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Wal-Mart Sends in the Tanks

by Sheldon Rampton — September 9, 2006 - 2:37pm

"As Wal-Mart Stores struggles to rebut criticism from unions and Democratic leaders, the company has discovered a reliable ally," report Michael Barbaro and Stephanie Strom: "prominent conservative research groups like the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the

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New York Times, September 8, 2006

Open Letter to ABC

by Sheldon Rampton — September 6, 2006 - 9:02pm

A group of activists has launched an Open Letter to ABC and its parent company, Disney, challenging the network's right-wing bias and factual distortions in its upcoming docudrama, "The Path to 9/11." The open letter includes information about

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Open Letter to ABC, September 5, 2006

Hijacking 9/11

by Sheldon Rampton — September 4, 2006 - 11:59am

The FireDogLake weblog has featured an article by Sheldon Rampton describing the ABC television network's plan to broadcast a right-wing "docudrama" that attempts to place a lion’s share of the blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on alleged failures of the Clinton administration.

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FireDogLake, September 4, 2006

Troops, Hoops and Antichoice Brutes

by Diane Farsetta — August 21, 2006 - 3:17pm

USA Basketball is in a slump, suffering more losses in 2004 "than the team had in its entire Olympic history." To inspire the players, managing director Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski turned to U.S. "soldiers maimed and crippled by the war in Iraq," arranging a televised meeting between the veterans and the athletes. Using soldiers wounded in "a deeply unpopular war from which, according to a recent Zogby poll, 72 percent of troops want to escape ...

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The Nation (U.S.), August 28, 2006

Labor Department Official Does Punditry On the Side

by Diane Farsetta — August 17, 2006 - 4:54pm

"'Conservative commentator' is not an appropriate label, by itself, for someone in her position, even if she is not speaking on government time or is speaking for herself and not the department," PBS ombudsman Michael Getler wrote of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Karen Czarnecki.

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PBS Ombudsman Column, August 16, 2006

Climate Change Website Taken Off, Eh?

by Diane Farsetta — August 7, 2006 - 12:38pm

The conservative administration "is trying to push global climate change off the federal map, shutting down the main federal website on the topic and removing mention of it from speeches and postings" -- in Canada.

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Toronto Star, August 5, 2006

Iran: The Next War

by John Stauber — July 28, 2006 - 9:14am

James Bamford reports that "War with Iran has been in the works for the past five years, shaped in almost complete secrecy by a small group of senior Pentagon officials attached to the Office of Special Plans.

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Rolling Stone, July 26, 2006

Newt & the Neocons Pitch World War III -- Who's Buying It?

by John Stauber — July 20, 2006 - 4:46pm

Bill Berkowitz reports, " For years, U.S. neoconservatives have been ratcheting up the rhetoric -- mostly in small gatherings and on partisan web sites -- claiming that terrorist activities around the world constituted the initial stages of a new world war. But during the past week or so ...

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Inter Press Service, July 20, 2006

The Sins of Ralph Reed

by Sheldon Rampton — July 14, 2006 - 5:16pm

Why won't Ralph Reed talk to reporters, even though he's running for public office? "He can’t afford to," writes Sean Flynn in a lengthy profile of the scandal-dogged former Christian Coalition organizer. "If he does, they’ll just start asking him all those uncomfortable questions that have nothing to do with being lieutenant governor.

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GQ, July 2006

Kill The Messenger? Pro-War Advocates Should Blame Themselves for the Mess in Iraq

by John Stauber — July 11, 2006 - 4:13pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Journalism, Iraq, Democracy

    • Journalists! Let's get 'em!

    As conditions in Iraq continue to deteriorate, supporters of the war are casting around for someone to blame, and journalists are becoming an increasingly popular scapegoat — an ironic turn of events, since the mainstream media's uncritical support for the war helped get us into this mess in the first place.

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