Category: Culture
The Politics (and Profits) of Information: The 9/11 Commission One Year Later
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2005 | Media, National SecurityThe commission that investigated the events of 9/11 has been highly praised and sharply criticized, but one aspect of its task has virtually escaped notice: its responsibility to leave behind a complete, lasting, and easily accessible public record of its investigation. For all the good work that the panel did, some of its decisions have […]
Cindy and the Media | Talk of Iraq Withdrawal in Congress | It’s Getting Hot in Here
by WS Editors | Sep 1, 2005 | Foreign Policy, MediaWhat Took the Media So Long?—Cindy Sheehan is not a recent phenomenon, even though the mainstream media are treating her as such. She began speaking out after her son Casey’s death on April 4, 2004, forming a small organization, Gold Star Families for Peace, and contributing to the antiwar website LewRockwell.com. In March, The Nation featured Sheehan on […]
A New Book Smearing Senator Clinton Sells Well
by Fredric Alan Maxwell | Aug 1, 2005 | Books, PoliticsIt is called: The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President. It is by Edward Klein, and has a title almost as slimy as its text. The Klein book, with its ugly rhetoric, insinuations and smears, has dropped from No. 2 to No. 4 on […]
A Do-Nothing U.S. Congress Makes Local Government More Important
by Neal Peirce | May 15, 2005 | Economy, MediaFor several decades, Neal Peirce has been a national journalist in Washington, but with a sharp eye focused also on the state and local scenes. He is the author of the newspaper column “Citistates Reports” (formerly called the “Peirce Reports”), which concentrates on strategic issues for many regional newspapers. The country’s first national newspaper column […]
The GOP Scrutinizes the CBP | Amtrak Hit the Breaks | More DeLay | Bush Cuts His Own Taxes
by WS Editors | May 15, 2005 | Economy, MediaCorruption at Public Broadcasting—The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is the administrative funnel through which congressional appropriations are doled out to PBS, the Public Broadcasting System’s television outlet, and NPR, National Public Radio. The CPB received about $378 million from Congress for the 2004 fiscal year, representing about 15 percent of public broadcasting’s revenues. Some […]
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