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Why the right really hates NPR - with or without Juan Williams

Wingers have dreamed of destroying NPR for years -- because they despise its honest news values and openness

By Joe Conason Oct 22, 2010

NYT v. the world: WikiLeaks coverage

The newspaper which enabled the attack on Iraq is still serving government interests in its "reporting"

By Glenn Greenwald October 25, 2010
The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT

In the wake of horrific Iraq War revelations, the media's key question: What's Julian Assange really like?

By Glenn Greenwald October 24, 2010
The real danger from NPR's firing of Juan Williams

Above all else, the mythology of Muslim as Scary Menace must be preserved

By Glenn Greenwald October 22, 2010
Wisconsin: The Tea Party test case

Is the Tea Party inspired by principle or partisanship? If Feingold loses in Wisconsin, we'll know for sure

By David Sirota October 22, 2010

Secret memo displays corporate and media tentacles of the Kochtopus

Fresh evidence of the New York billionaires' midterm campaign implicates journalists as well as fat cats

By Joe Conason October 21, 2010
NPR fires Juan Williams for anti-Muslim bigotry

The glaring double standard in our political discourse suffers a serious and long overdue blow

By Glenn Greenwald October 21, 2010
Time for Dems to slam the GOP hypocrites

Obama's GOP antagonists offer empty rhetoric even they don't believe. But does he have the heart to call them out?

By Gene Lyons October 20, 2010
George Soros' "foreign" money

Why do Rush Limbaugh and others choose to denigrate the American citizen's donations in this particular way?

By Glenn Greenwald October 20, 2010
Iran needs stern lessons in freedom

A plan to put two Americans on trial for espionage sparks non-ironic outrage

By Glenn Greenwald October 20, 2010
Joe Miller's private "guards" were active-duty military

New revelations make an already disturbing story far worse

By Glenn Greenwald October 19, 2010
The public shaming of Anthony Kennedy

He claimed that online technology would make corporate donations instantly transparent. Now we see how wrong he was

By Joe Conason October 19, 2010
David Brooks' campaign finance "facts"

The NYT columnist belittles concerns about anonymous right-wing spending with misleading assertions

By Glenn Greenwald October 19, 2010
Glaring double standard in tolerance for anti-Muslim bigotry

Like TNR's editor-in-chief, Fox News morning host Brian Kilmeade will not suffer for his repellent remarks

By Glenn Greenwald October 18, 2010
Obama finds support from the right

Christine O'Donnell effusively praises the president's terrorism and foreign policies in the Muslim world

By Glenn Greenwald October 18, 2010
How propaganda is disseminated: WikiLeaks Edition

On the eve of a new leak, widely trumpeted Pentagon accusations about the whistleblowing site have proven false

By Glenn Greenwald October 17, 2010
NPR poll: Republican midterm tide has crested

A new national survey of battleground districts strongly suggests that the Democrats aren't quite dead just yet

By Joe Conason October 16, 2010
A political culture free of accountability

The president meets with a ringleader of the Bush torture regime

By Glenn Greenwald October 15, 2010
The imperial defense of Pentagon bloat

Perhaps Republicans' defense spending rhetoric only exposes their vision of sovereignty

By David Sirota October 15, 2010
The Wars on Drugs and Terror: mirror images

The deceit and propaganda which justify both wars are identical, as are the harms they cause

By Glenn Greenwald October 14, 2010
With Christine O'Donnell, is "lookism" such a crime?

Let's end the double standard that lets girls say anything they like about boys, who are forbidden to talk back

By Gene Lyons October 13, 2010
"No new taxes" for GOP -- except a national sales tax

Republicans swear they won't raise taxes -- but Rand Paul and Paul Ryan want to tax everything you buy

By Joe Conason October 13, 2010
Robert Gibbs, hypocritical transparency crusader

The press secretary now decries concealed campaign funders -- but was once a champion of it

By Glenn Greenwald October 13, 2010
Kagan's first steps on the Court

In two important cases, the newest Justice refuses to join with Ginsburg and Sotomayor

By Glenn Greenwald October 13, 2010
They hate us for our occupations

A new study by a University of Chicago professor reveals the obvious about what actually causes terrorism

By Glenn Greenwald October 12, 2010

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NYT v. the world: WikiLeaks coverage

The newspaper which enabled the attack on Iraq is still serving government interests in its "reporting"
The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT

In the wake of horrific Iraq War revelations, the media's key question: What's Julian Assange really like?
The real danger from NPR's firing of Juan Williams

Above all else, the mythology of Muslim as Scary Menace must be preserved

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NPR was wrong to fire Juan Williams

The left is crowing, but punishing journalists -- even Fox News toadies -- for having opinions is a terrible idea
Three Tea Party videos all voters should see

Angle displays racial bewilderment, O'Donnell shows constitutional ignorance and Miller exposes his inner thug
Obama draws the wrong lesson from his woes

The administration thinks it's got to work harder in the months ahead to court the folks who thwarted its plans