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How Fox News created a new culture of idiots
Cable news has created an entirely new breed of blowhards — and the style has infected banking and even the arts Excerpted from “Assholes: A Theory” Aaron James, Salon Magazine Assholes largely share a thick sense of moral entitlement. Just as hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue, late 19th and early 20th […]
Peter Hart> Misremembering Gaza, Again
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 […]
Nygaard Notes> Voter Suppression and War Propaganda
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 504, March 23, 2012 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ This Week: Voter Suppression and War Propaganda ”Quote” of the Week The U.S. and Afghanistan: “Trust Has Eroded” Anonymous + Classified = Propaganda This Ad Brought to You by The Pentagon Voter Suppression Resources: Education and Action Greetings, This […]
FAIR> Iran and the Threat of Not Having Future Wars
Iran and the Threat of Not Having Future Wars 02/03/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR The conventional understanding you get from the media is that Israel is worried that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a serious threat to the country’s existence. Is that really what’s happening, though? Another interpretation is that Iran might want nuclear weapons […]
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