AltWeeklies Wire
A TV Debate We’ll Never See
Even though the proposed debate between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President Bush will never happen, it's worth contemplating.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
09-01-2006 |
Commentary
A Big Problem for Hillary Clinton
Clinton is facing a serious problem of
premature triangulation.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
06-19-2006 |
Commentary
The Urbanity of Evil
Tariq Aziz had good reason to fear for his life if he ran afoul of Saddam -- in contrast, many officials in Washington have gone along with lethal policies because of fear of losing power.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
06-06-2006 |
Commentary
Advocacy Journalism
We're encouraged to see journalism as dispassionate -- but passive acceptance of murderous priorities in our midst is a form of de facto advocacy.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
05-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
What Makes the Media Tic?
When media outlets provide a daily focus
on repetitive events and chronic situations, the results are often
journalistic grooves that turn into ruts.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
05-19-2006 |
Commentary
Surrogate Attacks
When all else fails, the Bush administration blames the media -- through its surrogates.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
03-23-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
War-Loving Pundits
The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion was bound to attract a lot of media coverage, but scant recognition went to the pundits who helped make it all possible.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
03-16-2006 |
Media
The Unreal Death of Journalism
From local car crashes to catastrophes
in faraway places, deadly events are grist for the media mill, but the coverage is almost always superficial.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
02-23-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Cheney’s Dodge
Dick Cheney surfaced on Feb. 15 long enough for an interview
with Fox News eminence Brit Hume, and the spin emerged from a timeworn bag of political tricks.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
Smothering King's Legacy
Conservatives praise the Kings as if their work stopped at integration, carefully ignoring King's profound challenge to the kind of budget priorities and militarism that hold sway today.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
02-02-2006 |
Commentary
Flying High With Boeing
Why the heck is a political show on public television getting a lot of its budget from one of the biggest players in the Washington sweepstakes for Pentagon contracts?
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
01-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Media Politics of Leaks
When thinking about leaks, it's very important to assess whether a journalist has been a watchdog or a flunky for powerful officials.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
01-11-2006 |
Media
Tags: cia spy leaks, Valerie Plame
Media New Year’s Resolutions for 2006
Who could possibly be in more need of guidance for the next year
than the big media outlets that have besieged us during the previous
365 days?
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: yearinreview2005
Journalists Should Expose Secrets, Not Keep Them
The twin issues of government secrecy and
civil liberties have burst into flames. The big spark came when The
New York Times reported that domestic
spying by the National Security Agency has been going on for years on the orders of President Bush.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-22-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: George Bush, domestic spying
Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2005
Here are the 14th annual P.U.-litzer Prizes, awarded for the foulest
media performances of 2005.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-20-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: yearinreview2005
