Author: Norman Solomon
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A Bloody Media Mirror
Many of America’s most prominent journalists want us to forget what they were saying and writing more than four years ago to boost the invasion of Iraq. Now, they tiptoe around their own roles in hyping the war and banishing dissent to the media margins. The media watch group FAIR (where I’m an associate) has…
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Deadly Illusions, Rest in Peace
This week’s 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 haven’t grasped our current circumstances. Public opinion polls aren’t the same as political leverage. The Vietnam War went on for years after polling showed that most Americans…
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“War Made Easy”
www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org Part of the documentary aired on Democracy Now the day after Memorial Day. That program is online. Norman Solomon’s next book, Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State is now available.
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Wisconsin Public Radio Interview
Norman Solomon was interviewed on At Issue with Ben Merens on Wisconsin Public Radio on May 3rd. Listen in real audio. Download MP3.
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On the Media Horizon: ‘We Invest, You Decide’
Predictably, some critics have decried the current efforts by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to buy the Dow Jones company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal. But let’s imagine the dynamics that might emerge if Murdoch gains control of that newspaper. Like viewers of his Fox News Channel, readers of The Wall Street Journal under Murdoch…