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Solomon: The War Business is Looking Good 1
Video, October, 23 2007
Norman Solomon
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Norman Solomon discusses how our government has sold us on war, and, with the help of the corporate media, will continue to do so. Healdsburg, CA 9/6/07
Solomon: How Sputnik contributed to the marriage of science and weaponry
Znet Article, October, 08 2007
Norman Solomon
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How Sputnik contributed to the marriage of science and weaponry
Solomon: Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us
Commentary, October, 04 2007
Norman Solomon
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The USA's military spending is now close to $2 billion a day. This fall, the country will begin its seventh year of continuous war, with no end in sight. On the horizon is the very real threat of a massive air assault on Iran. And few in Congress ...
Solomon: Media Blitz for War: The Big Guns of August
Commentary, September, 12 2007
Norman Solomon
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The U.S. media establishment is mainlining another fix for the Iraq war: It isn't so bad after all, American military power could turn wrong into right, chronic misleaders now serve as truth-tellers. The hit is that the war must go on.
Solomon: Hooked on War: Thomas Friedman's Deadly Addiction
Znet Article, September, 08 2007
Norman Solomon
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Hooked on War: Thomas Friedman's Deadly Addiction
Solomon: Media Spin on Iraq: We're Leaving (Sort of)
Commentary, September, 01 2007
Norman Solomon
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In mid-July, a media advisory from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" announced a new series of interviews on the PBS show that will address "what Iraq might look like when the U.S. military leaves."
Solomon: From the Grave, a Senator Exposes Bloody Hands on Capitol Hill
Znet Article, July, 21 2007
Norman Solomon
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It was a chilling mome...
Solomon: A Bloody Media Mirror
Znet Article, July, 10 2007
Norman Solomon
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A Bloody Media Mirror
Solomon: War at the Remote
Commentary, July, 08 2007
Norman Solomon
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It's a popular notion: TV sets and other media devices let us in on the violence of war. "Look, nobody likes to see dead people on their television screens," President Bush told a news conference more than three years ago. "I don't. It's a tough t...
Solomon: The Silence of the Bombs
Commentary, June, 28 2007
Norman Solomon
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Three years have passed since most Americans came to the conclusion that the Iraq war was a "mistake." Reporting the results of a Gallup poll in June 2004, USA Today declared: "It is the first time since Vietnam that a majority of Americans has ca...
Solomon: Deadly Illusions, Rest in Peace
Commentary, June, 14 2007
Norman Solomon
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The cave-in on Capitol Hill -- supplying a huge new jolt of funds for the horrific war effort in Iraq -- is surprising only to those who havenÕt grasped our current circumstances.
Solomon: Bowing Down to Our Own Violence
Commentary, June, 10 2007
Norman Solomon
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Many days after the mass killings at Virginia Tech, grisly stories about the tragedy still dominated front pages and cable television. News of carnage on a vastly larger scale -- the war in Iraq -- ebbs and flows. The overall coverage of lethal vi...
Solomon: While McCain Walks in McNamara's Footsteps
Commentary, May, 03 2007
Norman Solomon
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The media spectacle that John McCain made of himself in Baghdad on April 1 was yet another reprise of a ghastly ritual. Senator McCain expressed "very cautious optimism" and told reporters that the latest version of the U.S. war effort in Iraq is ...
Solomon: Killing Them Softly
Commentary, April, 20 2007
Norman Solomon
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April is rapidly becoming the month of uncomfortable questions. The grotesque media feeding frenzy of angst that ensued over Don Imus says some mighty disquieting things about a society that for even one minute has to debate whether or not what h...
Solomon: The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
Commentary, April, 16 2007
Norman Solomon
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It's become a TV ritual: Every year on April 4, as Americans commemorate Martin Luther King's death, we get perfunctory network news reports about "the slain civil rights leader."
Solomon: Awful Truth About Hillary, Barack, John... and Whitewash
Commentary, April, 13 2007
Norman Solomon
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The Pentagon's most likely next target is Iran.
Solomon: The Pragmatism of Prolonged War
Commentary, March, 30 2007
Norman Solomon
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The days are getting longer, but the media shadows are no shorter as they cover the war in Iraq through American eyes, squinting in Washington's pallid sun.
Solomon: Making an Example of Ehren Watada
Zmag Article, March, 01 2007
Norman Solomon
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T he people running the Iraq war were eager to make an example of Ehren Watada at a court martial in February. But the man on trial set a profound example of conscience—helping to undermine t...
Solomon: The Headless Horseman of the Apocalypse
Commentary, February, 08 2007
Norman Solomon
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President Bush may be a headless horseman. But the biggest problem is what he rode in on.
