US Media Issues
The New York Times and the drive to war against Iran
By Barry Grey, January 31, 2012
The New York Times on Sunday published a lengthy article in its weekly magazine that sympathetically and clinically lays out the arguments of Israeli policy makers in favor of a military attack on Iran sometime this year.
Journalist, scoundrel Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
By David Walsh, December 17, 2011
Christopher Hitchens began his public life as a “left” journalist in Britain and moved on, without undergoing any apparent internal struggle, to become a proponent of imperialist war and oppression, residing in Washington, D.C.
Article sheds light on the fabrication of charges against Strauss-Kahn
By Patrick Martin, November 30, 2011
A lengthy article by long-time investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein, published in the New York Review of Books, sheds new light on the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, last May in New York City on bogus rape charges.
US business magazine: Military coup best solution for Greece
By Bill Van Auken, November 4, 2011
Forbes magazine, which bills itself as “Information for the World's Business Leaders,” has published an article on its web site entitled “The real Greek solution: a military coup.”
FBI to investigate allegations News Corp. hacked 9/11 victims’ phone records
By Kate Randall, July 15, 2011
The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. tried to obtain phone records of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The New York Times’ Roger Cohen lavishes praise on Rupert Murdoch
By David Walsh, July 14, 2011
The New York Times published a column July 11 that portrays media mogul Rupert Murdoch as “alive and vigorous and noisy and relevant” and a “visionary” who shows “risk-taking determination.”
New York Times questions spending on “Extremely Expensive Cancer Drugs”
By Kate Randall, July 9, 2011
A recent New York Times editorial challenges Medicare payments for two drugs: Provenge for prostate cancer and Avastin for breast cancer.
The acquittal of Casey Anthony
By David Walsh, July 8, 2011
The acquittal of 25-year-old Casey Anthony in Orlando, Florida Tuesday on charges of murdering her child in June 2008 points to a fact of some social significance.
The New York Times and the presumption of guilt
By Tom Carter, July 7, 2011
In the aftermath of the collapse of the prosecution’s case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the New York Times is conducting a rearguard action to justify the conduct of the prosecutor.
New York Times decries “squandering” of Medicare funds
By Kate Randall, June 7, 2011
The New York Times continued its deceitful campaign against “wasteful” Medicare spending and “unnecessary” tests and procedures in an opinion piece last week by Rita Redberg.
The New York Times and the Joplin tornado’s “silver lining”
By Naomi Spencer, June 3, 2011
With 138 dead in the worst US tornado disaster in more than 60 years, the New York Times published an article Tuesday, prominently displayed on the main left column of its front page, under the headline, “Reconstruction Lifts Economy After Disasters.”
New York Times reporter subpoenaed in leak case
By Patrick Martin, May 27, 2011
James Risen could face contempt of court charges and imprisonment if he refuses to testify against a former CIA operative.
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