Much has been written recently about the latest abuses of power by the Bush administration. While these stories are important and necessary, there is a larger concern that seems to be getting less attention than it deserves. The newsrooms of America are already run by corporations that have a vested interest in many of the [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Dec 18
Pres. Bush On The War On Terror: We Can’t Win It
The media has been falling all over itself for a few days now, lambasting DNC Chairman Howard Dean for saying that the war cannot be won. But I have yet to hear any of them criticize Bush for saying the exact same thing: Mr. Bush was asked if the United States could win the war [...]
Dec 17
New York Times Sits On Domestic Spying Scoop
About a year ago, the New York Times uncovered evidence that the National Security Agency, under direct orders from the President, conducted unlawful surveillance of American citizens. The significance of this cannot be overstated – A foreign intelligence agency, working out of the White House was, spying on Americans! And what does the NYT do [...]
Dec 17
Propaganda Courtesy of Abramoff & Co.
Scandal plagued consultant, Jack Abramoff has joined the ranks of propagandists with allegations of his paying a Copley News columnist to write stories favorable to his clients. Doug Bandow has been suspended from his position at Copley and has resigned his fellowship at the Cato Institute. Bandow admitted taking payments from Abramoff saying, “It was [...]
Dec 14
Senate Holds Hearings on Decency
This strikes me as akin to turkeys giving lessons on flying. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), chaired a series of hearings that amounted to a stare-down with cable programmers and operators. On the pretense of addressing indecency in the media, Stevens’ panel actually served to intimidate the media execs into volunteering to offer something called a [...]
Dec 13
20 Years of Unearthing Major Revelations
The National Security Archive, located at George Washington University, has released a list of 20 of its greatest hits . These are declassified documents that the Archive has published that have had an impact around the world. Here’s the top 10: Pentagon Photographs of Iraq War Casualties, 4/05 Clarke to Rice, “Presidential Policy Initiative/Review — [...]
Dec 10
DeadLines
The Ethics Truce Lives On Since 1998, there has been an ethics “truce” in the House of Representatives, under the terms of which no member will file an ethics complaint against another member. How could they tell? Conservative Blogs Rock? In an argument sure to be challenged in certain sectors of the blogosphere, a story [...]
Dec 05
The Central Front In The War On Christmas
The War on Christmas is the latest fabrication from the theo-con hack factory. Its premise is that a cabal of secularists are conspiring to deprive America of its Christmas celebration. But despite the protestations that this is a matter of faith by Christian Ayatollahs like Jerry Falwell (who has initiated a Christmas Friend or Foe [...]
Dec 01
Iraq Gets A Dose Of U.S. Style Propaganda
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories intended to portray operations there in a positive light. The stories are not disclosed to the local media as having been written by American troops. This is a valuable lesson in clandestine propaganda that the U. S. [...]
