American media critics

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

American writer (1925–2012)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

American stand-up comedian and television host

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, media host, attorney, and movie director. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and is editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015. Shapiro is the host of The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News from 2012 until his resignation in 2016. Shapiro has also authored sixteen non-fiction books.

American comedian (1961–1994)

American writer and academic (1931-2003)

American journalist (1957-)

American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)

American journalist (born 1944)

American comedian, television host and actor

Canadian comedic actress and author (born 1969)

American academic (1933–2026)

American basketball player

American blogger (born 1983)

American political pundit

South African television and radio journalist, and war correspondent

American writer, freelancer and sociologist (1919–2005)

Turkish-American online news show host (born 1970)

American journalist

American game designer (born 1955)

American comedian

American journalist (1925-2017)

American philosopher

American comic book artist

American right-wing social media influencer and political commentator (born 1986)

American conservative political commentator and author (born 1990)

American YouTuber and conspiracy theorist

American author and journalist (born 1970)

American academic

American political commentator (born 1988)

American filmmaker

American journalist and academic (1920–2016)

American media critic (1919–2000)

American activist and author (1936-)

American academic

American journalist (1904–1963)

American journalist

American comedian

American comedian and political commentator (born 1965)

American music critic, author, screenwriter, media critic, and cultural-political consultant

American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist

American writer and activist

American journalist

American investigative journalist and media critic (1890–1995)

American television producer, filmmaker, and media critic (1942-2015)

Progressive American talk show host (1983–2020)

American comedian, writer, and activist

author and blogger

American journalist

American journalist and TV host (born 1985)

American YouTuber

American journalist (1962-)