FAIR August Issue of Extra! Available

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August Issue of Extra! Available

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August Issue of Extra! Available

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4

 

Featured articles include:

 

-- STILL HIDING THE BUSH BULGE

Spiking of story an " internal matter, " Pasadena paper says

By Dave Lindorff

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2611

 

Cover Story:

-- WHEN " OLD NEWS " HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD

U.S. media produce excuses, not stories, on Downing Street Memo

By Julie Hollar and Peter Hart

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2612

 

-- WHEN THE " KILLERS " DO MOST OF THE DYING

By Jim Naureckas

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2613

 

 

Among the other articles in the current issue, available only to print

rs:

 

-- NEWSWEEK AND THE REAL RULES OF JOURNALISM

Mistakes should be retracted—if the powerful are offended

By Jim Naureckas

 

-- TORTURING LANGUAGE

Definitions, defenses and dirty work

By Jacqueline Bacon

 

-- WHERE HAVE ALL THE BODIES GONE?

As toll mounts, U.S. casualties are nearly invisible

By Pat Arnow

 

 

Book Excerpt:

-- THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-MEDIA COMPLEX

Why war is covered from the warriors' perspective

By Norman Solomon

 

-- IGNORING THE U.S.'S " BAD ATOMS "

For the New York Times, Washington is NPT's enforcer, not a violator

By Steve Rendall

Excerpt online: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2619

 

-- DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER?

Analyzing the press's protest coverage

By Jon Whiten

 

-- " WE DO NOT SPECULATE HERE "

What O'Reilly means is anyone's guess

By Peter Hart

 

 

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