Robin Andersen's News Articles

"Mission Accomplished," Four Years Later

by Robin Andersen — May 1, 2007 - 6:40pm
  • Topics: Journalism, International, Propaganda, Secrecy, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Bush administration's now-infamous photo op when Bush landed in a fighter jet on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. His speech was one of many publicity stunts and media manipulations used to sell a fantasy war whose real and very tragic consequences are still being felt.

    Bush's Fantasy Budget and the Military/Entertainment Complex

    by Robin Andersen — February 12, 2007 - 3:41pm
  • Topics: Media, War / Peace

    • Those distressed by the bloated military budget that Bush recently announced should be equally alarmed by corporate media's stake in defense spending, because among other things, it helps shape news, entertainment culture and public attitudes toward war and its weapons. The CBS News report on Bush's budget was typical of the news coverage, describing it as a proposal for "a big increase in military spending, including billions more to fight the war in Iraq, while squeezing the rest of government" -- a euphemism for slashing Medicare and social programs across the board, further impoverishing Americans now sitting on mountains of debt with no medical coverage.

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