An interview by Elizabeth Floyd Mair with Juan González ran in the Times Union in Albany, NY on April 19th to coincide with González's appearance at Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY, where he spoke about the history of media and oppresion. 

Q: What do you think of the term "the liberal media"?

A: The "liberal media" myth, like most stereotypes, contains a kernel of truth, but ends up being a huge distortion of a complex reality. The class divide in our media system is far more defining than the left-right political divide. Most journalists in the commercial media have become somewhat divorced from the daily problems of ordinary Americans. They therefore give far less attention and coverage to the "other" America, those less privileged and less powerful. And they give disproportionate attention and coverage to the 1 percent celebrities, successful businessmen, powerful government figures, and so forth.

Read the full interview here. 

By Anne Sullivan / 23 April 2012 / post comment

Keep a close eye on Verso's events page in the coming weeks: during March, April and May, Juan Gonzalez and Joseph Torres, co-authors of News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the Media, will be going across the country for a series of lectures and discussions about the history of race and media in the United States.

Please click below to see a list of their respective speaking dates and stay posted for more information and details to come:

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By Michael Bacal / 28 February 2012 / post comment

The Progressive's editor Matthew Rothschild included The S Word on his list of best books of 2011. 

John Nichols chose News for All the People for his list of best books of 2011. 

By Anne Sullivan / 19 January 2012 / post comment