Todd Gitlin
Todd Gitlin is a professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the Ph.D. program in communications at Columbia University. He is the author of 16 books, including several on journalism and politics. His next book is a novel, The Opposition. Follow him on Twitter: @toddgitlin.
ALL POSTS BY Todd Gitlin
August 24, 2016Is the master of the echo chamber about to acquire a whole new channel?
August 19, 2016And Gen. Flynn’s adventure in Moscow.
August 15, 2016Can we now get serious, journalists, about what’s at stake in American politics?
August 10, 2016A note on gobbledygook.
August 9, 2016One of our regular media critics takes a look back and forward at the extended farce known as the presidential campaign.
July 28, 2016Donald Trump's bizarre press conference Wednesday was a classic demonstration of how he manipulates media coverage.
July 25, 2016Public editor Liz Spayd's inaugural column misses the mark by not explaining how the media really works — and offers little proof that the paper's critics can support their perceptions with evidence.
July 19, 2016Donald Trump is so invested in the outrageous, the oversized and the outright lies that any attempt to "pivot" to normal is just pretend.
July 15, 2016Her comments may have been "inappropriate," but they weren't wrong, and her views highlight the fallacy of a judiciary free of political judgment.
