Buzzflash: Scheer’s Book ‘Incisive, No Holds Barred Commentary’
In a review of "Playing President," Buzzflash says Robert Scheer's "insights appear all the more astounding because he stood virtually alone in making them for so long among mainstream journalists."
Note from managing editor Blair Golson: In a review of “Playing President,” Buzzflash says Robert Scheer’s “insights appear all the more astounding because he stood virtually alone in making them for so long among mainstream journalists.”
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The editors at Buzzflash argue that in displaying the picture of Zarqawi's dead, bloated face the way it did, the Bush administration is once again displaying the same kind of sophomoric bravado ("Bring 'em on") that it used to its great detriment in the past
Read Truthdig contributor Nir Rosen's account of the life, death and intellectual underpinnings of Zarqawi
Also: Buzzflash just won two Project Uncensored awards for contributor columns about U civilian detention camps and "net neutrality".
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