The Atlantic

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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 multimillionaire David G. Bradley's Atlantic Media Company and edited by James Bennet.

Background Info

The Atlantic was purchased in

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

Journalists

Andrew Sullivan | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Marc Ambinder | James Fallows | Megan McArdle | Jeffrey Goldberg

External links

Notes

  1. Norman G. Finkelstein, "'Fraternally Yours, Chris': Hitchens as Model Apostate", CounterPunch, 10 September 2003, accessed April 1 2009