nthposition online magazine

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 >
Displaying results 221 through 230 out of 289

Old spin, new spin

by Stephen Gardner

[ october 03 ]

The alleged death of spin has come about not so much a result of Tony Blair's recent travails, but because of changes in media technology - and this heralds new dangers.

The march on Damascus

by Ramzy Baroud

[ october 03 ]

"For Bush, like many of the hawks in his administration, all Arabs and Muslims are the same, geographically, culturally, religiously and politically. Bombing Syria, therefore, might not seem an inappropriate retaliation to a suicide bombing carried out by a young Palestinian inside Israel."

Just the (documented) facts, Ma'am

by Robert Jensen

[ october 03 ]

"We decided to draw up a tongue-in-cheek 'hierarchy of facts'. In the most exalted position was the category to which journalists are most wedded: Documented Facts. On the bottom were the facts that potentially cause the most trouble for journalists: True Facts." Robert Jensen on the truth, the whole truth and nothing like the truth.

The devil is in the details

by David Wallis

[ october 03 ]

"Apprehension is still palpable in the city, particularly on the subways. Passengers scan crowds. An abandoned briefcase can create havoc. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently posted ads advising passengers to refrain from eating lest jittery commuters mistake spilled mustard for a deadly biological agent."

Schwarzenegger - The Deregulator

by Jason Leopold

[ october 03 ]

Ahnuld's first role as Governor-elect of California will be to push the state's electricity market towards deregulation.

Smell the shedding skin of the new spin

by Michael Standaert

[ october 03 ]

"During the 'Military Phase' of the Iraq Liberation, a cultural phenomenon poked its mole chewed face from the subterranean depths of American television media: Bash a Celebrity Hour."

Iraqi liberation, Bush style

by Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan

[ september 03 ]

Paul Bremer has given himself the power to squelch Iraqi media engaged in 'incitement', which in practice means clamping down on those who oppose the occupation.

Voting down democracy

by Jason Leopold

[ september 03 ]

The Omnibus Appropriations Bill will force most states to switch from paper balloting to a bug-riddled - and unverifiable - computerised system. What price democracy?

On feel-good conservation

by Karl Ammann

[ august 03 ]

The survival of the great apes is endangered by bushmeat poachers, and some of the large conservation organisations have become part of the problem.

Grim fairy tales

by Robert Jensen

[ august 03 ]

It is not enough to complain about the performance of journalists: we have to work to change journalism.