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Znet Article Cohen: Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign

Znet Article, May, 09 2012 Jeff Cohen
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The two periods of dramatic progressive reform were times when independent Left movements made increasingly bold demands on the Democrats

Znet Article Cohen: A Time for Action -- Not Servility

Znet Article, January, 25 2011 Jeff Cohen
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While Washington pundits are talking up a new civility, many progressives are bracing for the old servility -- a bipartisanship that is servile to a corporate elite that is unquenchably greedy and more powerful than ever.

Znet Article Cohen: President NAFTA Backs President SHAFTA

Znet Article, December, 15 2010 Jeff Cohen
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It was a stunning spectacle yesterday afternoon when former President Clinton took the podiumfrom President Obama in the White House briefing room to help shove the Obama-GOP tax deal down the throats of Democratic activists and Congress members.

Znet Article Cohen: Colbert Annoys Press Corps . . . Again

Znet Article, September, 28 2010 Jeff Cohen
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Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.

Znet Article Cohen: Are Liberal Netroots Groups Helping Obama Fail?

Znet Article, July, 30 2009 Jeff Cohen
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I’ve started deleting them as spam.

Znet Article Cohen: Big Election Winner: Indy Media

Znet Article, November, 05 2008 Jeff Cohen
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Of all the factors contributing to Obama’s victory – luck, economic crisis, Bush, Palin – a major factor is now so second-nature to us that we may overlook its transformative impact since just four years ago: the Internet and the progressive onlin...

Znet Article Cohen: McClellan and His Media Collaborators

Znet Article, May, 30 2008 Jeff Cohen
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No sooner had Bush's ex-press secretary (now author) Scott McClellan accused President Bush and his former collaborators of misleading our country into Iraq than the squeals of protest turned into a mighty roar. I'm not talking about the vitriol d...

Znet Article Cohen: Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV

Znet Article, April, 30 2008 Jeff Cohen
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In the fall of 2002, week after week, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq in debates televised on MSNBC. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers – no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debat...

Znet Article Cohen: Senate Clown Show

Znet Article, September, 23 2007 Jeff Cohen
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Senate Clown Show

Znet Article Cohen: Hillary Rolls On: Are Netroots a Paper Tiger?

Znet Article, September, 05 2007 Jeff Cohen
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As a longtime progressive tired of ineffective protesting, I've watched in glee as MoveOn has am...

Znet Article Cohen: Are Media Out to Get John Edwards?

Znet Article, June, 03 2007 Jeff Cohen
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Are Media Out to Get John Edwards?

Znet Article Cohen: Is Olbermann on Thin Ice?

Znet Article, October, 07 2006 Jeff Cohen
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I fear for Keith Olbermann. Like so many others who hunger for some journalistic independence on TV news, I often marvel at Olbermann’s dogged reporting and u...

Znet Article Cohen: Smoking Gun: Washington Post Hires Top Bush Speechwriter

Znet Article, September, 15 2006 Jeff Cohen
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Few media marching bands have beat the Iraq war drums more frantically and with more influence than the editorial pages of the Washington Post. On Monday, the Post announced the hiring of another drummer boy, one who played a key propaganda role i...

Znet Article Cohen: Sick Puppy Meets Media Beast

Znet Article, August, 30 2006 Jeff Cohen
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John Mark Karr is one sick puppy – a school teacher who fantasized that he’d engaged in consensual sex so passionately with six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey that he accidentally ki...

Znet Article Cohen: Hillary Still Hiding on War; Time Warner Provides Cover

Znet Article, August, 25 2006 Jeff Cohen
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Hillary Still Hiding on War; Time Warner Provides Cover

Znet Article Cohen: Being a TV Expert Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

Znet Article, August, 09 2006 Jeff Cohen
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Watching the nightly news last night was a hair-pulling experience -- even more than normal. The top story on national TV was the Senate testimony of the top military brass, who basically admitted that the U.S. invasion of Iraq had brought on a di...

Znet Article Cohen: Go To Venezuela, You Idiot!

Znet Article, July, 10 2006 Jeff Cohen
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I don't usually take the advice of rightwingers.  But I did this time.  After receiving inflamed email messages from dozens of angry rightists that I should get the hell out of the USA and go to Venezuela, I accepted their challenge and flew to Ca...

Znet Article Cohen: Hillary, You're Not Listening

Znet Article, November, 26 2005 Jeff Cohen
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"Part of my job is being a good listener," Hillary Clinton wrote, in the first line of her letter received today. As a New Yorker, I'm represented by Hillary in the U.S. Senate. Along with her two-page fundraising letter, I received a four-page "2...

Znet Article Cohen: Weaponsgate is a Media Scandal

Znet Article, October, 28 2005 Jeff Cohen
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I admit it: I'm gleeful about the White House scandal, as indictments appear imminent.  These last days have been some of the happiest since Team Bush seized power 57 months ago.  It couldn't happen to a more reckless bunch of bullies-- who launch...

Znet Article Cohen: Schiavo Case: Media Pander To The Right

Znet Article, March, 29 2005 Jeff Cohen
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Putting aside your view of the Schiavo story, it's clear that right-wing "pro-life" protesters scored a media coup in terms of attention and coverage.  On television, their voices and leaders have been front and center in the story -- their acts o...

Znet Article Cohen: R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter

Znet Article, December, 14 2004 Jeff Cohen
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R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter

Znet Article Cohen: A Global Perspective On Defeating Bush

Znet Article, August, 11 2004 Jeff Cohen
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The U.S.-centric nature of American politics often affects the U.S. left. It’s hard to get out of USA mindsets long enough to grasp the global implications of decisions made here at home. Yet the effects of U.S. government policies are s...

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