Robert Parry | Reviving the 'Liberal Media' Myth
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The Republicans and the Right have dragged out an old favorite whipping boy - the 'liberal media' - to distract the voters from the failure of some GOP presidential candidates to answer a few tough questions, a tried-and-untrue exercise in political diversion."
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The Republicans and the Right have dragged out an old favorite whipping boy - the 'liberal media' - to distract the voters from the failure of some GOP presidential candidates to answer a few tough questions, a tried-and-untrue exercise in political diversion."
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How the FBI Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk
Patrick G. Eddington, The New York Times
Eddington writes: "If this decision stands, it will mean that an American citizen overseas who is unlawfully targeted by the United States government for rendition, interrogation and detention with the help of a local government will have no form of redress in the courts."
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Patrick G. Eddington, The New York Times
Eddington writes: "If this decision stands, it will mean that an American citizen overseas who is unlawfully targeted by the United States government for rendition, interrogation and detention with the help of a local government will have no form of redress in the courts."
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Obama: Forget Putin. GOP Candidates 'Can't Handle a Bunch of CNBC Moderators'
David Nakamura, The Washington Post
Nakamura writes: "President Obama on Monday gleefully mocked the Republican presidential candidates who have called him weak on the world stage, suggesting the would-be tough guys 'can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators."
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David Nakamura, The Washington Post
Nakamura writes: "President Obama on Monday gleefully mocked the Republican presidential candidates who have called him weak on the world stage, suggesting the would-be tough guys 'can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators."
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Feds: VW Rigged Emissions Systems on Porsches, Audis Too
Keith Laing, The Hill
Laing writes: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accusing German automaker Volkswagen of additional violations of federal air pollution emission standards with vehicles the company designed to cheat the system."
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Keith Laing, The Hill
Laing writes: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accusing German automaker Volkswagen of additional violations of federal air pollution emission standards with vehicles the company designed to cheat the system."
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Iraq's Ahmad Chalabi, Leading Voice Behind 2003 War, Dies
Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
Salaheddin writes: "Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician who became a Pentagon favorite when he helped convince the Bush administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003 by pushing false allegations of weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaida, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 71."
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
Salaheddin writes: "Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician who became a Pentagon favorite when he helped convince the Bush administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003 by pushing false allegations of weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaida, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 71."
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Chomsky Brands Turkish Media Takeover a 'Disgrace'
Mahir Zeynalov and Ali H. Aslan, Today's Zaman
Excerpt: "'That's a disgrace,' Chomsky said in a written statement to protest the pre-election crackdown on media outlets critical of the government. Turkish riot police stormed the headquarters of two TV channels, Kanalturk and Bugun TV, two newspapers, the Bugun and Millet dailies and Kanalturk radio station on Tuesday, later halting the publication of the newspapers and cutting off the broadcast of the TV and radio channels."
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Mahir Zeynalov and Ali H. Aslan, Today's Zaman
Excerpt: "'That's a disgrace,' Chomsky said in a written statement to protest the pre-election crackdown on media outlets critical of the government. Turkish riot police stormed the headquarters of two TV channels, Kanalturk and Bugun TV, two newspapers, the Bugun and Millet dailies and Kanalturk radio station on Tuesday, later halting the publication of the newspapers and cutting off the broadcast of the TV and radio channels."
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The 'Devil' Gets His Due: Elephant Poaching Kingpin Arrested
John R. Platt, TakePart
Platt writes: "Tanzanian officials have arrested a poacher and smuggler whom they say is responsible for thousands of elephant deaths across several African nations."
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John R. Platt, TakePart
Platt writes: "Tanzanian officials have arrested a poacher and smuggler whom they say is responsible for thousands of elephant deaths across several African nations."
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