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Solomon: Major ÒLiberalÓ Outlets Clog Media Diets
Commentary, May, 31 2004
Norman Solomon
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For many years, health-conscious Americans avidly consumed margarine as a wholesome substitute for artery-clogging butter. Only later did research shed light on grim effects of the partially hydrogenated oil in margarine, with results such as high...
Solomon: Major “Liberal†Outlets Clog Media Diets
Commentary, May, 31 2004
Norman Solomon
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For many years, health-conscious Americans avidly consumed margarine as a wholesome substitute for artery-clogging butter. Only later did research shed light on grim effects of the partially hydrogenated oil in margarine, with results such as high...
Solomon: The Coming Backlash Against Outrage
Znet Article, May, 12 2004
Norman Solomon
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Looking at visual images from U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, news watchers now find themselves in the midst of a jolting experience that roughly resembles a process described by Donald Rumsfeld: "It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realizati...
Solomon: Country Joe Band
Znet Article, May, 06 2004
Norman Solomon
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Taking the stage at a community center in the small Northern California town of Bolinas, a group of four musicians quickly showed...
Solomon: This war and racism
Znet Article, May, 06 2004
Norman Solomon
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Among the millions of words that have appeared in the U.S. press since late April about abuse and torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, one has been notably missing: Racism. Overall, when it comes to racial aspects, the news coverage is qu...
Solomon: Staying the Media Course in Iraq
Znet Article, May, 01 2004
Norman Solomon
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On his way to confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, the current U.N. envoy John Negroponte was busily twisting language like a pretzel at a Senate hearing the other day. The new Baghdad regime, to be installed on June 30, will have sovereignty....
Solomon: The Media Politics of 9/11
Commentary, May, 01 2004
Norman Solomon
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For 30 months, 9/11 was a huge political blessing for George W. Bush. This week, the media halo fell off.
Solomon: How the
Znet Article, April, 15 2004
Norman Solomon
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When the anchor of public television’s main news program goes out of his way to tell viewers that he’s setting the record straight about a recent historic event, the people watching are apt to assume that they’re getting ...
Solomon: The Quest for a Monopoly on Violence
Znet Article, April, 08 2004
Norman Solomon
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With warfare escalating in Iraq, syndicated columnist George Will has just explained the logic of the occupat...
Solomon: Media Strategy Memo
Znet Article, April, 03 2004
Norman Solomon
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Some of the most closely guarded documents in the White House are sure to be the ones written by the president's top media strategist. The public will never get to see the key memos from Karl Rove, but a typical one these days might read something...
Solomon: Media Strategy Memo to George and Dick
Znet Article, April, 02 2004
Norman Solomon
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Media Strategy Memo to George and Dick
Solomon: Spinning the Past, Threatening the Future
Commentary, March, 31 2004
Norman Solomon
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Political aphorisms don’t get any more cogent: “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.†George Orwell’s famous observation goes a long way toward explaining why -- a...
Solomon: They Shoot Journalists, Don't They?
Commentary, March, 25 2004
Norman Solomon
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To encourage restraint in war coverage, governments don't need to shoot journalists -- though sometimes that's helpful.
Solomon: Assuming the Right to Intervene
Znet Article, March, 04 2004
Norman Solomon
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If Mark Twain were living now instead of a century ago -- when he declared himself "an anti-imperialist" and proclaimed that "I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land" -- the famous writer's views would exist well outside ...
Solomon: U.N. Spying and Evasions of American Journalism
Commentary, February, 27 2004
Norman Solomon
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U.N. Spying and Evasions of American Journalism
Solomon: The Deadly Lies of Reliable Sources
Znet Article, February, 05 2004
Norman Solomon
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Ninety-five days before the invasion of Iraq began, I sat in the ornate Baghdad office of the deputy prime minister as he talked about the U.N. weapons inspectors in his country. "They are doing their jobs freely, without any interruption," Tariq ...
Solomon: George Will’s Ethics: None of Our Business? and PU-Litzer Prizes for 2003
Zmag Article, February, 01 2004
Norman Solomon
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L ate December 2003 brought to light a pair of self-inflicted wounds to well known columnist George Will’s ethical pretensions. He broke an elementary rule of journalism—and then, w...
Solomon: Presidential Candidates: Compared to What?
Commentary, February, 01 2004
Norman Solomon
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Engaged in a continuous PR blitz, presidential campaign strategists always strive to portray their candidate as damn near perfect. Even obvious flaws are apt to be touted as signs of integrity and human depth. Such media spin encourages Americans ...
Solomon: Running On Empty
Znet Article, January, 09 2004
Norman Solomon
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Ralph Nader plans to announce this month whether he'll be running for president in 2004. Some believe that such a campaign is needed to make a strong political statement nationwide. But if Nader does run this year, what kind of support -- in the f...
Solomon: For Telling The Truth
Commentary, January, 03 2004
Norman Solomon
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Few Americans have heard of Katharine Gun, a former British intelligence employee facing charges that she violated the Official Secrets Act. So far, the American press has ignored her. But the case raises profound questions about democracy and the...
