Stories by David Corn
David Corn is the Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones and the co-author of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War and is the author of The Lies of George W. Bush. He writes a blog at davidcorn.com.
The current Reagan-mania undercuts the old conservative bromide that the media are dishonest bastions filled to the brim with liberals.
Posted on Jun 14, 2004, Source: The Nation
From the firing of the air traffic controllers to Fawn Hall to massacres in El Salvador, it's worthwhile keeping this list in mind when the hagiography of Ronald Reagan reaches fever pitch.
Posted on Jun 6, 2004, Source: The Nation
George Tenet should have submitted his resignation or been fired after 9/11, and then again after it became clear there were few, if any, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Posted on Jun 4, 2004, Source: The Nation
Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson talks about the CIA leak of his wife's identity, the war in Iraq and his new book.
Posted on May 3, 2004, Source: The Nation
The Iraqi security forces constantly touted by the Bush administration are only slightly more real than Saddam's WMD.
Posted on Apr 28, 2004, Source: The Nation
Bob Woodward's new book depicts a president who shuns responsibility, critical thinking and self-doubt, and instead mistakes stubbornness for leadership.
Posted on Apr 19, 2004, Source: The Nation
The 527 controversy demonstrates that critics of the McCain-Feingold measure were to some extent right: Try to dam the stream of campaign dollars and it will flow elsewhere.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: The Nation
According to the newly installed public editor of the New York Times, op-ed columnists have the divine right to make false assertions.
Posted on Apr 2, 2004, Source: The Nation
1) Conventional wisdom rules the day; 2) it's no sin to be electable; and 3) after 9/11, America wants a grown-up at the wheel.
Posted on Mar 3, 2004, Source: The Nation
Tim Russert will have much to ask Bush about. Did he decided to use military force against Iraq before 9/11? Where are the WMDs he insisted were there?
Posted on Feb 6, 2004, Source: The Nation
Is Dean filing for divorce? By turning to Roy Neel to save his campaign, Dean is not breaking new ground in American politics.
Posted on Jan 29, 2004, Source: The Nation
In George Bush's confident State of the Union speech, he continued his slippery ways.
Posted on Jan 21, 2004, Source: The Nation
What did Bush know about the al Qaeda threat and when did he know it?
Posted on Nov 21, 2003, Source: LA Weekly
Bush lied about WMD, but that's not his only lie. David Corn's new book "The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception" tracks the president's long trail of deceit.
Posted on Sep 25, 2003, Source: The Nation
AlterNet regular David Corn's book "The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception" hits the stores next week. We're hearing a lot about Bush lies, and Corn tells us what it all means in his own words.
Posted on Sep 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The Bush Administration is refusing to tell the public what intelligence the president saw before attacks about the threat posed by Al Qaeda.
Posted on Jul 25, 2003, Source: The Nation
Former CIA deputy director Richard Kerr admits that the CIA's prewar intelligence on WMD was ambiguous at best and that claims of ties between al Qaeda and Saddam were unfounded.
Posted on Jul 9, 2003, Source: The Nation
Led by titans of the Beltway, the 'bipartisan' 9/11 Commission is out to prove it's not hopelessly compromised.
Posted on Jun 23, 2003, Source: The Nation
The White House has reported little in its efforts to prevent WMD-related material from being given to or snatched by terrorists. Yet the hunt remains less than intense.
Posted on May 12, 2003, Source: The Nation
With Baghdad conquered, the fog of prewar has started to clear, revealing an administration unready to deal with the consequences of military victory.
Posted on May 2, 2003, Source: The Nation
The president's expensive, dangerous p.r. move ignores his, um, spotty record in the National Guard.
Also by Corn: Postwar Truths and Consequences.Posted on May 2, 2003, Source: The Nation
The obvious question is, where are the weapons of mass destruction that supposedly prompted the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz quartet to invade Iraq
Posted on Apr 28, 2003, Source: The Nation
The ideology-driven optimism of the Bush's neoconservative advisors helped pave the way for a failed military strategy. Post-war plans will require humility and understanding to ensure success.
Posted on Apr 3, 2003, Source: The Nation
Does the man beating on Saddam with a shoe want the same thing as George Bush? If not, whose desires will win out?
Posted on Mar 31, 2003, Source: The Nation
Even as commentators anticipate a possible January date for war on Iraq, Bush is still crafting his justification for an attack.
Posted on Dec 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The notorious CIA man is gone, but the story of his career lives on as a cautionary lesson for an era shaped by a secret war on terrorism.
Posted on Dec 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Oh wise man Kissinger, in your public life you have been caught lying. As an experienced prevaricator, are you in a better position to ferret out the lies of other government officials?
Posted on Dec 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration wants to honor victims of 9/11 with a commission headed by the poster child for the worst abuses of state power.
Posted on Nov 28, 2002, Source: TheNation.com
Recent comments by the former head of the Moral Majority prove he's a nutcase not worthy of airtime.
Posted on Nov 22, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush's "new era of hope in Afghanistan" is hampered by his reluctance to send funds to the devastated region and lack of concern for severe human rights violations.
Posted on Nov 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Terry McAuliffe -- along with comrades Gephardt and Daschle -- steered the Democrats into the rocks by producing no coherent, overarching message for his party.
Posted on Nov 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bold ideas have not been in vogue in U.S. politics for several years. Instead, both parties are erasing their differences, alienating voters in the process.
Posted on Nov 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The election campaign of 2002 may seem uninspiring and meaningless, but it will have plenty of consequences -- just ask the corporate lobbyists writing up their Christmas wishlists.
Posted on Oct 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Country-rocker Steve Earle says he is not a political writer but an artist living in a very political time.
Posted on Oct 21, 2002, Source: The Nation
Now that it's election time, congressional Democrats say Bush is a corporate lackey out to screw the American people. But these are the same people who eagerly handed him the power to attack Iraq.
Posted on Oct 18, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Pardon me if I don't worry about the supposed immediate danger from Baghdad, when neighbors are being massacred spitting distance from my child's school.
Posted on Oct 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
CIA chief is angry at members of Congress for insulting his agents. But it is the dismal failure of his agency to prevent the 9/11 attacks that is truly enraging.
Posted on Oct 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
There is at least one thing good about launching a pre-emptive strike -- we have the opportunity to total up the staggering financial costs of war before we wage it.
Posted on Sep 27, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The president's draft resolution proves his eagerness to send troops into battle.
Posted on Sep 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Can the Bush administration be expected to tell the truth about a war that is supposedly up for debate?
Posted on Sep 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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