Tag Archives: Journalism

Call to Action: Stop the Criminals on Television

Monsters on TelevisionBy Juan Cole / November 6, 2008 Paul Krugman, among my favorite political commentators, has spoken forthrightly of how during the past few years we have had “monsters” in office, naming Tom Delay, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. … Continue reading

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You Don’t Need a Weatherman : George Will and Friends Blast McCain Tactics

George Will calls Sarah Palin John McCain’s ‘female Sancho Panza.’Conservative pundits say negative campaign just isn’t cutting it.By Michael C. Moynihan / October 9, 2008 A bit of conservative blowback on the McCain campaign’s impotent strategy of making the final … Continue reading

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Conservative Columnist David Brooks Calls Sarah Palin a ‘Cancer’

David Brooks. Getty Images.Comparing her anti-intellectualism to that of President Bush, Brooks called Sarah Palin a ‘fatal cancer to the Republican party.’By Danny Shea / October 8, 2008 See Video of interview with David Brooks, Below. David Brooks spoke frankly … Continue reading

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What’s missing from this election? Molly Ivins!

Former Texas Observer editor and columinist extraordinaire Molly Ivins at her Austin home in 2001. Photo by Carolyn Mary Bauman / WpN. “The House passed (by one vote) a bill to eliminate barriers between banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies. … Continue reading

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Texas Observer : Esteemed News Mag Names New Editor

Bob Moser, formerly of The Nation, takes Observer helmBy Carlton Carl / September 26, 2008 The Texas Observer has named as its editor Bob Moser, writer and editor for The Nation, former editor of North Carolina’s Independent Weekly, and author … Continue reading

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A Browbeaten, More Passive Press Corps

White House press corps acquiescing to another line of bullshit.The mighty, scary press corpsBy Glenn Greenwald / September 6, 2008 Criticizing the McCain campaign for refusing to allow reporters to question Sarah Palin, Time’s Jay Carney writes: Political operatives love … Continue reading

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Ronnie Dugger : LBJ, The Texas Observer and Me

Former Texas Observer editor Ronnie Dugger with President Lyndon Johnson. Photo by Yoichi Yokamoto / Courtesty LBJ Library / Texas Observer.‘None of us knew it yet, but we Americans were about to be trapped in the history that Lyndon Johnson … Continue reading

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When I Covered My First Democratic Convention: Chicago 1968

Chicago cops brutally attack demonstrators (and journalists, and bystanders) outside Democratic Convention, 1968.‘It culminated in the crushing of Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s anti-Vietnam crusade inside the convention hall and the cracking of peacenik skulls by Mayor Richard Daley’s police in the … Continue reading

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Quote and Picture of the Day – Zoriah

Zoriah Miller writes of being a passenger in an armored vehicle convoy travelling through Iraq. I have come to realize that it is like being in jail, with a window looking out onto another jail. Zoriah, Photojournalist Source / ZORIAH … Continue reading

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Who’s Really Running Iraq?

Home Truths You’ll Never Read in the PressBy Patrick Cockburn / August 3, 2008 American politicians and journalists have repeatedly made the same mistake in Iraq over the past five years. This is to assume that the US is far … Continue reading

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Worth a Thousand Words Dept.

A young soldier displays a tattoo reading “Walk Peacefully on Heavens Streets, You’ve Done You’re Time in Hell.” Baghdad, Iraq – July, 2007. Source / Zoriah Photojournalist The Rag Blog

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Presidential Campaign : "Liberal Media Bias" Debunked

Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias — but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks.By James Rainey / July 27, 2008 Haters of … Continue reading

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