The media's disingenuous failure to state the obvious.

The obvious is sometimes the most difficult thing to discern, and few things are more amusing than the efforts of our journals of record to keep "open" minds about the self-evident, and thus to create mysteries when the real task of reportage is to dispel them. Full Story »

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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Dec. 9, 2008

A critical look at the media's roll in reporting facts of a "sensitive" nature because, as facts are viewed through complicated political and diplomatic lenses, they can become distorted. Food for thought from Hitchens, whether or not one agrees with his take on the media.

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 9, 2008
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prince campbell
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by prince campbell - Dec. 14, 2008

Though I don't agree with everything said, it's well written and insightful.

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