4 Quotes & Sayings By Eric Alterman

Eric Alterman is a journalist and writer who has been working in the media for more than twenty years. He is senior columnist at The Nation and co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Altercation." In addition, he writes a weekly column for The Huffington Post. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Time, The Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The New Republic. He has been a commentator on CNN's "Crossfire" and a commentator on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." He is currently a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

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Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant', it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Eric Alterman
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As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Eric Alterman
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Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience. Eric Alterman