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
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
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
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
Making a Distinction Between 'Terrorists' and 'Insurgents'
Journalists are not supposed to participate in twisting words for
propaganda effect. Yet too many reporters for American news outlets
have allowed their work to slide in that direction.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-09-2005 |
Commentary
Scant Coverage of Air War in Iraq Debate
Public discussion assumes
that reducing the number of American troop in Iraq will mean a drop in
the Pentagon’s participation in the carnage. But it ain’t necessarily
so.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
Woodward Saga Has Become a Sad Story
More than 30 years after making history as half of the Washington
Post duo that broke open the Watergate scandal, Bob Woodward is in a
fight to save his reputation as a trustworthy journalist. Judging
from his recent appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live, it may be a
losing battle.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-28-2005 |
Commentary
Media Version of Thanksgiving Is Short on Reflection
Like our own responses to Thanksgiving, the repeated media messages are apt to be contradictory. Answers to basic questions run the gamut: How much time and money should we spend on the holiday dinner
compared to helping the less fortunate?
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-18-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Media., Thanksgiving
Muting Protest Songs on the Airwaves
The hardest-hitting civil rights and antiwar songs of the 1960s were relegated to the then second-tier FM dial. Today, broadcasters with the most powerful signals are still cautious about playing any song with a political message.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-14-2005 |
Commentary
At the White House, the Spin Doctor Is Ill
While indictment fever gripped the Washington press corps in October,
the president's spin doctor was incapacitated. An ailing Karl Rove could
not help the Republican search for a media cure.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
10-28-2005 |
Commentary
Media at a Crossroads: 25 Years After Reagan’s Triumph
By a twist of political fate, the Oct. 28 deadline for special
counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to take action on the Plamegate matter is
exactly 25 years after the only debate of the presidential race between
Ronald Reagan and incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
10-21-2005 |
Commentary
