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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…

Let’s hope for an American defeat over Syria

Let’s hope for an American defeat over Syria

September 13, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

It’s time to walk away from the deadly, irrational myth of American might The Syria crisis deepens not by the day but by the hour, and it delivers us to the threshold of a reality that will cause some to…

Manipulated by power: What is wrong with the New York Times?

Manipulated by power: What is wrong with the New York Times?

September 6, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The government is manipulating facts. There’s no credible evidence on Syria. Why is the Times pretending otherwise? The conflict between democracy at home and empire abroad has beset this nation since the Spanish-American War, a brief interlude of imperial display…

Lapdog media learns nothing, beats war drums again

Lapdog media learns nothing, beats war drums again

August 29, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Have we forgotten Judith Miller already? Or Colin Powell at the U.N.? Before attacking Syria, let’s know the truth As of this writing, early Thursday morning, some Syrians are scheduled to pay with their lives for America’s “credibility.” The bombarding…

New York Times: Complicit in the destruction of Egyptian democracy

New York Times: Complicit in the destruction of Egyptian democracy

August 18, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

U.S. policy is clear: No democracy for Islamic majorities. Why does the media parrot Obama’s Orwellian double talk? We finish a tragic, fateful week in Egypt. There seems no turning back from its flows of blood and its political reversals,…

New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

July 11, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

In a rare moment of candor, the paper exposes U.S. involvement in the coup — and then seems to promptly forget it Have you noticed the silence, the casual indifference, of the Obama administration since the Egyptian army shoved President…

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