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Znet Article Solomon: Great Media Critics: Intrepid for Journalism and Labor Rights

Znet Article, February, 20 2005 Norman Solomon
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When I think of newspaper journalists who became authors and had enormous impacts on media criticism in the United States, two names come to mind. One is George Seldes. As a young man, he covered the First World War and then reported on historic ...

Znet Article Solomon: Of Death Be Not Proud

Znet Article, January, 27 2005 Norman Solomon
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“The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people,” President Bush said at a news conference Wednesday, hours after 37 American troops died in ...

Commentary Solomon: Media Sense and Sensibilities

Commentary, January, 25 2005 Norman Solomon
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At a pair of British daily newspapers -- the Independent and the Guardian -- plus the Observer on Sunday, journalists are far more willing than their U.S. counterparts to repeatedly take on powerful interests. Tough questions get pursued at length...

Znet Article Solomon: A Shaky Media Taboo -- Withdrawal from Iraq

Znet Article, January, 20 2005 Norman Solomon
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The latest polls show that most Americans are critical of the war in Iraq. But the option of swiftly withdrawing all U.S. troops from that country gets little media attention.   So far this year, many news outlets have lapsed into conjecture on ...

Znet Article Solomon: Far from Media Spotlights, the Shadows of "Losers"

Znet Article, January, 13 2005 Norman Solomon
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A system glorifies its winners. The mass media and the rest of corporate America are enthralled with professionals scaling career ladders to new heights. Meanwhile, the people hanging onto bottom rungs are scarcely blips on screens. Far from the ...

Znet Article Solomon: Acts of God, Acts of Media

Znet Article, January, 08 2005 Norman Solomon
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The new year has scarcely begun, but Americans watching television have already heard a lot about God.   When Larry King interviewed George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton the other night, CNN presented ample split-screen evidence that the Lord tran...

Zmag Article Solomon: The PU-litzer Prizes for 2004

Zmag Article, January, 01 2005 Norman Solomon
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T he PU-litzer Prizes were established a dozen years ago to provide special recognition for truly smelly media performances. Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group FAIR, and I sifted through a large volume of ent...

Commentary Solomon: The Limits of ÒMan Bites DogÓ Stories

Commentary, December, 29 2004 Norman Solomon
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The usual notion of big news is the unusual. Journalists are taught to look for Òman bites dogÓ stories -- the events that raise eyebrows and make us think, ÒWow!Ó

Commentary Solomon: The Limits of “Man Bites Dog” Stories

Commentary, December, 29 2004 Norman Solomon
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The usual notion of big news is the unusual. Journalists are taught to look for “man bites dog” stories -- the events that raise eyebrows and make us think, “Wow!”

Znet Article Solomon: Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2004

Znet Article, December, 11 2004 Norman Solomon
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The P.U.-litzer Prizes were established a dozen years ago to provide special recognition for truly smelly media performances. As usual, I’ve conferred with Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group FAIR, to sift through the large volu...

Commentary Solomon: News Media in the 60th Year of the Nuclear Age

Commentary, December, 11 2004 Norman Solomon
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Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iran's nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda. So, we're encouraged to obliquely think about the unthin...

Znet Article Solomon: Media Disremorse

Znet Article, December, 09 2004 Norman Solomon
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Early in the coldest season, optimists think of the day after solstice. It's predictable: the hemisphere will start tilting toward more light and warmth. But in the politics of human societies, there's no reliable way to tell how long a bone-rattl...

Znet Article Solomon: A Voluntary Tic in Media Coverage on Iraq

Znet Article, November, 18 2004 Norman Solomon
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When misleading buzzwords become part of the media landscape, they slant news coverage and skew public perceptions. That's the story with the phrase "Iraqi forces" -- now in routine use by U.S. media outlets, including the country's most influenti...

Znet Article Solomon: Holy War

Znet Article, November, 11 2004 Norman Solomon
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The conflict in Iraq has become a holy war. In both directions. On the surface, the most prominent headline on the New York Times front page Nov. 10 was simply matter-of-fact: "In Taking Fallujah Mosque, Victory by the Inch." Yet it's not mere ha...

Commentary Solomon: Transforming Four More Years

Commentary, November, 11 2004 Norman Solomon
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Right-wing trumpets are making a horrific racket across a ravaged political landscape. For now, hope is barely audible. Progressives seem like fledglings without feathers, weakly tapping from inside thick shells. Four more years sound like hell.

Zmag Article Solomon: Missing: A Media Focus on the Supreme Court

Zmag Article, November, 01 2004 Norman Solomon
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The big media themes about the 2004 presidential campaign have reveled in vague rhetoric and flimsy controversies. But little attention has focused on a matter of profound importance. Whoever wins the race for the White Ho...

Znet Article Solomon: Nader's Game of Chicken

Znet Article, October, 31 2004 Norman Solomon
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Ralph Nader won't receive more than 1 percent of the vote nationwide on Election Day, but he's already the winner in a spectacular game of "chicken." After the vast majority of former allies jumped off his electoral vehicle, Nader kept flooring th...

Commentary Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: ÒThere He Is, Mr. America...Ó

Commentary, October, 28 2004 Norman Solomon
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Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous Òbeauty pageantÓ has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew just 9.8 million...

Commentary Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: “There He Is, Mr. America...”

Commentary, October, 28 2004 Norman Solomon
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Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous “beauty pageant” has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew ...

Znet Article Solomon: Two Weeks To Go

Znet Article, October, 21 2004 Norman Solomon
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We're at a moment in history when progressives must work together -- not with a false kind of unity that papers over differences, but instead with a candid kind of unity that recognizes and fights for a vital common goal. Our collective task is to...

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