New Issue of Extra!
 
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:59:37 -0600 (CST)


New Issue of Extra!

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COVER STORY
Money Is the Real Green Power
The hoax of eco-friendly nuclear energy           
By Karl Grossman
Media fail to question the nuclear industry's spin.
    
The Humanitarian Temptation
Calling for war to bring peace to Darfur
By Julie Hollar
Media spotlight is hindering, not helping, resolution of Darfur crisis.

Media on Healthcare
Saying what they don't mean
By Janine Jackson
In the media's preferred "universal" healthcare system, the government would require, but not provide, costly private insurance for all.

Extra! articles available only in print:

Choosing to Call Giuliani 'Pro-Choice'
Media mislabel GOP hopeful
By Peter Hart & Jim Naureckas
Republican politician's stance favors overturning Roe v. Wade.

Are People a "Special Interest'?
Media language equates citizens and money
By Steve Rendall
Press refers to people more often than corporations as a 'special interest' group to which politicians "pander."

A Million Iraqi Dead?
The U.S. press buries the evidence
By Patrick McElwee
Cluster surveys are acceptable to the media, except when inconvenient for the U.S. government.

Hollywood's Media--and Washington's
Rendition highlights the limits of torture discussion
By Robin Andersen
Film's critique bound by narrow parameters of media discourse on torture.

Get Carter
NYT punishes an ex-president for criticizing Israel
By Howard Friel
Reviews of Israel: Peace Not Apartheid attack book's evidence with unsubstantiated charges.

CounterSpin
Mark Weisbrot on the Venezuelan Referendum
'It wasn't any surprise when Chavez conceded'
Media continue to paint Venezuela's president as undemocratic, even after he accepted a narrow defeat at the polls.

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