Headlines Less Flattering Than They First Appear: "Is Eric Alterman the New Carl Bernstein?"

When I was still doing party reporting, I used to go to a lot of movie premieres. If movie premieres have permanent seating charts, they’re always the same: Row X = Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Eric Alterman, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity, Hollywood celebrity. In fact, the last few times I’ve seen Alterman out socially it’s either been at a celebrity-infested function or an event hosted by Tina Brown.