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11 September 2008
Dubious praise for ‘The Daily Show’
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Norman Solomon
As corporate media coverage of the presidential race becomes even more notably stingy with intrepid journalism, the mainstream press enthusiasm for "The Daily Show" seems more cloying than ever.

The pattern is now a routine...
08 September 2008
Beyond the Conventions
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Norman Solomon
With varying degrees of confidence or even complacency, many people have assumed that the jig is almost up for the horrendous political era that began when George W. Bush became president. Always dubious, the assumption is now on very...
03 September 2008
Rovian politics chose Sarah Palin
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Paul Loeb
What does it say about John McCain that he picked not only the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in America’s history, but someone he really doesn’t know? Departing so far from any normal concept of appropriate background, he...
21 August 2008
Free Press mourns the tragic passing of courageous U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
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Bob Fitrakis
Bob Fitrakis, with the Ecological Options Network crew, interviewed Rep. Tubbs-Jones after the 2004 election debacle and subsequent 2005 challenge to the Ohio electoral votes. Watch it here:

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21 August 2008
Predator and prey
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Robert Koehler
Bad bear!

Within the false outrage coursing through much of mainstream politics and the media, there is a grudging reverence for the brutality of the latest world crisis, if evinced only in the satisfaction that America has...
20 August 2008
Progressives and Obama: the clash of narratives
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Norman Solomon
By now, across the progressive spectrum, some familiar storylines tell us the meaning of the Obama campaign. In a groove, each narrative digs its truths. But whether those particular truths are the most important at this historical moment...

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