (1998) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-3574-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-3574-4">978-0-8014-3574-4</a></li> <li><i>It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen</i> (1999, 2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Liberal_Media%3F" title="What Liberal Media?">What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News</a></i> (2003, 2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-465-00177-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-465-00177-4">978-0-465-00177-4</a></li> <li><i>The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America</i> (2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-303442-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-303442-1">0-14-303442-1</a></li> <li><i>When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences</i>, (2004, 2005) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-03209-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-03209-9">978-0-670-03209-9</a></li> <li><i>Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals</i> (2008, 2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-311522-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-311522-9">978-0-14-311522-9</a></li> <li><i>Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama</i> (2011) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56858-659-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56858-659-5">978-1-56858-659-5</a></li> <li><i>The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama</i> with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mattson" title="Kevin Mattson">Kevin Mattson</a> (2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-67-002343-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-67-002343-1">978-0-67-002343-1</a></li> <li><i>Inequality and One City: Bill de Blasio and the New York Experiment, Year One</i> (2015) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-940489-19-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-940489-19-3">978-1-940489-19-3</a></li> <li><i>Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie - And Why Trump Is Worse</i> (2020) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-541616-82-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-541616-82-0">978-1-541616-82-0</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the course of his career, Alterman has been recognized for the following honors and awards: </p> <ul><li>Winner, 1993 George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language for <i>Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy</i></li> <li>Winner, Stephen Crane Literary Award for <i>It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive</i>, 1999</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Awards for "Best Single Article, Traditional" and "Best Commentary, Digital", 2009</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary, Digital", 2010</li> <li>Winner, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary, Digital" and Finalist, "Best Commentary, Traditional", 2011</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary, Traditional", 2012</li> <li>Media Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, June 2013</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary, Digital" and "Best Commentary, Traditional", 2013</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary, Traditional" 2014</li> <li>Finalist, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary", 2016</li> <li>Selected, Schusterman Fellow, Brandeis University, 2016</li> <li>Elected to be Fellow of the Society of American Historians, 2016</li> <li>Winner, Mirror Award for "Best Commentary", 2017</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Alterman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlterman" class="citation web cs1">Alterman, Eric. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://altercation.substack.com/">"Eric's Substack | Eric Alterman | Substack"</a>. <i>altercation.substack.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=altercation.substack.com&rft.atitle=Eric%27s+Substack+%26%23124%3B+Eric+Alterman+%26%23124%3B+Substack&rft.aulast=Alterman&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faltercation.substack.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Alterman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alterman, Eric, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=f0bbac6fa079f1e00b2c14c1d3c6ccf0.1878&s=ffa1b2c0a9494a1f85cd9ac759ad767a">Goodbye and Thanks</a></i>, <i>The American Prospect</i>, January 27, 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeiss2011" class="citation news cs1">Weiss, Philip (July 8, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mondoweiss.net/2011/07/eric-alterman-on-his-dual-loyalty-and-the-u-s-pressuring-palestinians-to-accept-their-historic-position/">"Eric Alterman on his dual loyalty and the U.S. pressuring Palestinians to accept 'their historic position'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Mondoweiss" title="Mondoweiss">Mondoweiss</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mondoweiss&rft.atitle=Eric+Alterman+on+his+dual+loyalty+and+the+U.S.+pressuring+Palestinians+to+accept+%27their+historic+position%27&rft.date=2011-07-08&rft.aulast=Weiss&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmondoweiss.net%2F2011%2F07%2Feric-alterman-on-his-dual-loyalty-and-the-u-s-pressuring-palestinians-to-accept-their-historic-position%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Alterman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-profile-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-profile_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/cms/lib/NY01001205/Centricity/Domain/89/2017%20-%202018%20Profile%20.pdf">"Scarsdale High School Profile"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Center for American Progress. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/AltermanEric.html">the original</a> on May 5, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 16,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Eric+Alterman&rft.pub=Center+for+American+Progress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanprogress.org%2Fexperts%2FAltermanEric.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Alterman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAltermanBernstein2002" class="citation thesis cs1">Alterman, Eric; Bernstein, Barton J. (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5506478"><i>Two lies: The consequences of presidential deception</i></a> (Thesis).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Two+lies%3A+The+consequences+of+presidential+deception&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Alterman&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft.au=Bernstein%2C+Barton+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchworks.stanford.edu%2Fview%2F5506478&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Alterman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1176280">"Journalist Eric Alterman"</a>. <i>NPR.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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