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Obama Makes a Terrible Mistake by Not Releasing Torture Photos

Cenk Uygur, AlterNet. May 14, 2009.

America has to face that we did what is in those pictures. The longer we cover it up, the more culpable we all become.

Obama Calls It "Torture" on Prime Time

Matt Renner, TruthOut.org. April 30, 2009.

Barack Obama says torture "corrodes the character of a country."

Don't Believe the Hype; Corporate Media are Trying Their Damnedest to Politicize Torture

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. April 21, 2009.

The White House Press corps reduces torture investigations into partisan warfare.

Obama More Committed to Government Transparency Than News Media?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. January 22, 2009.

News organizations nix White House hopes to post pooled reports on Web site.

Bush Drops Fake Cowboy Shtick

Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post. January 16, 2009.

Why does the press think its their job became to reinforce the fake images and storylines of politicians rather than to challenge them?

Obama Addresses Worries That There Isn't Enough 'Change' in His Cabinet Picks

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 26, 2008.

"Understand where the vision for change comes from first and foremost: it comes from me."

How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis

Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review. November 20, 2008.

Government and greedy bankers aren't the only ones to blame.

GOP's Plan for Palin: Reignite the Culture Wars

Jay Rosen, Huffington Post. September 5, 2008.

Republicans will try to spin Palin's shortcoming into strengths, by revving up the culture wars.

Is the Honeymoon Over? Is the Media Losing Their Love of McCain?

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. July 30, 2008.

The press actually believed McCain wouldn't go negative. And now, shockingly, he's gone negative! The press loses its innocence!

Pat Buchanan Outed as White Supremacist On-Air By Pundit Pal

Alex Blaze, The Bilerico Project. January 18, 2008.

You have three white men talking, and the only thing preventing them from starting a circle jerk over the Oppressed White Man is Bill Press.

US Sergeant: Iraq is our Vietnam [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, April 23, 2007.

War can't be won...

Bush lied today

Huffington Post, April 3, 2007.

Brent Budowsky: In today's press conference he claimed the surge was at the behest of experts...

Image of the Day, Iraq

Evan Derkacz, March 7, 2007.

... and the press begs for scraps from the presidential table...

Bernstein: Willingness of Bush White House to Lie is unprecedented

Evan Derkacz, February 15, 2007.

And lo, Bush lies on Iran... only to blame it on a "briefer"...

So what if Iran is arming Shiite militias?

Joshua Holland, February 12, 2007.

Joshua Holland: Don't let the hawks frame the debate.

Media skeptical of Bush Admin lying about Iran [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, February 6, 2007.

Fool the press once, shame on you... fool them twice...

Daily Show's Scooty Libby Primer [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, February 2, 2007.

All you ever wanted to know about the Bush admin's apparent crime but were too tired to ask...

The Government's Assault on Press Freedom

William Bennett Turner, San Francisco Chronicle. December 12, 2006.

The United States government consistently undermines democracy by eroding the media's ability to report.

Bush: Iraqis willing to "tolerate" violence [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, October 11, 2006.

Bush doesn't find report that over half million Iraqis are dead 'credible'...