Media Coverage of the War

Take a Long Hard Look at the Children of Iraq

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

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Ed. Note: The images below may disturb you. They should. They disturb me too. But that doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't look at them. Sometimes ...

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Another Scream Unheard, Another Corpse Unseen, Another Day of News

John Eskow | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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We're becoming stupider and stupider about the war in direct proportion to the programming we receive from the mainstream media.

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Iraq: Five Years and Fading

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Maybe this five-year date will jog the media out of its Iraq-fatigue, and force them to confront what is happening, and report on it.

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The Media and Iraq

Tom Hayden | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

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The appearance is that Clinton, Obama and Edwards all want to "bring the troops home." The effect is to numb and demobilize anti-war opinion.

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Pentagon And The Media Fall In Love Again

NY Times | Tom Shanker | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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The anguished relationship between the military and the news media appears to be on the mend as battlefield successes from the troop increase in Iraq ...

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Meet the New American Revolutionaries!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

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On January 1st at the Pasadena Rose Parade, Revolutionary garbed patriots from the White Rose Coalition will move amongst the crowds to spread the message that its time to reclaim our democracy.

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The Narrative Narrative

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media

In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."

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I'm Just Saying

Phil Trounstine | Posted 10.16.2007 | Media

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Howard Kurtz has now acknowledged -- without ever admitting it -- that had he and the rest of the MSM done their jobs, the administration might never have been able to rally enough support to go to war in Iraq.

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Bob's Second Point

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics

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Bob's second point provides a lead-in to what I was planning to write today, which is to note that General Petraeus is not going to give a report that...

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