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| + | Dr. Norman Finkelstein, discussing former leftist Christopher Hitchen's defection from ''The Nation'' to ''The Atlantic'' called the latter the "the well-heeled house organ of Zionist crazies".<ref>Norman G. Finkelstein, "[http://www.corkpsc.org/db.php?aid=4241 'Fraternally Yours, Chris': Hitchens as Model Apostate]", CounterPunch, 10 September 2003, accessed April 1 2009</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, 26 July 2010
The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American magazine founded in Boston by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1857. Initially created for literary and cultural commentary, it is now known as a right-wing political editorial magazine with sections on other topics such as culture and economy. It is owned by David G. Bradley's Atlantic Media Company and edited by James Bennet.
Criticism
Dr. Norman Finkelstein, discussing former leftist Christopher Hitchen's defection from The Nation to The Atlantic called the latter the "the well-heeled house organ of Zionist crazies".[1]
People
Recent editors
- Robert Manning, 1966–1980
- William Whitworth, 1980–1999
- Michael Kelly, 1999–2003
- Cullen Murphy, interim editor, never named editor-in-chief, 2003–2006
- James Bennet, 2006–
Journalists
Andrew Sullivan | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Marc Ambinder | James Fallows | Megan McArdle
External links
- The Atlantic Online
- A History of The Atlantic
- Atlantic archival writings by topic
- Online archive of Atlantic (earliest issues up to December 1901)
- The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly
- The Atlantic issues at Project Gutenberg
Notes
- ↑ Norman G. Finkelstein, "'Fraternally Yours, Chris': Hitchens as Model Apostate", CounterPunch, 10 September 2003, accessed April 1 2009
