Stories by Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon's latest book Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State (PoliPointPress) is available now. For more information go to www.madelovegotwar.com.
Iraq's newspapers 'are able to say whatever they wish' only if they wish to say what the occupiers accept.
Posted on Apr 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The public will never get to see key memos from Karl Rove, but a typical one these days might read something like this.
Posted on Apr 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The anger that we're now hearing from the White House is the sound of an administration being hoisted by its own 9/11 petard.
Posted on Mar 25, 2004, Source: AlterNet
With scarcely seven months to go in the presidential campaign, Bush officials are most eager to obscure their own record.
Posted on Mar 19, 2004, Source: AlterNet
To encourage restraint in war coverage, governments don't need to shoot journalists -- though sometimes that's helpful.
Posted on Mar 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In the current era, it's rare for much ink or air time to challenge the right of the U.S. government to directly intervene in other countries.
Posted on Mar 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet
British spies closely monitored conversations of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq last year.
Posted on Feb 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The saga of Howard Dean is a cautionary tale about politics and the Internet. His campaign rode a big wave of cyberspace hype -- and then sank.
Posted on Feb 19, 2004, Source: AlterNet
While Nader is 100 percent correct that he has a right to run for president, that's not in dispute. The debate is over the wisdom of running this year.
Posted on Feb 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
American journalists assumed that Iraqi officials were lying about weapons of mass destruction -- and also assumed that American officials were being truthful. Overall, the news media helped to create a great market for war.
Posted on Feb 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Eager to dislodge George W. Bush from the White House, many voters lined up behind John Kerry in late January. But is Kerry good for progressives?
Posted on Feb 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Media consumers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your brains.
Posted on Jan 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
With apparent self-assurance, politicians often have a way of filtering out the messages they don't want to hear, even from their own supporters.
Posted on Jan 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
For a Democratic presidential campaign in 2004 -- in terms of money, travel time, rhetoric and espoused ideology -- the South is a sinkhole.
Posted on Jan 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
We can argue about George Will's political views. But there's no need to debate his professional ethics.
Posted on Jan 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
It's time once again to give recognition to the foulest media performances of the year.
Posted on Dec 22, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A Nader campaign in 2004 would be -- at best -- beside the point. At worst, a gift to Karl Rove.
Posted on Dec 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A near miss for the Greens in San Francisco should be interpreted with caution: a Nader campaign in 2004 would be, at best, beside the point, and at worst, a gift to Karl Rove.
Posted on Dec 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Dean says he wants to 'break up giant media enterprises.' And that could spell trouble for his campaign.
Posted on Dec 4, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A recent report questions the validity of the anti-globalization sentiment.
Posted on Dec 1, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The matter-of-fact message that the Pentagon is fighting a "war on terrorism" in Iraq, amounts to a big journalistic gift for the Bush administration.
Posted on Nov 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
After a quarter-century of intensive grassroots organizing and a victorious presidential campaign a year ago, Brazilian social movements are in a strong position as they push the left-wing Workers Party government to fulfill its promises.
Posted on Nov 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Media outlets are filled with bad news about Iraq. A theme is emerging: This administration doesn't know how to run an occupation!
Posted on Nov 6, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The progressive media movement should strive to create a media ecology that recognizes and promotes authentic diversity.
Posted on Nov 4, 2003, Source: In These Times
In ways large and small, our time is being nickeled and dimed by corporate interests and government agencies that view it as worthless.
Posted on Nov 3, 2003, Source: AlterNet
From his presidential campaign to his march to war, Bush has taken great advantage of big media's filtration process.
Posted on Oct 23, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Many young people can recognize a growth industry, and the business of large-scale deception is booming.
Posted on Oct 16, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Now that California's electorate has rewarded a dramatic recall effort, some sequels are likely elsewhere in the near future.
Posted on Oct 10, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Even though vast numbers of people in the United States disagree with Washington's assumptions and military actions, some pundits can't resist grabbing onto a timeworn handle of pseudo-patriotic demagoguery.
Posted on Oct 2, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Wesley Clark would may be a major improvement over the current president. But those who recognize the importance of ousting the Bush team from the White House should resist the temptation to pretty up any Democratic challenger.
Posted on Sep 25, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The hollowness of monetary dreams is scarcely mitigated when they are being fulfilled. Sadly, the media is not immune to such delusion.
Posted on Sep 19, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Without a hint of intended irony, the "NewsHour" on PBS concluded its Sept. 9 program with a warm interview of Henry Kissinger and then a segment about a renowned propagandist for the Nazi war machine.
Posted on Sep 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
In a cauldron of media alchemy, the human suffering of 9/11 became propaganda gold. Sorrow turned into political capital.
Posted on Sep 11, 2003, Source: AlterNet
These days, the editorial positions of major U.S. newspapers have an echo like a dirge.
Posted on Sep 4, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Let's consider some implications of the Ten Commandments for modern corporate media.
Posted on Aug 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Lyrics that speak the truth and stand the test of time.
Posted on Aug 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Contrary to media cliches about "the silly season," this is a time of very serious -- and probably catastrophic -- political maneuvers.
Posted on Aug 14, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Here are some hypothetical newspaper corrections of the sort that I’d like those.
Posted on Aug 7, 2003, Source: AlterNet
We're living in an era when news coverage often involves plenty of absurdity.
Posted on Jul 31, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Like it or not, they're going to run somebody for president.
Posted on Jul 25, 2003, Source: AlterNet
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