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  • Rage Against the Killing of the Light

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    Mid-August 2005 may be remembered as a moment in U.S. history when the president could no longer get away with the media trick of solemnly patting death on its head. Unreality is a hallmark of media coverage for war. Yet — most of all — war is about death and suffering. War makers thrive on…

  • Big Star-Spangled Lies for War

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    A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration — a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That’s a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington is notable for the extreme mendacity and calculated idiocy of its claims. But — decade…

  • Radio… and a review

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    Norman Solomon was on KQED’s Forum and the Joy Cardin Show (audio is online for both). War Made Easy was reviewed by David Swanson.

  • The Incredible Blight of TV Punditry

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    When super-pundit Robert Novak stormed off the set of a live CNN show Thursday — just after uttering what the New York Times delicately calls “a profanity” — it was an unusual episode of TV punditry. With rare exceptions, the slick commentators of televisionland keep their cool. But we’d be much better off if they…

  • Media Flagstones Along a Path to War on Iran

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    On Tuesday, big alarm bells went off in the national media echo chamber, and major U.S. news outlets showed that they knew the drill. Iran’s nuclear activities were pernicious, most of all, because people in high places in Washington said so. It didn’t seem to matter much that just that morning the Washington Post reported:…