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For three months now, I've been closely following the coverage of September 11 and its aftermath; how well have the media done?
Dec 20, 2001 / Michael Massing
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Seymore Hersh has had a string of scoops since September 11, laying bare the covert community's skulduggery. Now, though, it seems he's toeing the government's line in ...
Dec 13, 2001 / Michael Massing
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Cable news peddles a soft-shoe rendition of what matters on the global stage, with certain exceptions.
Dec 7, 2001 / Michael Massing
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The Times fans the flames of public fear around the anthrax attacks.
Nov 29, 2001 / Michael Massing
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The Bush administration is trying to win hearts and minds—through a carefully stage-managed media campaign.
Nov 15, 2001 / Michael Massing
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Opinion journalism is pushing the conversation about war to the right.
Nov 8, 2001 / Michael Massing
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Since September 11, Thomas Friedman has been in fine form. In his New York Times column, he has composed a letter for George W. Bush to send to Osama bin Laden, urged Vladimir Put...
Oct 18, 2001 / Michael Massing
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The press conference that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held shortly after the United States began bombing Afghanistan on October 7 was painful to behold. The questions posed ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Michael Massing
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Of all the programs I've seen on Afghanistan, not one was more chilling than Beneath the Veil, an hourlong documentary that has appeared frequently on CNN. Its narrator, Saira ...
Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Massing