Norman Solomon on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/norman_solomon Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2006 2006-06-22T03:05:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Norman Solomon: This Is Your Life, Dan Rather http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060621_norman_solomon_dan_rather/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060621_norman_solomon_dan_rather/ dan, normon, rather, solomon, Mr. Rather, you spent too much time over the course of your career fawning at the feet of the powerful.

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]]> 2006-06-22T03:05:00+00:00 Norman Solomon: The Gay Marriage Ban Isn’t Just Politics as Usual http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060608_norman_solomon_gay_marriage_politics/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060608_norman_solomon_gay_marriage_politics/ ban, constitution, discrimination, gay, homosexual, marriage, media, republican, solomon, Columns Members of the media have been too easy on the Republican push to ban gay marriage. Yes, it may be all about politics, but does that mean society shouldn’t react harshly to the attempt to codify discrimination in our Constitution?

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]]> 2006-06-08T23:56:00+00:00 Norman Solomon: Media Memorial Day, 2006 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060524_norman_solomon_media_memorial/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060524_norman_solomon_media_memorial/ day, divorce, hollywood, media, memorial, norman, solomon, “We remember that many Americans have lost their limbs or their lives in on-the-job accidents that might have been prevented if overall media coverage had been anywhere near as transfixed with job safety as with, say, marital splits among Hollywood celebrities.”

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]]> 2006-05-27T05:00:00+00:00 Norman Solomon: Hunger and the Limits of Journalism http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060508_norman_solomon_hunger/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060508_norman_solomon_hunger/ children, hunger, journalism, limitations, martin luther king jr., military, nutrition, priorities, unicef, world, Columns “Journalists routinely function as cogs in media machinery that processes tragedy [in this case world hunger] as just another news commodity.”

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]]> 2006-05-08T16:27:00+00:00 Normon Solomon: Changing a Face While Keeping Policies in Place http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060419_normon_solomon_policies/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060419_normon_solomon_policies/ administration, agenda, approval, mcclellan, mistakes, poll ratings, press secretary, public relations, white house, The departure of White House press secretary Scott McClellan is a classic instance of ditching the pitchman in an effort to improve the image of the product.

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]]> 2006-04-22T08:00:00+00:00 Foreclosing a Media Debate on U.S. Policies Toward Israel http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060409_israel_moral_blackmail_and_the_anti_semitic_defense/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060409_israel_moral_blackmail_and_the_anti_semitic_defense/ american, anti-semitic, debate, essay, harvard, media, policy, professors, u.s., Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled “The Israel Lobby,” the outrage continues to howl through mainstream U.S. media.

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]]> 2006-04-09T18:17:00+00:00 On Invasion’s Third Anniversary, Tune Out the Pundits http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060317_norman_solomon_invasion/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060317_norman_solomon_invasion/ deception, enthusiasm, illegitimate, journalism, journalists, militarism, simplistic, u.s., In the midst of pervasive militarism, eagerness to take the path of least resistance is a reflex in mainstream U.S. journalism.

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]]> 2006-03-18T02:03:00+00:00 Death: The Big Story That’s Rarely Covered Well http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060227_death_penalty_media_solomon/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060227_death_penalty_media_solomon/ abstractions, catastrophes, death, euphemisms, injection, journalists, killing, lethal, media, Columns Public acceptance of killing thrives on abstractions. And, in turn, those abstractions are largely facilitated by news media.  Solomon examines how words can mask the ugly truth of state-sponsored killing.

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