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17 January 2007
Media Reform: Arming the Lambs
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Michael Winship
MEMPHIS, TENN. -- Asked his opinion of western civilization, Mahatma Gandhi famously replied he thought it would be a good idea.

You could say the same of media reform. A good idea, far more easily said than done.
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29 December 2006
The press's worst failure this year
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Alexander Cockburn
No task is more important for any newspaper than to impart the news convincingly to the people and their government that a war is wrong, futile or, ultimately, lost. The United States has been militarily defeated in Iraq. It has no sane...
27 December 2006
Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2006
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Norman Solomon
Competition has been fierce for the fifteenth annual P.U.-litzer Prizes.

Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only a few can win a P.U.-litzer. As the judges for this un-coveted award, Jeff Cohen and...
08 December 2006
Flirting with fascism on CNN Headline News; Host Glenn Beck threatens Muslims with concentration camps
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Marvin Wingfield
The New York Times (12/4/06), profiling new CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck, called him "brash" and "opinionated," with an "unfiltered approach." The conservative talk-radio host-turned-cable news announcer, the paper reported, "take[s...
06 December 2006
Media sham for Iraq war -- it’s happening again
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Norman Solomon
The lead-up to the invasion of Iraq has become notorious in the annals of American journalism. Even many reporters, editors and commentators who fueled the drive to war in 2002 and early 2003 now acknowledge that major media routinely...
16 November 2006
The new media offensive for the Iraq war
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Norman Solomon
The American media establishment has launched a major offensive against the option of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

In the latest media assault, right-wing outfits like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal editorial...

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