: The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman ( 2003 )

" In support of this, he referred to " the paradox of Rush Limbaugh, ensconced in a Palm Beach mansion massaging the resentments across the country of white-knuckled wage earners, who are barely making ends meet in no small part because of the corporate and ideological forces for whom Rush has been a hero .... As Eric Alterman reports in his recent book — a book that I'm proud to have helped make happen — part of the red meat strategy is to attack mainstream media relentlessly, knowing that if the press is effectively intimidated, either by the accusation of liberal bias or by a reporter's own mistaken belief in the charge's validity, the institutions that conservatives revere — corporate America, the military, organized religion, and their own ideological bastions of influence — will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence over American public life with relatively no challenge.

* The Liberal Media by Eric Alterman

" According to CUNY journalism professor Eric Alterman, “ Nothing has been as consistent about the past 34 years of TNR as the magazine's devotion to Peretz's own understanding of what is good for Israel … It is really not too much to say that almost all of Peretz's political beliefs are subordinate to his commitment to Israel's best interests, and these interests as Peretz defines them almost always involve more war.

Up until the late 1960s, the magazine had a certain " cachet as the voice of re-invigorated liberalism ", in the opinion of Eric Alterman, a commentator who has criticized the magazine's politics from the left.

* Contempt for the mainstream establishment, in particular for public figures who, in his view, gain mainstream respectability by criticizing those to their left ; targets have included The New York Times, President Barack Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, the late academic Irving Howe, and some of his colleagues at The Nation, including Marc Cooper, David Corn and Eric Alterman.

* Eric Alterman – American liberal journalist

* Eric Alterman

* " Living With Music: A Playlist by Eric Alterman " ( New York Times, Paper Cuts blog ).

* Eric Alterman @ Google, January 2011

* Eric Alterman on Kabuki Democracy at the Brennan Center for Legal Justice, April 2011

* Eric Alterman and Neera Tanden discuss Kabuki Democracy at the Center for American Progress, February 1, 2011.

* Eric Alterman and Christopher Hitchens on Bloggingheads, October 12, 2008.

* Eric Alterman and Julia Kamin talk about Why We're Liberals on Bloggingheads.

* Eric Alterman speaking at Strand Bookstore in New York City on May 6, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals.

* Eric Alterman speaking at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, on March 27, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals.

* Eric Alterman speaking at Authors @ Google on March 25, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals

* Eric Alterman speaking at Cody's Books in Berkeley, CA on March 25, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals

* " Eric Alterman in Conversation ," FORA. tv, March 2008

* Eric Alterman speaking at Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, on Factors of Ethical Presidential Leadership, Jan. 30, 2008

* " The American News Media: Media Bias, with Eric Alterman and Tucker Carlson ," UC Santa Barbara.

* Eric Alterman on Charlie Rose, discussing the future of political pundits.

* Eric Alterman on Charlie Rose, discussing " The Book on Bush " with Mark Green.

* Eric Alterman on Charlie Rose, discussing the Iraq war with Christopher Hitchens.

* 1999 – Eric Harris, American student who committed the Columbine High School massacre ( b. 1981 )

# Katharina ( b. Meissen, 24 July 1468 – d. Göttingen, 10 February 1524 ), married firstly on 24 February 1484 in Innsbruck to Duke Sigismund of Austria, and secondly on 1497 to Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg.

* 1968 – Adamson-Eric ( Eric Adamson ), Estonian painter ( b. 1902 )

* 2009 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer ( The Alan Parsons Project ) ( b. 1945 )

* 1957 – Eric Coates, English-born American composer ( b. 1886 )

* 2005 – Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist ( The Quarrymen ) ( b. 1940 )

* 2012 – Eric Sykes, English actor, writer, and director ( b. 1923 )

* 1995 – Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor ( b. 1924 )

* 1980 – Eric Kerfoot, English footballer ( b. 1924 )

* 2002 – Eric Flynn, British actor / singer ( b. 1939 )

* 1981 – Eric Williams, Caribbean historian, first Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago ( b. 1911 )

* 1940 – Eric Gill, English sculptor ( b. 1882 )

The Saar Protectorate was headed by a military governor from 30 August 1945: Gilbert Yves Édmond Grandval ( b. 1904 – d. 1981 ), who remained on 1 January 1948 as High Commissioner, and January 1952 – June 1955 as the first of two French ambassadors, his successor being Eric de Carbonnel ( b. 1910 – d. 1965 ) until 1956.

** Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales ( b. 1922 )

* May 28 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian ( b. 1926 )

* December 20 – Eric Campbell, Scottish actor ( b. 1879 )

* December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer ( b. 1886 )

* December 7 – Eric Portman, English actor ( b. 1901 )

* February 21 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner ( b. 1902 )

** Eric Malpass, English novelist ( b. 1910 )

* October 22 – Eric Ambler, British writer ( b. 1909 )

* November 7 – Eric Linklater, British author ( b. 1899 )

* March 2 – Eric Blore, English actor ( b. 1887 )

* August 6 – Christian Eric Fahlcrantz, Swedish writer ( b. 1790 )