Stories by Greg Mitchell
Greg Mitchell is the former editor of Editor & Publisher and author of nine books on politics and history.
Posted on Sep 2, 2011, Source: The Nation
In notes for an unfinished screenplay, the right-wing heroine called the nuclear bomb "an eloquent example of, argument for and tribute to free enterprise."
Posted on Aug 3, 2011, Source: The Nation
In a new book, Greg Mitchell explains how the United States' coverup of nuclear footage from Hiroshima and Nagasaki affects us to this day.
Posted on Mar 4, 2011, Source: The Nation
With Manning gaining wide attention, it's worth recalling that three months ago he was largely forgotten. Here's what happened.
Posted on Aug 27, 2010, Source: The Nation
Palin was tapped for VP candidate based on unsubstantiated rumors that white women wouldn't vote for Obama. Despite constant media attention, her ratings remain abysmal.
Posted on Jul 26, 2010, Source: The Nation
On Sunday, WikiLeaks released more than 90,000 docs that paint a damning picture of the failing war effort in Afghanistan. Here's a guide.
Posted on May 5, 2010, Source: TheNation.com
The New York Times columnist explains why he he thinks Arizona's racial profiling law is the latest example of the rage of 2010.
Posted on Jun 8, 2009, Source: Huffington Post
Dick Cheney took the article's questionable facts and ran with them, arguing against trying Gitmo prisoners in the U.S.
Posted on Feb 3, 2009, Source: Sinclair Books
In election '08, the ascendance of new media changed the rules of the game and smoothed Obama's path to victory.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
As a national crisis grows and Congress starts to pay attention, small town newspapers remain the only sources for information on veteran suicides
Posted on Apr 17, 2008, Source: Editor & Publisher
Also: Right-wing talking-point question came from right-wing Fox talker.
Posted on Nov 14, 2007, Source: Editor & Publisher
New York Times columnists Bob Herbert, Paul Krugman and David Brooks battle it out over Reagan and racism.
Posted on Sep 12, 2007, Source: Editor & Publisher
They were at the tail-end of their deployments.
Posted on Nov 1, 2006, Source: Editor & Publisher
'How can we expect ordinary Iraqis to trust the police when we don't even trust them not to kill our own men?'
Posted on May 4, 2006, Source: Editor & Publisher
The same media that's trashing Stephen Colbert gave a pass to Bush's jokes about missing WMDs in Iraq two years earlier.
Posted on Dec 20, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Just when it publishes its groundbreaking investigative piece on Administration spying, news that the Times withheld the story for a year gets heads shaking.
Posted on Nov 16, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Now that Nicholas Kristof has come out for withdrawal from Iraq, won't the nation's editorial boards help bring the tragedy to a close?
Posted on Oct 11, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Judith Miller's 'missing notebook' raises new questions in the search for the leaker of Valerie Plame's identity.
Posted on Sep 27, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Reporters are the 'badfellas' in Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary about the folk-rock legend.
Posted on Sep 20, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
What will it take for the New York Times to call for withdrawal from Iraq?
Posted on Aug 4, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
60-year-old footage from Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- suppressed and nearly destroyed by the U.S. -- will finally be shown in America.
Posted on Jun 21, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Dana Milbank used the valuable real estate of the Washington Post -- its only coverage of the Downing St. Memo -- to mock Rep. John Conyers and his 'hearty band of playmates.'
Posted on Jun 8, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Many of the nation's newspaper editorialists have roused themselves from seeming acceptance of the continuing slaughter in Iraq to voice outright condemnation of the war.
Posted on May 25, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
In the week after Newsweek's retraction, where is the comparable outrage over the military's cover-up of the 'friendly fire' death of Pat Tillman? And where is a Scott McClellan lecture on ethics and credibility?
Posted on May 2, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Iraq is not Vietnam; still, though some find comparisons silly, the fact remains that 53% of Americans feel the current war is 'not worth it.'
Posted on Apr 4, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Returning home to Las Vegas, the star New York Times reporter who saw WMD in Iraq romanticizes nuclear childhood and omits conflict of interest.
Posted on Mar 2, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
A veteran reporter traces his first blog-aided journey through an investigative story.
Posted on Feb 10, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
How did an inexperienced White House 'reporter' get such extraordinary access despite using a fake name?
Posted on Feb 5, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Are the turnout numbers routinely cited by the press – 8 million and 57% – supported by reality? And was the outpouring of voters in Sunni areas really "surprisingly strong"?
Posted on Jan 26, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Despite kneejerk accusations of his lack of patriotism, decorated war reporter Joe Galloway says 'declare victory and pull out.'
Posted on Jan 19, 2005, Source: Editor & Publisher
Ken Burns' campaign to pardon Jack Johnson was inspired by racist editorials from some surprising sources.
Posted on Nov 18, 2004, Source: Editor & Publisher
Since the start of the Fallujah offensive, almost 500 wounded U.S. military personnel have been airlifted to Germany – but you wouldn't know it to read the coverage.
Posted on Nov 1, 2004, Source: Editor & Publisher
Both print reporters and TV talking heads predicted an Osama bounce for Bush. They were very, very wrong.
Posted on Sep 2, 2004, Source: Editor & Publisher
The Georgia senator loses his cool on MSNBC in the face of a few tough questions.
Posted on May 26, 2004, Source: Editor & Publisher
Following the fall of its favorite source, Ahmad Chalabi, the newspaper issues an overdue but scathing self-rebuke of its coverage of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. But does it go far enough?
