Author: Norman Solomon
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Media: Mourning in America
If journalism is history’s first draft, the death of Ronald Reagan has caused a step-up in the mass production of falsified history. It’s mourning in America. The main technique is omission. People who suffered from the Reagan presidency have no media standing today. It’s not cool to mention victims of his policies in, for example,…
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Nader & the Greens
This year, Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign has two trains running that will collide at an unfortunate intersection — the Green Party’s national convention in Milwaukee. The collision course is bad news for all concerned. Nader, one of the great progressive reformers of the 20th century, has been clear and consistent for months in saying that…
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Major “Liberal” Outlets Clog Media Diets
For many years, health-conscious Americans avidly consumed margarine as a wholesome substitute for artery-clogging butter. Only later did research shed light on grim effects of the partially hydrogenated oil in margarine, with results such as higher incidences of heart disease. Putting our trust in bogus alternatives can be dangerous for our bodies. And for the…
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About That Invitation to Join the Bush-Cheney ’04 Team…
To: Marc Racicot, Chairman, Bush-Cheney ’04 Thanks for including me on your mailing list. I’m very interested in mass communications, and I realize that millions of people have also received the same piece of direct mail this spring. So I was impressed by the personal touch at the top of your letter — where it…
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The Coming Backlash Against Outrage
Looking at visual images from U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, news watchers now find themselves in the midst of a jolting experience that roughly resembles a process described by Donald Rumsfeld: “It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. Words don’t do it. … You see the photographs, and…