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You Say Iraqi, I Say Al Qaeda

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

Glenn Greenwald and Joshua Micah Marshall are calling out the mainstream media for uncritically parroting the Bush administration's new strategy of referring to Iraqi insurgents as "Al Qaeda." Greenwald writes, "What is so amazing about this new rhetorical development — not only from our military, but also from our 'journalists' — is that, for years, it was too shameless and false even for the Bush administration to use.

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Main Source: 
Salon.com, June 23, 2007
Topics: 
Iraq
Journalism
Rhetoric

Seven Papers Axe Coulter's Column

Submitted by Bob Burton on

Ann Coulter on C-SPANIn the last week at least seven newspapers have dropped the syndicated column of conservative firebrand Ann Coulter. Speaking at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Main Source: 
Editor & Publisher, March 9, 2007
Topics: 
Right Wing
Pundits
U.S. Congress
Gay / Lesbian
Human Rights
Media
Rhetoric

Neocontrarians

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

Neoconservative war hawk Ken Adelman has gone public with an attack on the Bush administration's handling of Iraq, saying that "the President is ultimately responsible" for what Adelman now calls a "debacle." The Washington Post notes that criticisms now coming from neocons such as Adelman and Richard Perle are the "most striking" examples of

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, November 20, 2006
Topics: 
Right Wing
Iraq
Rhetoric

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