Anonymous Democratic Strategist Claims White House Discouraged Fox News Appearances
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...
Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
The covert Bush administration program that used retired military analysts to generate favorable wartime news coverage may not have been terminated, R...
Nancy Snow | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media
This is an administration put in office on a campaign pledge of practicality over ideology. In the Fox case, it is treading on ideological terrain. I don't think it's the job of Obama's top staff to use government time to go after Fox.
Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media
To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...
The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed...
John Brown | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Hillary Clinton has broken with tradition. She, a high-ranking government official, has admitted that her government engaged in propaganda.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
If Fox News rises up to the challenge of confessing their real identity and real purpose, then -- and only then -- should Obama take on that conservative voice in an interview on their air.
The Guardian | Tom Kington | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
Archived documents have revealed that Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5. For the British in...
Richard Seireeni | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media
They must be getting pretty desperate over at Fox News HQ. Tonight they posted the following headline: "Records Show Obama Mostly Travels To States He Won."
Michael Shermer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
In Michael Moore's worldview, a goodly portion of the American people are ignorant, uneducated, clueless pinheads too stupid to realize the fundamental principle of a loan.
Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.
Richard Seireeni | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
Has anyone noticed how Fox News has turned into a propaganda machine with a single mission of attacking Obama at every turn? It's hard to miss.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment
For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.16.2009 | Comedy
In effect, Obama has emboldened Beck with the veto power over presidential appointees that is generally reserved for the Senate.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.
Keith Thomson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
If you have a computer, you've probably noticed the torrent of right-wing FWDed emails. Curious about the origins of these FWDs? I enlisted a systems analyst and followed the digital trails backward.
Eric Dezenhall | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media
As a rule, the more hated an organization, the more vigilant it has to be with the media because of the near certainty its message will be met with intense, and sometimes deserved, resistance.
John Brown | Posted 09.29.2009 | World
A conflict between Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Michael Mullen over public diplomacy in Afghanistan could be no more than the usual Washington tempest in a teapot. Or it might reflect a major problem.
Russ Baker | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
We are seeing the explosive growth of efforts by narrow interests in Big Oil, to leverage whatever they can to appeal to those don't have the luxury of thinking beyond their next paycheck.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media
Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.
Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?
Susan Brewer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Propaganda messages serve to simplify complex international crises for public consumption. Here are the top ten messages used by the U.S. government over the past century to rally public support for war.
Bakari Kitwana | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment
Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.
Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
I am deeply concerned that the rules of engagement have been irresponsibly relaxed under the pressure to compete for the scoops, exclusives and gotcha-quotes-of-the-day.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
How involved was the United States State Department in the destabilization of the Kivu provinces in eastern DRC? Did our State Department officials become "terrorists" in the eyes of a revolutionary movement in Congo?
LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media