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.
Three basic guidelines for understanding how to think in sync with America's leading politicians and pundits on the United Nations.
Posted on Oct 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
An essay in the new anthology "Race and Resistance" notes that "the power of the media is profound" in shaping opinions about race and ethnicity.
Posted on Oct 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
When war appears on the horizon, a heightened affliction seizes most news outlets -- the media spectacle becomes a steady regurgitation of what's being fed from on high.
Posted on Sep 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Faced with the threat of a massive U.S. military attack, a palpable feeling of dread hangs over the Iraqi people.
Posted on Sep 18, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The the U.S. could see itself as other nations see it, the landscape of foreign policy and international relations would look very different.
Posted on Sep 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The media sees Powell as an impediment to war, but as his record proves, he's really a smarter hawk than the rest of the administration.
Posted on Sep 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet
What if this Labor Day we start celebrating workers who die from on-the-job injuries and occupational diseases, and stop making heroes out of billionaire investors?
Posted on Aug 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush has stepped up the propaganda machine for the war with Iraq, saying he appreciates a healthy debate over the decision to attack.
Posted on Aug 22, 2002, Source: AlterNet
If corporate executives were really committed to honest accounting and extreme candor, here's what a public statement might look like.
Posted on Aug 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Iraq recently invited U.S. legislators and weapons inspectors to examine any site alleged to be used for weapons development. But Congress scorned the offer.
Posted on Aug 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Major news outlets demonstrate a remarkable ability to downplay or totally jettison facts that Washington policymakers don't want to talk about.
Posted on Aug 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Big scandals draw tons of media coverage. But often, the swarm of reports generates more hype than actual news.
Posted on Jul 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A look back at media coverage of the New Economy boom years shows the juggernaut was not to be denied.
Posted on Jul 18, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush blames corporate scandals on a few bad apples. But he should be wondering if the barrels of capitalism are rotten.
Posted on Jul 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Army is selling itself to potential recruits with free discs of a new Army computer game and glossy rock 'n roll TV ads that make no mention of killing.
Posted on Jul 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Inked onto parchment and chiseled into stone, the First Amendment is not really a guarantee. It's a promissory ideal that can be redeemed only by our own vitality in the present.
Posted on Jun 27, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Every commercial for food and drugs should be taxed -- with the proceeds going to pay for "truth commission" ads from independent researchers.
Posted on Jun 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The American press lavishes attention on efforts of top execs to maximize their profits, equating their net worth with high moral character.
Posted on Jun 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
America's nuclear policy is rarely discussed in medialand, where a red-white-and-blue nuclear warhead is not really a bomb.
Posted on Jun 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Instead of viewing the best Watergate reporting as a model to build on, for the most part the biggest media outlets soon regarded it as a laurel to rest on.
Posted on Jun 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
When it comes to nuclear weapons, the mainstream American press has scant emotional range or professional zeal to scrutinize the progression of atomic perils.
Posted on Jun 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
While events are headed toward war that could bring nuclear disaster, the Bush administration contends that a brake must be applied -- because of the importance of killing Al Qaeda?
Posted on May 30, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A Media Strategy Memo, to Dubya, Dick and John, from the White House media handlers. When in doubt, scare the stuffing out of the public.
Posted on May 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
As the population gaps between states continue to widen, so do the inequalities of Senate representation. Its flagrantly undemocratic structure isn't an issue today but it should be.
Posted on May 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Politicians are often eager to outdo their foes with media images of greater patriotism or piety. But in recent days, Republican and Democratic leaders have also vied to appear more offended than their opponents.
Posted on May 17, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A basic principle of democracy is that every person's vote should have equal weight. This does not hold true for the U.S. Senate.
Posted on May 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Endless media messages convey the stubborn presumption that women can never be good enough, but should live and buy -- and ultimately die -- trying.
Posted on May 2, 2002, Source: AlterNet
"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved."
Posted on Apr 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
If Alice had returned from Wonderland to today's "Medialand," she would have seen strange things indeed, like the New York Times refusing to call the Venezuelan coup a coup.
Posted on Apr 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Though NPR is attracting more listeners than ever before, it has sold its soul out to the corporate and military interests that dominate its funding.
Posted on Apr 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Major media outlets must not continuing to wink and nod while the Israeli military slaughters Palestinian people.
Posted on Apr 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Despite serious, even deadly hazards in many parts of the world, a lot of journalists keep setting aside fear to do their jobs with integrity.
Posted on Mar 28, 2002, Source: AlterNet
You've probably heard a lot of spooky tales about "the liberal media." Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted.
Posted on Mar 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The day is fast approaching when satire of American TV will be impossible, since it is already so inadvertently self-satirical and oblivious to its own creepiness.
Posted on Mar 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Promised a perpetual "war against terror," we face a parallel media war without end -- a propaganda siege that must be resisted.
Posted on Mar 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Office of Strategic Influence burned quickly. But for Donald Rumsfeld and his colleagues along the Potomac, the inky cloud of bad publicity has a big silver lining.
Posted on Feb 28, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Thomas Friedman has just won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, adding yet another accolade to a journalistic career that is based on advocating brutal war against Arab nations.
Posted on Feb 22, 2002, Source: AlterNet
When a large company gets clobbered in the press -- like Enron or Arthur Andersen -- the damage-control response often includes phony full-page newspaper ads.
Posted on Feb 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Like most people, American journalists are apt to look at the very rich with awe. Names like Bill Gates, George Soros and Warren Buffett have the ring of modern-day royalty -- high above the rest of us, and maybe even vaguely immortal.
Posted on Feb 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new media tic -- likening George W. Bush to Franklin D. Roosevelt -- is already so widespread that it's apt to become a conditioned reflex of American journalism.
Posted on Feb 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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