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Hillary the Hawk
Clinton Threatens to ‘Obliterate’ IranBy Robert Scheer / April 22, 2008 How proud the Clintonistas must be. They have learned how to rival what Hillary once termed the “vast right-wing conspiracy” in the effort to destroy a viable Democratic leader … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, Media, Presidential Campaign, Video
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We Think the BushCo Lie Is Bigger Than That
Pentagon Propaganda & Antiwar AnalystsApril 21, 2008 The Sunday Times’ article detailing the massive, secret coordinated campaign by the Pentagon and all the leading television news channels to sell and defend the administration’s Iraq policy is a critical piece of … Continue reading
BushCo Strikes Again: The Iraq Lie
It is no wonder the American public has no clue what is really happening in Iraq (or Afghanistan). Systematically, the Bush administration has been feeding you a lie about how well the surge is going, how calm it is in … Continue reading
ABC, Barack Obama and the Red Herring
Daley to Clinton: Don’t Tar Obama with Ayersby Mike Dorning and Rick Pearson / April 17, 2008 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whose father was famously not so sympathetic to anti-war protesters, is coming to the defense of Barack Obama for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Hillary, Journalism, Media, Obama, Presidential Campaign, SDS
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ABC Takes Hits for Slanted, Tabloid Debate
ABC News moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos seemed to be playing a game of gotcha at last night’s candidates’ debate. Photo by Matt Rourke / AP.Clinton-Obama Debate: ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans Are Gaffes, Flag Pins and ’60s … Continue reading
Bitter? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politicsby Robert Reich / April 15, 2008 I was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 61 years ago. My father sold $1.98 cotton blouses to blue-collar women and women whose husbands worked in factories. … Continue reading
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Ouch! The Daily Show’s Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News
Daily Show Gives Fox the BusinessBy Rachel Sklar / April 11, 2008 The Daily Show’s John Oliver put together a stunning smackdown of Fox News on the April 10 show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious comments from some … Continue reading
An Emmy For O’Reilly : Please Say It Isn’t So…
Protesting an O’Reilly EmmyApril 11, 2008 Bill O’Reilly is set to receive a local Emmy award in Boston next month. But he won’t, if a former fellow tabloid talker gets his way. According to the Boston Herald, Barry Nolan says … Continue reading
Olbermann : Some Telling Commentary on the State of the Military in Iraq
No end in sight on Iraq?By Thorne Dreyer / April 10, 2008 / The Rag Blog Below is video from Keith Olbermann’s Countdown from this evening, April 10, 2008. It features snippets from President Bush’s speech on Iraq with the … Continue reading
Bush’s War : Now Available in the Comfort of Your Home
Frontline presents revealing behind-the-scenes view of Bush’s War. By Jim Retherford / April 9, 2008 / The Rag Blog Anyone who has followed the downward spiraling debacle of BushAdministration Middle East policy may have wished, as I have, to havebeen … Continue reading
The MSM: Dictating What You’re Allowed to Know
The US Establishment Media in a Nutshellby Glenn Greenwald / April 5, 2008 In the past two weeks, the following events transpired. A Department of Justice memo, authored by John Yoo, was released which authorized torture and presidential lawbreaking. It … Continue reading
Martin Luther King’s Voice Still Silenced by MSM
40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silencedby Jeff Cohen Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the dramatic story of King’s last year as he … Continue reading
