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Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

April 16, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Does Obama have control of his own intelligence agencies? Also, the Times has an ironic definition of propaganda This shapes up as an important week in the Ukraine crisis. We have already witnessed the extent to which the provisional government…

The New York Times manufactures ignorance: More half-truths about Ukraine

The New York Times manufactures ignorance: More half-truths about Ukraine

March 20, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Once again, the media and the foreign policy establishment are dangerously misreading history and current events Vladimir Putin was very Vlad this week, as 97 percent of voting Crimeans elected to quit the mess Ukraine has become and rejoin Russia….

John McCain, cranky, warmongering madman, again: Why does the New York Times print these lunatic ravings?

John McCain, cranky, warmongering madman, again: Why does the New York Times print these lunatic ravings?

March 17, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

An out-of-control McCain calls for Obama to draw a red line in Crimea. The New York Times just goes right along One develops an odd liking for John McCain over time—attenuated but not grudging. The Republican senator who once found…

Propaganda, lies and the New York Times: Everything you really need to know about Ukraine

Propaganda, lies and the New York Times: Everything you really need to know about Ukraine

March 12, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The media keeps buying the American spin on what’s happening in Ukraine. Let’s cut through the fog You need a machete these days to whack through the thicket of misinformation, disinformation, spin, propaganda and straight-out lying that daily envelopes the…

Thomas Friedman, supreme toady: Also, shameless!

Thomas Friedman, supreme toady: Also, shameless!

March 1, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Shame on the Times and other media for falsely spinning Ukraine events. We now await the inevitable U.S. betrayal Months of discontent in Kiev and the western portion of Ukraine combust into an explosion of provocation and response, unwarranted violence,…

You’re being lied to about Afghanistan: The terrorists there include us

You’re being lied to about Afghanistan: The terrorists there include us

January 30, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

When we treat civilians as collateral damage, no wonder Hamid Karzai trusts us as little as the U.S. trusts him Some readers may recall the joke that went around when George W. Bush launched Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan shortly…

Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times’ foreign coverage be trusted at all?

Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times’ foreign coverage be trusted at all?

January 16, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The Times walks back a story about Syria and chemical weapons, a reminder of the media’s complicity with power The big doings do not stop in the Middle East. We now have a deal on Iran’s nuclear program that anyone…

American empire is over: Somebody tell John Kerry!

American empire is over: Somebody tell John Kerry!

December 12, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

New York Times embarrassingly praises Biden and Kerry’s sorrowful efforts, all unaware U.S. exceptionalism is dead We have made ourselves a navel-gazing folk, a little like Americans of the 19th century — until we lunged into the world by bravely…

Chomsky’s right: The New York Times’ latest big lie

Chomsky’s right: The New York Times’ latest big lie

November 16, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

More misleading half-truths from a paper too cowed by power and myth to tell the truth about U.S. foreign policy Never before have I written a column concerning nothing more than a pair of quotation marks. Then again, never until…

Middling logic, middling newspaper: New York Times bows to government, again, on NSA

Middling logic, middling newspaper: New York Times bows to government, again, on NSA

November 9, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

By withholding details of Edward Snowden documents, the paper of record shows it cares more about power than news Ever since Edward Snowden made his daring leap into the kingdom of his own conscience last spring, I have tried and…

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