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Solomon: The New Media Offensive for the Iraq War
Friday, 17 November 2006, 2:27 pm | Norman Solomon
The American media establishment has launched a major offensive against the option of withdrawing US troops from Iraq. More >>
Saddam's Unindicted Co-Conspirator: Don Rumsfeld
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 1:10 pm | Norman Solomon
Saddam Hussein has received a death sentence for crimes he committed more than a year before Donald Rumsfeld shook his hand in Baghdad. Let's reach back into history and extract these facts: More >>
Norman Solomon: Channeling Thomas Friedman
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:35 am | Norman Solomon
Get ready for a special tour of a renowned outlook, conjured from the writings of syndicated New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. As the leading media advocate of "free trade" and "globalization," he is expertly proficient at explaining the ... More >>
Norman Solomon: The Pundit Path for Death in Iraq
Monday, 16 October 2006, 12:22 am | Norman Solomon
No one knows exactly how many Iraqi civilians have died from the war's violence since the invasion of their country. The new study from public health researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimates that the number of those deaths is around 601,000, ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Welcome to the Nuclear Club
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 1:15 pm | Norman Solomon
Moments after hearing about North Korea's nuclear test, I thought of Albert Einstein's statement that "there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Iraq Is Not a Quagmire
Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:11 am | Norman Solomon
The uproar over Bob Woodward's new book has intensified the media focus on a basic controversy that's summed up this way: Is Iraq a quagmire? Like many other debates that flourish in American mass media, the standard answers on both sides are wrong ... More >>
The Hollow Media Promise of Digital Technology
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:23 am | Norman Solomon
This is the time of year when media campaigns for the latest digital products are apt to go into overdrive. Schools are back in session, and the holiday sales blitz is getting under way. For the latest computerized gizmos, that means an escalating ... More >>
Solomon: As Others See US - The "War on Terror"
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm | Norman Solomon
The USA's mass media constantly tell us how Americans see the "war on terror." But the same outlets rarely tell us much about how the rest of the world sees it. More >>
Bush vs. Ahmadinejad: A TV Debate We'll Never See
Monday, 4 September 2006, 1:16 pm | Norman Solomon
When Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, invited President Bush to engage in a "direct television debate" a few days ago, the White House predictably responded by calling the offer "a diversion." But even though this debate will never happen, ... More >>
Solomon: The Mythical End to the Politics of Fear
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:29 pm | Norman Solomon
Nearly five years into the "war on terror," it's still at the core of American media and politics. Yeah, I've seen the recent polls showing a drop in public support for President Bush's "war on terror" claims. More >>
Solomon: The Most Dangerous Alliance in the World
Friday, 21 July 2006, 1:53 pm | Norman Solomon
After getting out of Lebanon, writer June Rugh told Reuters on Tuesday: "As an American, I'm embarrassed and ashamed. My administration is letting it happen [by giving] tacit permission for Israel to destroy a country." The news service quoted another American ... More >>
Why Pretend Hillary Clinton Is Progressive?
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 1:31 pm | Norman Solomon
The scheduled speech by Sen. Hillary Clinton at the "Take Back America 2006" conference in Washington on June 13 is likely to intensify discussion about her relationship with the progressive grassroots of the Democratic Party. More >>
Norman Solomon: The Urbanity of Evil
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 12:16 am | Norman Solomon
I've been thinking about Tariq Aziz a lot since the New York Times printed a front-page story on the former Iraqi deputy prime minister in late May. A color photograph showed him decked out in what the article described as "an open-necked hospital gown, with ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Media Memorial Day
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 11:56 am | Norman Solomon
People who are concerned about the state of the US news media in 2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their lives in the midst of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias. More >>
Norman Solomon: The Lobby and the Bulldozer
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 11:55 am | Norman Solomon
Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled "The Israel Lobby," the outrage continued to howl through mainstream US media. More >>
Norman Solomon: War-Loving Pundits
Monday, 20 March 2006, 12:39 am | Norman Solomon
The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion is bound to attract a lot of media coverage, but scant recognition will go to the pundits who helped to make it all possible. More >>
N. Solomon: Digital Hype - A Dazzling Smokescreen?
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 11:22 am | Norman Solomon
As each new season brings more waves of higher-tech digital products, I often think of Mark Twain. Along with being a brilliant writer, he was also an ill-fated investor - fascinated with the latest technical innovations, including the strides toward ... More >>
Solomon: Cheney's Dodge - Taking Responsibility
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:37 am | Norman Solomon
When Dick Cheney surfaced on Wednesday long enough for an interview with Fox News eminence Brit Hume - an event that CNN's Jack Cafferty promptly likened to "Bonnie interviewing Clyde" - the vice presidential spin emerged from a time-worn bag of ... More >>
'Diplomacy' as a Launch Pad for Missiles To Iran
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 2:28 pm | Norman Solomon
The current flurry of Western diplomacy will probably turn out to be groundwork for launching missiles at Iran. Air attacks on targets in Iran are very likely. Yet many anti-war Americans seem eager to believe that won't happen. More >>
Axis of Fanatics: Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad
Monday, 9 January 2006, 2:54 pm | Norman Solomon
With Ariel Sharon out of the picture, Benjamin Netanyahu has a better chance to become prime minister of Israel. He's media savvy. He knows how to spin on American television. And he's very dangerous. More >>
