1999 Columns

• Media Hype for Another "American Century" (Dec. 30, 1999)
• At The Turn of a Century, Better Options Remain (Dec. 23, 1999)
• The Last P.U.-litzer Prizes of the 20th Century (Dec. 16, 1999)
• Media Wallowing in Grief After WTO Summit (Dec. 9, 1999)
• A Global Pro-Democracy Movement (Dec. 6, 1999)
• In Seattle, Free Trade's Happy Face Peels Off (Dec. 2, 1999)
• Ready or Not, It's Time for "Media Jeopardy!" (Nov. 18, 1999)
• Nearing Global Summit, WTO on High Media Ground (Nov. 11, 1999)
• The Twain That Most Americans Never Meet (Nov. 4, 1999)
• Spinning Populism in American News Media (Oct. 28, 1999)
• When Online Trading Offers a Reason to Believe (Oct. 21, 1999)
• Tale of Two Magazines: Easy Talk and Hard Truth (Oct. 14, 1999)
• No Truce in Psychological War on Kids (Oct. 7, 1999)
• New Voices Needed in Coverage of Budget Politics (Sept. 30, 1999)
• "Media Time Capsule" at the End of a Millennium (Sept. 23, 1999)
• The Enduring Spirit of a Dissident Senator (Sept. 16, 1999)
• Big Media Applaud Big Media Merger (Sept. 9, 1999)
• Mass Media: Hatred of American Labor? (Sept. 2, 1999)
• Think of All We'd Miss Without Commercials (Aug. 26, 1999)
• If Big-Name Journalists Became Truth-Telling Rappers (Aug. 19, 1999)
• Broadcasting and Democracy -- Like Oil and Water? (Aug. 12, 1999)
• Assault on Radio Station Raises Key Issues (July 29, 1999)
• A Media Prince Dies, and Some Faux Tears Flow (July 22, 1999)
• Journalists Inspire Support for Community Radio (July 15, 1999)
• The Triumph of Celebrity Culture (July 8, 1999)
• The Public Is Secondary on Public TV (July 1, 1999)
• Big-Name Candidates Bow to Media Power (June 24, 1999)
• Shadow Falling on Beacon of Independent Radio (June 17, 1999)
• Spinning the Cycles of Grief and Retribution (June 10, 1999)
• The Modern Emperor's New Clothes (June 3, 1999)
• What's Democracy Got to Do With It? (May 27, 1999)
• In Treasury Shuffle, Media Dealing Same Cards (May 20, 1999)
• If a Cluster Bomb Could Talk (May 13, 1999)
• After All These Years, It's Still a Mad World (May 6, 1999)
• Let Us Now Praise "Unfamous" Journalists (April 29, 1999)
• For Whom the Media Bell Tolls (April 22, 1999)
• Marching to the Beat of an Indifferent Drum (April 15, 1999)
• American Journalists Have No Reason to Be Smug (April 8, 1999)
• TV Screens Offer Us Illusions of War (April 1, 1999)
• Building a Media Agenda for War (March 25, 1999)
• Media Scenes We'd Like to See in 1999 (March 18, 1999)
• Keeping Mickey in the Private Domain (March 11, 1999)
• Reporting the News on a "Need To Know" Basis (March 4, 1999)
• More "Culture War" Bombast on the Way (February 25, 1999)
• And Now... Another Episode of "Media Jeopardy!" (February 18, 1999)
• The Performance Art of American Politics (February 11, 1999)
• Clinton Allies Keep Poverty Off the National Agenda (February 4, 1999)
• Under the Capitol Big Top, It's a Great Show (January 28, 1999)
• Only Some Commentators Are Ready for Prime Time (January 21, 1999)
• Down The Media Rabbit Hole in 1999 (January 14, 1999)
• With CBS News in Tow, the AOL Juggernaut Rolls On (January 6, 1999)

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