criticism

2 Honduran Media Outlets Silenced

Sep 28, 2009
As if the Honduran coup leaders couldn't get any more nostalgic for the 1980s, they have closed down two domestic media organizations critical of the interim government, a move that shadows pretty much every Latin American coup in the past half-century.

Post Fires at the Left

Jun 19, 2009
Being popular and Internet-savvy, writer Dan Froomkin surely holds a place in today's struggling newspaper business that's secure. At least that's what you'd think. Instead, The Washington Post has fired him. The move removes one of the only mainstream commentators to criticize Barack Obama from the left.

Clinton Slams Obama, CNN Slams Clinton

Apr 12, 2008
CNN's political panel takes Hillary Clinton to task over what Jeffrey Toobin calls her "ridiculous" and "embarrassing" attack on Barack Obama's comment that some Americans are bitter about federal mishandling of the economy. And when John McCain's criticism of the Obama comment comes up, Jack Cafferty nearly blows a gasket.
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Truth or Consequences

Mar 4, 2008
We got snookered. Motoko Rich of The New York Times reports in her article posted March 4 that the just-published "memoir" by Margaret B. Jones, called "Love and Consequences," about Jones' "life as a half-white, half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods," is a fabrication.

Bush Clings to 9/11-Iraq Link

Jul 13, 2007
President Bush continues to insist that there is a direct connection between the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the "folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq." In fact, according to The New York Times, Bush mentioned al-Qaida no fewer than 30 times in public remarks Thursday.

Media Critic on Why It’s Only Getting Worse

Mar 23, 2007
Jeff Cohen joins Truthdig to talk about life in the big media trenches, why news coverage is only getting worse, and how horse race politics and the corporatization of information are killing American democracy. Cohen was the communications director for the 2004 Dennis Kucinich campaign, founder of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, and author most recently of "Cable News Confidential" (excerpted here).

Rumsfeld Goes Off the Deep End

Aug 30, 2006
The Secretary of Defense compared critics of the war in Iraq to Nazi appeasers, saying the critics have failed to heed the lessons of history. (story and video) History, huh? Well, based on current policy, one imagines that Rumsfeld would have recommended invading China in response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

In a First, Bush Directs Criticism at Israel

Aug 10, 2006
Bush said neither Israel nor Hezbollah should escalate the month-old war Despite Bush's comments, Israel today decided to launch a massive ground attack into southern Lebanon Israel lost 15 soldiers on Wednesday -- its deadliest day of the war; Lebanon's deadliest was Monday (link -- scroll down).