AlterNet.org: Jeff Cohen Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet.org: Jeff Cohen http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. Jeff Cohen: 6 Huge Items That Really Exploded the Debt (That You Never Hear the Mainstream Media Talk About) http://www.alternet.org/story/151846/6_huge_items_that_really_exploded_the_debt_%28that_you_never_hear_the_mainstream_media_talk_about%29/ The big items that added trillions to the debt are not even on the field of debate. Because Democrats and Republicans are not contesting them. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -01320ec83d23735cbc30682006ccc2d1 Jeff Cohen: Obama Is No Victim of the Right Wing -- He's Pandered to Corporate Interests for Years http://www.alternet.org/story/151777/obama_is_no_victim_of_the_right_wing_--_he%27s_pandered_to_corporate_interests_for_years/ The evidence is clear that Obama is an often-willing servant of corporate interests -- not serving their interests only because the GOP forced him to. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -55ad6ffbd6241b435f8a6bf40a6dd60c Jeff Cohen: Is Obama Following in the Footsteps of Bill Clinton? http://www.alternet.org/story/144210/is_obama_following_in_the_footsteps_of_bill_clinton/ Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives to enact corrupt legislation and compromise for the votes of Republicans. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -3179bf006513276628b32add2d8c487e Jeff Cohen: Forget "Centrists," We Need Progressives in the Supreme Court -- Right-Wingers Will Fight Whomever Obama Picks http://www.alternet.org/story/140168/forget_%26quot%3Bcentrists%2C%26quot%3B_we_need_progressives_in_the_supreme_court_--_right-wingers_will_fight_whomever_obama_picks/ Unless Obama gives up his centrist approach and appoints real progressives, our right-wing court may get even more conservative. Wed, 20 May 2009 21:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -bc065098e0ef9fb03e09740cbd92bf97 Jeff Cohen: Announcing the 2008 P.U.-litzer Prizes http://www.alternet.org/story/115977/announcing_the_2008_p.u.-litzer_prizes/ The year's stinkiest media performances. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -bb96254e6ebcf1092ecd07108a85983f Jeff Cohen: Americans Move Left; New York Times Misses It http://www.alternet.org/story/93050/americans_move_left%3B_new_york_times_misses_it/ Most Americans reside on the left side of the political spectrum. But the mainstream media stubbornly refuse to acknowledge this. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -00fc3b8fd6b839a443e871da3fddc042 Jeff Cohen: 40 Years Later, Martin Luther King Is Still Silenced http://www.alternet.org/story/81389/40_years_later%2C_martin_luther_king_is_still_silenced/ In his last year of life King condemned American militarism. But we don't see that in retrospectives. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -a3d2db505489920142e50d005eab8eff Jeff Cohen: Announcing the 2007 P.U.-litzer Prizes http://www.alternet.org/story/71563/announcing_the_2007_p.u.-litzer_prizes/ The year's stinkiest media performances. Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:01 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -9c98631ebb14d8a7a63c52fc2b348adb Jeff Cohen: Hillary Rolls on: Are the Netroots a Paper Tiger? http://www.alternet.org/story/61882/hillary_rolls_on%3A_are_the_netroots_a_paper_tiger/ Why isn't there greater opposition to Hillary Clinton's candidacy by the progressive online movement? Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -ff21f8d980be90fd7d986296360e9447 Jeff Cohen: The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV http://www.alternet.org/story/50151/the_martin_luther_king_you_don%27t_see_on_tv/ 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. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -21ab1e26e44f941996510754c733a7f2 Jeff Cohen: Jim Webb Offers the Democratic Response to Hillary and Obama http://www.alternet.org/story/47174/jim_webb_offers_the_democratic_response_to_hillary_and_obama/ Last night, Webb offered a populist, anti-corporate stand on economics and a blunt attack on Bush for "recklessly" dragging our country into war, while Hillary and Obama barely uttered a peep. Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:01 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -7314392b54a1e2534396137849028a07 Jeff Cohen: Is Olbermann on Thin Ice? http://www.alternet.org/story/42564/is_olbermann_on_thin_ice/ A cable news vet fears for Olbermann's job in a conservative landscape. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen -430a7e19cd27b66c8a4a756b85dbfd85 Jeff Cohen: What's Wrong With Calling Bush A Devil? http://www.alternet.org/story/42028/what%27s_wrong_with_calling_bush_a_devil/ Conservatives were quick to lash out at Hugo Chavez for calling President Bush a "devil," but that's exactly what Rush Limbaugh was calling Democrats only a few years ago. Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -56fdf4dfc562e748071e865d034a62b5 Jeff Cohen: Media Beast vs. Public Interest http://www.alternet.org/story/41030/media_beast_vs._public_interest/ As the John Mark Karr debacle shows, TV news loves stories that keep viewers passive and fears the ones that might motivate us to take action. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -427d99addb45f263ba569a7a2d9c65a3 Jeff Cohen: Join the BUYcott http://www.alternet.org/story/22023/join_the_buycott/ Get your gas at Citgo, and help fuel a democratic revolution in Venezuela.  Tue, 17 May 2005 10:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -6c23fdb32b57c00398f53e90a3714bd3 Jeff Cohen: Nader's "Grassroots" Campaign... Courtesy of the GOP http://www.alternet.org/story/19290/nader%27s_%26quot%3Bgrassroots%26quot%3B_campaign..._courtesy_of_the_gop/ Ralph Nader's campaign now depends on folks like Dick Armey and the Reform Party to get on state ballots. Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:00:01 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -989f78982634dc53561c1c70e229d226 Jeff Cohen: Internet Samizdat Releases Suppressed Voices, History http://www.alternet.org/story/11950/internet_samizdat_releases_suppressed_voices%2C_history/ Mainstream media repeatedly presents former U.S. foreign policymakers as omniscient seers who stem crises. But the Internet tells another story, such as that Zbigniew Brzezinski enabled guerilla activities inside Afghanistan six months before the Soviet intervention. Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:00:00 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -3d816b6235b7f8751305f990bdb8c887 Jeff Cohen: Media Gives Bush a Free Pass http://www.alternet.org/story/10663/media_gives_bush_a_free_pass/ On February 25 Secret Service agents fetched George Bush's teenaged daughter's boyfriend from jail, where he'd been arrested for public drunkenness. Since then, the media has been mum about it. Tue, 03 Apr 2001 00:00:00 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -f1b77376e6da9ea8126410f9331886e8 Jeff Cohen: The P.U.-Litzer Prizes for 2000 http://www.alternet.org/story/10255/the_p.u.-litzer_prizes_for_2000/ As usual, the competition for P.U.-litzers -- the annual award that pays tribute to this nation's stinkiest media performances -- has been fierce. Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:00:00 PST Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -d093e56ef752adba41e5eaf26d1960a7 Jeff Cohen: Ghost of 1968 Haunts DNC http://www.alternet.org/story/9631/ghost_of_1968_haunts_dnc/ A tiresome Democratic VP seeks the presidency ... activists take to the streets to protest his convention ... the GOP serves up a shrewdly moderate candidate... If events unfolding in LA feel like a recurring dream, that's because we've lived through a very similar ordeal in 1968. But there is one significant difference between then and now -- Ralph Nader. Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:00:00 PDT Jeff Cohen, AlterNet -f6bc7e9dc18cfe3bbacd3dc594cef296