Author: Norman Solomon
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The Martin Luther King You Don’t See on TV
by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon 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.” The remarkable thing about these reviews of King’s life is that several years – his last years – are totally…
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Ruben Salazar Journalism Award speech
Norman Solomon received the Annual Ruben Salazar Journalism Award for 2007. The award "honors the memory of independent journalist Ruben Salazar, who was killed during a Vietnam War protest in East Los Angeles when he was hit in the head by a police tear gas canister. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and cohost Juan Gonzalez…
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While McCain Walks in McNamara’s Footsteps
The media spectacle that John McCain made of himself in Baghdad on Sunday 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 “making progress.” Three years ago, in early April 2004, when an insurrection exploded…
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The Pragmatism of Prolonged War
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. Debated as an issue of politics, the actual war keeps being drained of life. Abstractions thrive inside the Beltway, while the war effort continues: funded by the U.S.…
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10 Zen Monkeys and The National Conference on Media Reform
RU Sirius interviewed Norman Solomon for 10 Zen Monkeys. Also, audio of a panel at the National Conference on Media Reform: Watchdogging the Media (MP3) Moderator: Craig Aaron, Free Press David Brock, Media Matters for America Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Norman Solomon, Institute for Public Accuracy