Dog-training the press corps Journalists who heap the most lavish praise on the White House are rewarded with the most valuable treats BY GLENN GREENWALD April 30, 2012 Salon.com President Obama laughs at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington on Saturday. (Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing) David Ignatius, The Washington Post, December 26, 2010: More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 507, May 10, 2012 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ This Week: Global Warming 1. “Quote” of the Week 2. Science, The Public, and the Media 3. Climate Change: The Scientific Consensus Greetings No room for an editor’s note this week. See you in #508 Nygaard 1. “Quote” More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 507, May 10, 2012 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ This Week: Global Warming 1. “Quote” of the Week 2. Science, The Public, and the Media 3. Climate Change: The Scientific Consensus Greetings No room for an editor’s note this week. See you in #508 Nygaard 1. “Quote” More
Misremembering Gaza, Again Posted on 05/04/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR The New York Times shouldn't be trusted to report on future wars if it can't get the facts about previous wars right. فداك روحي يا فلسطين (photo added by WAMMToday) Once again, the Times misleads readers about the lead up to Israel's invasion of More
Misremembering Gaza, Again Posted on 05/04/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR The New York Times shouldn't be trusted to report on future wars if it can't get the facts about previous wars right. فداك روحي يا فلسطين (photo added by WAMMToday) Once again, the Times misleads readers about the lead up to Israel's invasion of More
Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012 TomDispatch If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, minimalist, focused on a More
Tomgram> Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012 TomDispatch If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, minimalist, focused on a More
What No One Said About NCLB Profiteering (Except the People Who Were Saying It) Posted on 04/30/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR New York Times columnist Gail Collins had a good critique of standardized testing and the No Child Left Behind law (4/28/12), weighing in on the "Pineapplegate" controversy about a bizarre question that appeared More
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Chris Woods on drone strikes Submitted by sosadmin on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 13:44 Privacy SOS Among the presenters at the Drone Summit yesterday in Washington DC was Chris Woods, a journalist with the Bureau of Invesitgative Journalism (TBIJ). His reporting contributed to TBIJ's groundbreaking study on the effects of More
Media Malfeasance: Corporate News Downsizes OWS, Downplays Murdoch Ruling By Gustav Wynn May 3, 2012 OpEdNews NYC streets occupied May 1, 2012 by gw Tuesday's May Day march was Occupy Wall Street's largest ever, with one NY Times estimate topping out at 30,000 demonstrators.The exact crowd size was hard to gauge from the More
Media Malfeasance: Corporate News Downsizes OWS, Downplays Murdoch Ruling By Gustav Wynn May 3, 2012 OpEdNews NYC streets occupied May 1, 2012 by gw Tuesday's May Day march was Occupy Wall Street's largest ever, with one NY Times estimate topping out at 30,000 demonstrators.The exact crowd size was hard to gauge from the More
The New York Times, May 2nd – The Day After By Don Gato May 2, 2012 New York Times eXaminer Yesterday, May 1st—International Workers Day (and what Obama has cynically renamed a new national holiday called “Loyalty Day,” tailing red-baiting anti-communist Presidents of times past[i])—I was in New York City for “Occupy May More
