Stories by Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon is founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org. He co-chairs the national Healthcare Not Warfare campaign organized by Progressive Democrats of America. His books include War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. subscribe to Norman Solomon's feed

Six Years of 9/11 as a License to Kill

Posted on: Sep 10, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Thanks to the military-industrial -media complex, Americans view humanity through red-white -and-blue windows on the world.

Hooked on War: Thomas Friedman's Deadly Addiction

Posted on: Sep 6, 2007, Source: CounterPunch

Nowadays you'll read the NYT's Thomas Friedman decrying the "madness that is Iraq," but the real Friedman is the man who called invading Iraq "one of the noblest things this country has ever attempted abroad."

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

Posted on: Aug 23, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The warfare state didn't suddenly arrive in 2001, and it won't disappear when the current lunatic in the Oval Office moves on.

Backspin for War: CNN Guilty of Caving to the Pentagon?

Posted on: Aug 16, 2007, Source: AlterNet

A new film, War Made Easy, reveals how the man in charge of CNN's news operation before the Iraq War kowtowed to the Pentagon. So what does he have to say for himself now?

Let Us Now Praise an Infamous Woman -- and Our Own Possibilities

Posted on: Aug 7, 2007, Source: AlterNet

A grand total of two people in the entire Congress were able to resist a blood-drenched blank check for the Vietnam War. Decades later, a single Congress woman stood up after September 11, 2001 and voted against the gathering madness.

Media Blitz for War: The Big Guns of August

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

This week, the U.S. media establishment is mainlining another fix for the Iraq war: It isn't so bad after all.

Media Spin on Iraq: We're Leaving (Sort of)

Posted on: Jul 26, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Despite talk of Congress members turning against the war, few are clearly advocating a true end to U.S. military intervention in Iraq.

Media Corrections We’d Like to See

Posted on: Jul 24, 2007, Source: AlterNet

One aspect of news media that needs a different paradigm is the correction ritual. Newspapers are sometimes willing to acknowledge faulty reporting, but the "correction box" is routinely inadequate.

From the Grave, a Senator Exposes Bloody Hands on Capitol Hill

Posted on: Jul 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Listening to a video clip of the late Senator Morse speaking in the 1960s exposes the big media lie that members of Congress are doing all they can to impose a schedule for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

A Bloody Media Mirror

Posted on: Jul 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Many of America's most prominent journalists want us to forget what they were saying and writing more than four years ago to boost the invasion of Iraq.

War at the Remote

Posted on: Jun 18, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Watching "news" at the remote, viewers are in a zone supplied by producers with priorities far afield from authenticity or democracy.

The Silence of the Bombs

Posted on: Jun 11, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The numbers of Americans fighting and dying in Iraq are not a reliable measure of U.S. culpability in the continuing slaughter of Iraqis.

Deadly Illusions, Rest in Peace

Posted on: May 24, 2007, Source: AlterNet

We won't be able to change the militaristic direction of this country without effectively confronting the congressional Democrats who are fueling the engines of destruction.

On the Media Horizon: "We Invest, You Decide"

Posted on: May 4, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Let's imagine the dynamics that might emerge if Murdoch gains control of the Wall Street Journal.

Bowing Down to Our Own Violence

Posted on: Apr 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet

News outlets in the U.S. combine the totally proper condemnation of killing at home with a notably different affect toward the methodical killing abroad that is funded by the U.S. Treasury.

The Awful Truth About Hillary, Barack, John ... and Whitewash

Posted on: Apr 16, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The Pentagon's most likely next target is Iran; yet three presidential hopefuls say that no options should be taken off the table.

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

Posted on: Apr 4, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Every year on April 4, as Americans commemorate MLK's death, we get perfunctory news reports that fail to account for the last several years of his life -- and for good reason.

While McCain Walks in McNamara's Footsteps

Posted on: Apr 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Awakening from a 40-year nap, an observer might wonder how much has changed since the last war that the United States stumbled over because it could not win.

The Pragmatism of Prolonged War

Posted on: Mar 13, 2007, Source: AlterNet

In an echo of Vietnam 40 years ago, the Iraq war continues while the antiwar movement loses its way among the ineffective posturing of Democratic leadership.

Making an Example of Ehren Watada

Posted on: Feb 6, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Those who resist this war deserve our gratitude and our support. And our willingness to resist as well.

The Pentagon vs. Press Freedom

Posted on: Jan 23, 2007, Source: AlterNet

We often hear that the Pentagon exists to defend our freedoms. But the Pentagon is moving against press freedom.

The Headless Horseman of the Apocalypse

Posted on: Jan 9, 2007, Source: AlterNet

We can blame Bush all we want -- and he does hold the reins right now -- but his main enablers these days are the fastidious public servants in Congress.

Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2006

Posted on: Dec 26, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only a few can win a P.U.-litzer.

Powell, Baker, Hamilton -- Thanks for Nothing

Posted on: Dec 18, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The problem with the U.S. war effort is not strategy and management, as the ISG will have us believe, but lies and slaughter.

Is the USA the Center of the World?

Posted on: Dec 13, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Rumor has it our world domination is in jeopardy. Can politicians take the ego-beating?

Media Sham for Iraq War Is Happening Again

Posted on: Dec 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The mainstream media that misled the public into the war with Iraq is now trumpeting so-called analysis about why we should stay, but their rhetoric is just another betrayal of journalistic responsibility.

The New Media Offensive for the Iraq War

Posted on: Nov 16, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Powerful media institutions -- including the front page of the New York Times -- are feverishly spinning against a pullout of U.S. troops.

Saddam's Unindicted Co-Conspirator

Posted on: Nov 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Extracting the ugly facts on Donald Rumsfeld, the current U.S. defense secretary.

How I Was Wrong About Thomas Friedman

Posted on: Oct 31, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It's reasonable to ask whether Friedman -- perhaps the richest journalist in the U.S. -- might be less evangelical for 'globalization' if he hadn't been so wealthy

Channeling Thomas Friedman

Posted on: Oct 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet

As the leading media advocate of 'free trade' and 'globalization, the New York Times columnist is expertly proficient at explaining the world to the world.

The Pundit Path for Death in Iraq

Posted on: Oct 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet

How does the horrific estimated Iraqi death toll -- around 600,000 -- correlate with the U.S. media's evasive coverage of the war?

Welcome to the Nuclear Club

Posted on: Oct 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The Bush administration will do its best to exploit North Korea's nuclear test, to stave off a loss of the Republican majority in Congress.

Iraq is Not a Quagmire

Posted on: Oct 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Iraq is not a swamp; it's a place where real people live and die. They are not metaphors, and neither is their country.

Media Tall Tales for the Next War

Posted on: Sep 26, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The more the media lies about Iraq, the more such fairy tales become machinery for the next war.

The Hollow Media Promise of Digital Technology

Posted on: Sep 20, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Umpteen gigabytes can't make up for a media culture and a political environment largely out of touch with human empathy.

How Others See U.S.

Posted on: Sep 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet

American media's insulation about the 'war on terror' is dangerous.

Spinning the Troop Levels in Iraq

Posted on: Sep 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet

President Bush keeps demanding 'blank checks' for more time and more troops in Iraq -- and Congress keeps cutting them.

The TV Debate We'll Never See

Posted on: Aug 31, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A televised debate between president Bush and Iranian president Ahmadinejad will never happen -- but it's worth thinking about.

The Mythical End to the Politics of Fear

Posted on: Aug 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Mainstream news reporting accepts and propagates the basic world view of the Bush administration.

Who's Afraid of Hillary Clinton?

Posted on: Aug 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet

It's alarming that progressive groups like MoveOn.org are refusing to challenge the pro-Iraq war Hillary.

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