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Sebastian Mallaby�s distortions of what �every honest politician knows�
By Seth Sandronsky
As U.S. midterm elections near, the topic of political
honesty draws some pundits like moths to light. Take Sebastian Mallaby in the
Washington Post of October 23.
Oct 30, 2006, 00:42
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Mike Malloy is b-a-a-a-a-c-k
By Sheila Samples
Much to the dismay of the Bush Crime Family and
the Flying Monkey Right, their most fervent nemesis, talk-show host Mike
Malloy, will return to progressive airwaves on Monday, Oct. 30 -- a whole week
and one day before the mid-term elections. When you consider the corruption and
scandals oozing like slime from the right over just the past week and one day,
Malloy's return is not a moment too soon.
Oct 24, 2006, 00:57
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Bush�s absolute power grab
By Carla Binion
On October 17, George W. Bush signed into law the
Military Commissions Act of 2006. This new law gives Bush power similar to that
of Stalin or Hitler, and grants agencies within the executive branch powers
similar to those of the KGB or Gestapo.
Oct 20, 2006, 01:19
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Truthiness and lies
By Lacey Benns-Owens
It�s no wonder that �truthiness� was chosen as Word of
the Year for 2005. This term, created by fake journalist Stephen Colbert, seems
more and more appropriate these days. Colbert states, �we are divided between
those who think with their head, and those who know with their heart.� Truth no
longer seems to exist. Replacing logic and facts with feelings and heart has
become all too common. Part of this shift may stem from the very genre spoofed
by Colbert. Cable news media has taken a dramatic shift away from the original
concepts and ethics surrounding journalism.
Oct 20, 2006, 01:07
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The message will out
By Linda S. Heard
It's been almost a
year since a Daily Mirror headline read "Bush plot to bomb his Arab
ally." The article referred to a leaked "top secret" Number Ten
memo that reportedly quoted the US president telling Britain's Prime Minister,
Tony Blair, of his desire to bomb Al Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar at a time
the broadcaster was covering US activities in Fallujah.
Oct 18, 2006, 00:58
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Wars and propaganda machines
By Rodrigue Tremblay
Propaganda
machines are dangerous, even
more so in a democracy than in a totalitarian regime, because their goal is to
confuse, disinform, lie, raise fear and manipulate the opinions of the people.
Oct 9, 2006, 01:30
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Murdoch almighty: When public loses opinion
By Ramzy Baroud
People imagine that their opinions are their own, not
those of corporate moguls who compete to colonise the public sphere. We are not
as free in thought as we think.
Sep 21, 2006, 01:15
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Ten anti-Castro "journalists" in South Florida on US government payroll
By Luciana Bohne
During the Mercosur summit in Argentina, WJAN-TV South
Florida reporter, Manuel Cao, asked Cuban President Fidel Castro why his
government didn't allow a prominent doctor and dissident to leave the country.
Quick as lightning, Castro shot back, "Who pays you?"
Sep 15, 2006, 00:48
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Keith Olbermann's finest hour
By Bill Berkowitz
On Wednesday, August 30, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann had
his Edward R. Murrow moment and he made the most of it. In a thoughtful and
hard-hitting six-minute commentary, Olbermann, the host of
"Countdown," responded to the new campaign launched by the Bush
administration branding opponents of the war in Iraq as appeasers and confused
enablers of terrorism.
Sep 14, 2006, 00:19
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The art of lap dining: More from the liberal [sic] media
By Mickey Z.
Here's how it works:
Mainstream America is heavily conditioned to believe that Fox News represents
the far right of the political spectrum while The New York Times is lefter
than left . . . and anyone with opinions off this limited chart is ignored,
mocked, or, if all else fails, arrested and/or eliminated with extreme
prejudice. Thus, the parameters of debate in the land of the free are narrower
than Ann Coulter's mind.
Sep 8, 2006, 00:44
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All the news that fits the Bush agenda
By Ernest Partridge
It is difficult to understand how anyone with even a
modicum of critical intelligence, can still believe the right-wing complaint
that the mainstream media (MSM) "has a liberal bias." Evidence to the
contrary is overwhelming, and new evidence appears almost daily.
Sep 1, 2006, 00:33
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Out to lunch
By Remi Kanazi
The US media�s biased coverage of the crisis in
Lebanon should come as no surprise. While the White House and Congress claim a
�special relationship� with Israel, our news outlets are not supposed to have a
�special relationship� with anyone. Their job is to fairly report on matters;
anything less is a disservice to those watching their news programs and reading
their newspapers.
Aug 7, 2006, 01:24
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Millbank launches attack on White House Press Corps veteran Helen Thomas
By Wayne Madsen
While Israeli bombs and missiles obliterate Lebanon
and her people, the Washington Post's Dana Millbank, a favorite messenger boy
for the Bush neocons, launched his own attack against Lebanese-American White
House Press Corps doyenne Helen Thomas, in a scathing review of her new book, Watchdogs
of Democracy: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Failed the Public.
Jul 19, 2006, 00:48
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Kevin Barrett responds to Bill O'Reilly death threat
Dear Mr. Murdoch: It has come to my attention that one of your
announcers, Bill O�Reilly, has stated on national television that he would like
to see me murdered and thrown into Boston Harbor.
Jul 19, 2006, 00:45
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Free speech marked for death
By Trish Schuh
After years of asymmetric attacks on the First
Amendment -- assassinating journalists, surveilling dissenters, and censoring
the free flow of information -- the Democracy Mukhabarat rules. Using national
security to stop scrutiny or prosecution, the Bush administration instead
labels opposition media as the criminal, declaring the Fourth Estate to be the
Fourth Front. "Full spectrum information dominance" equates "unfriendly"
media with enemy propaganda, declaring both "a weapon of war" and a
legitimate military target.
Jul 18, 2006, 00:52
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Racism plagues Western media coverage
By Ramzy Baroud
Racism is "the belief that one 'racial group' is
inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the
inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined as a combination of
power, prejudice and discrimination."
Jul 14, 2006, 00:51
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Israel�s shameful attack on Gaza
By Mike Whitney
�We are sure that
Israel is using a new chemical or radioactive weapon in their operation . . .
When we try to X-ray dead bodies, we find no trace of shrapnel that hit the
person killed,� said Dr. al-Saqqa, Shifa Hospital, Gaza; following the
examination of the �completely burnt� bodies of dead Palestinians killed in
Israeli air raids.
Jul 12, 2006, 01:05
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The big brouhaha over nothing has ominous overtones
By Bev Conover
Oh my, the big, bad New York Times did it again. It
revealed another sleazy Bush not-so-secret secret snooping operation and the
sky will surely fall this time. Or will it?
Jun 29, 2006, 00:54
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Some might call it treason: An open letter to Salon
By Mark Crispin Miller
Two weeks ago, Rolling Stone came out with "Did
Bush Steal the 2004 Election?" -- a masterful investigative piece by
Robert Kennedy, Jr., arguing that Bush & Co. stole their
"re-election" in Ohio, and pointing out exactly how they did it.
Primarily because of Kennedy's good reputation, and the mainstream credibility
of Rolling Stone, the article has finally opened many eyes that had
been tightly shut to the grave state of American democracy.
Jun 19, 2006, 10:44
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Open letter to the Canadian mainstream media
By
Dave Patterson
I
have a couple of questions about all of this "Terrible Terrorist Plot
Stopped in Toronto!!!!" stuff. I have been appalled and astounded at what
I have seen the last couple of days, not only from the Canadian
"security" people, but from the Canadian media.
Jun 6, 2006, 00:53
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