02 June 2003
'Weapons of Mass Distortion'
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- I rarely find fault with Washington journalist Josh Marshall and his thoughtful Blog "Talking Points Memo," but I beg to differ on this occasion.

            "My God," writes Marshall, "when they say down the...
02 June 2003
The spamming of America: another brick in the wall
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Norman Solomon
  By now, millions of Americans are sick and tired of the spam that's flooding their in-boxes with unwanted e-mail messages -- mostly offering products, services and scams that tell of big bargains, implausible windfalls, garish porno and...
28 May 2003
Media ownership
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- This is a gross scandal. The Center for Public Integrity has a stunning study out on the concentration of ownership in telecommunications. The even more stunning news is that the Federal Communications Commission, which...
28 May 2003
The question remains: Why?
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Molly Ivins
NEW YORK CITY -- Much as I hate to interrupt what is apparently a deeply felt triumphalism on the American right, now that it's over, does anyone see any reason for our having invaded Iraq?

I realize that's...
27 May 2003
The Texas Legislature
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- It was horrible and sickening, but I could not stop watching the final days of the Texas Legislature. Fellow Texans, the ripple effects of this disaster will come to haunt us all.

Just for starters...
22 May 2003
Decoding the media fixation on terrorism
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Norman Solomon
By now, it's a media ritual. Whenever the U.S. government raises the alert level for terrorism -- as when officials announced the orange code for "high risk" on May 20 -- local, regional and national news stories assess the dangers and...

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