Greg Mitchell
Los Angeles Times
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Greg:
Op-Ed: How Hollywood producers created the first conservative political attack ads
Despite Hollywood's liberal reputation of today, conservative studio moguls of the past created a concerted effort to thwart Upton Sinclair's run for governor of California. → Read More
Watch “Atomic Cover-up” Today for Free
My acclaimed first film Atomic Cover-up, which received its world premiere in March, is now streaming from Rio de Janiero — free for the first time — for ten days, via the 10th annual International… → Read More
Ellsberg, In Upcoming Book, Warns of Nuclear Dangers in the Trump Era
A new book by the Pentagon Papers whistleblower argues that accidental nuclear war is a real threat. → Read More
Did Bowie and Springsteen Help Bring Down the Berlin Wall?
Did David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen help bring down the Berlin Wall? When Bowie died this past January, the German Foreign Office tweeted: "Good-bye, ... → Read More
Book Excerpt: When The White House Killed Historic TV News Coverage
When Daniel Schorr, on August 7, 1962, got a call at dawn in his Berlin hotel room, on the morning of the great escape under the Wall that he planned to cover, he was perplexed. The crafty CBS correspondent was being summoned to the U.S. Mission. On arrival, greeted by a Marine guard, he was even more startled to learn that he would be speaking on a secure line (indicating some sort of top… → Read More
Greg Mitchell
Greg Mitchell, former editor of Editor & Publisher and (long ago) the legendary Crawdaddy, has written more than a dozen nonfiction books. His latest books are "The Tunnels," "Journeys With Beethoven," "Atomic Cover-Up," and "So Wrong for So Long." He can be reached at: epic1934@aol.com. He blogged daily for The Nation from 2010 to 2014. Mitchell has written four books about infamous… → Read More
Donald Trump's Tunnels
It's true, I have not hung on every word of Donald Trump's campaign speeches over the past year, but until Wednesday night I had not heard him explicitly... → Read More
My Final Post: So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You
From WikiLeaks to Occupy, Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen—today, we look back at some of the highlights of my four years as a blogger for The Nation. → Read More
Bill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich on the Myth, and Dangers, of 'American Exceptionalism"
The new crisis in Iraq has brought out of the woodwork (in some cases, gutter) some of top officials and pundits who helped lead us to war, and long occupation, in the country, but it also has brought back to television some of the top critics and thoughtful analysts of our tragic blunder. → Read More
Can US Media ‘Get a Grip’ on Iraq Coverage?
US media are (finally) facing criticism for relying on the same horribly wrong sources that led us to war in Iraq in 2003. → Read More
Dana Milbank vs. Dylan Byers on Taunting of Muslim Woman at Heritage Event
The incident drew wide coverage earlier this week: an audience member at a large right-wing forum in Washington, DC on, what else, Benghazi, taunted by a crowd after simply asking why panelists were acting like most Muslims are terror-connected. The woman was clearly identifiable as a Muslim herself. → Read More
A Wild Weekend With Kristof, Snowden and Manning
What a Sunday of surprises in our two leading newspapers. A column by Nick Kristof at The New York Times did the impossible—almost letting George W. Bush off the hook on the current crumbling of Iraq because, you know, so many are to blame. → Read More
US Media Split Over Intervening in Iraq (Again)
Like 2003 all over again, American pundits debate new intervention in Iraq. → Read More
As Iraq Crumbles: Will U.S. Media Back Obama Bomb Strikes?
It seemed absurd, at least to me (and maybe toJon Stewart, see below), yesterday as the U.S. media, including MSNBC, focused overwhelmingly on the defeat of Rep. → Read More
Commercial Promoting ‘Redskins’ Name Change Airs at NBA Halftime
The ad, which was booted from the Super Bowl this past year, finally aired—and it's powerful. → Read More
After Georgia and Vegas Attacks: Why Won’t Media Call Right-Wing Violence ‘Terrorism’?
Conservative militants struck in Las Vegas and Georgia over the weekend. → Read More
Right-Wing Media Frenzy Over Bergdahl: The New ‘Benghazi’
It was nice to see Jake Tapper hit Sen. John McCain on this. → Read More
For Twenty-Fifth Anniversary: The Music That Inspired Chinese Students in Tiananmen Square
The students rigged up a PA system and played Beethoven’s Ninth over and over. → Read More
Lifton: How and Why the Media Failed on Covering Drone Wars
“Drones have entered our consciousness. Suddenly they seem to be everywhere,” says Robert Jay Lifton. → Read More
‘New York Times’ Public Editor Hits That Kinsley Review of Greenwald Book
The piece drew hard questions because of the choice of the (allegedly biased) reviewer. → Read More