The 'Important Historical Context' of Torture Punditry
Quoting Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter's strong words on the Keith Olbermann show about how "it's important, historically, to look at the context of" the "effort in these OLC memos to try to dress...
View ArticleDon't Even THINK of Lying to Bob Schieffer
CBS anchor Bob Schieffer was profiled byMarketwatch, where we learn: But don't get the false impression that Schieffer is a pushover for his important guests. When I asked him how he feels when...
View Article'Self-Serving Propaganda'? No Problem on NPR
Wondering "why NPR decided it was appropriate to present Cheney's blatantly self-serving propaganda as anything remotely relevant to current policy," NPR Check contributor Brian (5/23/09) blogs about...
View ArticleGOP's Helpful Pundits Reinforce Public Fear
Noticing how "in the past week, Republican politicians and pundits have been striving mightily to invoke fear in the hearts of the American people," News Corpse blogger Mark Howard has collected...
View ArticleOn the Forgotten Profiteers of a Forgotten Iraq War
Pratap Chatterjee's new TomDispatch essay (5/31/09) explores how Dick Cheney's mercenary corporation Halliburton recently has managed to largely "Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq"...
View ArticleWill Officials Take the Fifth Unless the Daily Show Is Muzzled?
Do they still teach the First Amendment in law school? That's what you have to wonder when you see a lawyer for the Obama administration's Justice Department arguing that statements made by former Vice...
View ArticleMore on Jon Meacham's Strange Cheney Attraction
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham's enthusiasm for Dick Cheney is not a new thing. Appearing on MSNBC back in 2004, Meacham praised the Republican National Convention speeches of Cheney and Sen. Zell Miller:...
View ArticleSunday Morning Torture
It's bad enough that corporate media are having such an ill-informed debate about whether torturing some prisoners helped find Osama bin Laden. But considering whom the media invite to this debate,...
View ArticleDick Cheney's Ho-Hum About Liberal Media Bias
When Dick Cheney appeared on the Today show, at the conclusion of the interview a camera that shows the crowd outside the studio picked up this image: That sign probably represented the harshest take...
View ArticleWaPo's Debate Advice: Make Sure Your Lies Are Devastating
In today's Washington Post (10/11/12), David Fahrenthold goes through some of the more memorable moments from recent vice-presidential debates–including several big, decisive errors. Like this one: In...
View ArticleJon Meacham, Bush Family Publicist
Time's Jon Meacham is, once again, telling readers to think differently about the Bush family.
View ArticleThis Sunday, a Different Kind of Iraq War Booster: Bill Clinton
NBC Meet the Press taps Bill Clinton to talk Iraq. But will viewers know that Clinton was also a crucial supporter of the invasion?
View ArticleHow Did TV News Talk About Torture in Coverage of the Torture Report?
A new FAIR study (Media Advisory, 1/7/15) finds that torture supporters outnumbered critics of torture nearly 2-to-1 in TV news coverage of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture....
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