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Jensen: Conceiving News
Commentary, August, 04 2003
Robert Jensen
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The subservient performance of the U.S. news media before and during the Iraq invasion was so appalling that even defenders of contemporary journalism have been leveling critiques, albeit mild ones.
Jensen: Sustainability And Politics
Znet Article, July, 10 2003
Robert Jensen
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Wes Jackson and his colleagues at The Land Institute are working on a 10,000 year-old problem -- agriculture. Not simply problems in agriculture, but the problem of agriculture. That fundamental problem is that no one has come up with a sustain...
Jensen: Embedded Reporters Viewpoint Misses Main Point Of War
Commentary, June, 17 2003
Robert Jensen
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Although many officials and reporters were skeptical at first, the embedded reporting system used in the Iraq war turned out to be a hit with the military and journalists alike. In most post-war analyses, the Pentagon's media plan got high marks f...
Jensen: Texas Pledge Of Allegiance Law Undermines Democracy And Critical Thinking
Znet Article, June, 05 2003
Robert Jensen
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Among its many dubious achievements this session, the Texas Legislature -- in the name of promoting appreciation for democratic political values in the public schools -- struck a blow against the critical thinking skills crucial for meaningful dem...
Jensen: Where's The Pretext?
Znet Article, April, 30 2003
Robert Jensen
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How blatantly can an administration lie to promote a war and get away with it? We'll find out in the coming weeks, as U.S. forces in Iraq search for evidence of banned weapons and U.S. officials shape postwar Iraq. Ironically, the conduct of th...
Jensen: For Self-determination In Iraq, The U.s. Must Leave
Znet Article, April, 14 2003
Robert Jensen
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The U.S. attack on Iraqi has brought the collapse of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, which is cause for celebration. For the first time in at least 35 years, the conditions could exist for Iraqis to chart their own destiny. Now the United States ...
Jensen: The Unseen War
Znet Article, April, 11 2003
Robert Jensen
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It was the picture of the day -- the toppling of a Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad -- and may end up being the picture of the war, the single image that comes to define the conflict. The message will be clear: The U.S. liberated the Iraqi people;...
Jensen: Arnett Paid A Price For Being Truly Neutral
Znet Article, April, 02 2003
Robert Jensen
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Arnett Paid A Price For Being Truly Neutral
Jensen: On NPR, Please Follow The Script
Znet Article, March, 24 2003
Robert Jensen
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Last week I found out that National Public Radio wants the opinions of antiwar activists -- as long as we follow the right script. After a day of antiwar protests on the University of Texas campus and in Austin, I found myself booked as a late-ni...
Jensen: Confronting Our Fears So We Can Confront The Empire
Znet Article, March, 17 2003
Robert Jensen
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Confronting Our Fears So We Can Confront The Empire
Jensen: Petr—leo, petr—leo, petr—leo
Commentary, March, 12 2003
Robert Jensen
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Bush administration officialsÕ mantra these days is that a war on Iraq will have nothing to do with oil. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said such a suggestion is Ònonsense.Ó
Jensen: Petróleo, petróleo, petróleo
Commentary, March, 12 2003
Robert Jensen
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Bush administration officials’ mantra these days is that a war on Iraq will have nothing to do with oil. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said such a suggestion is “nonsense.â€
Jensen: Bush's Contempt For Democracy
Znet Article, March, 03 2003
Robert Jensen
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Many around the world are skeptical when George Bush says he wants to use war to help create democracy in Iraq. As a step toward bolstering his credibility, Bush might start taking seriously democracy in the rest of the world, and at home. U.S. r...
Jensen: Putting The Public Back In Public Policy
Znet Article, February, 17 2003
Robert Jensen
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On Saturday (Feb. 15), we stood on the Capitol steps in Austin, Texas -- across the street from the governor's mansion where George W. Bush once lived -- and spoke to 10,000 Texans who had gathered to reject Bush's mad rush to war in Iraq. The ne...
Jensen: What Makes A Massacre?
Commentary, February, 10 2003
Robert Jensen
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What is the definition of a "real" massacre?
Jensen: Smoking Guns And Big Guns: The Us Drive To War
Znet Article, February, 05 2003
Robert Jensen
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The world's attention Wednesday was trained on what Secretary of State Colin Powell said at the United Nations, but far more crucial was what he didn't say. Most important was the one word at the core of plans for war but which never crossed Powe...
Jensen: The message from Porto Alegre to the United States: Restrain the empire
Znet Article, February, 03 2003
Robert Jensen
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Last week at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, I talked with dozens of people from around the world. I learned a lot about the struggles for justice in their countries, but the most important lesson I brought home was about my own co...
Jensen: Get Up, Stand Up
Znet Article, February, 03 2003
Robert Jensen
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Get Up, Stand Up
Jensen: Without Justice There Can Be No Peace
Znet Article, January, 21 2003
Robert Jensen
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One way to cover up a crime is to find a benign term that hides the violence and cruelty of the act. Such is the case with "transfer," an idea increasingly being put forward in Israel as a solution to conflict with the Palestinians. Transfer con...
Jensen: From The Streets Into The Studio
Znet Article, January, 21 2003
Robert Jensen
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On a blustery Sunday morning outside the CBS studio in Washington, D.C., I shared a moment with veteran television journalist Bob Schieffer that spoke volumes about the sad state of democracy and journalism in the United States. Schieffer was ins...
