Background
Solomon, Norman was born on July 7, 1951 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
( War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to pro...)
War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key ""perception management"" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal striking similarities in the efforts of various administrations to justify, and retain, public support for war. War Made Easy is essential reading. It documents a long series of deliberate misdeeds at the highest levels of power and lays out important guidelines to help readers distinguish a propaganda campaign from actual news reporting. With War Made Easy, every reader can become a savvy media critic and, perhaps, help the nation avoid costly and unnecessary wars.
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(Cracks the code of Corporate America's Funniest Double Ag...)
Cracks the code of Corporate America's Funniest Double Agent. Most readers assume Dilbert is on their side in a tough workaday world. But Dilbert is a fraud. Are you surprised that Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, actually favors downsizing? Are you suspicious when Xerox uses Dilbert in its employee handbook as an offbeat sugary coating to help the corporate medicine go down? Are you tired of the sweeping portrayal of office workers as lazy idiots? Of the running gags that stay inside the moat of the corporate castle? Do you worry when "rebellion" and "revolution" are redefined as the ability to overcome corporate bureaucracy to make more money for your boss? Do you wonder why Dilbert avoids tackling so many real problems at work? If you answered yes to any of the above, you'll find Norman Solomon's funny and brazen attack more refreshing than a trip to the water cooler.
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(Fortunately for our sanity and self-respect, there have a...)
Fortunately for our sanity and self-respect, there have always been the muckrakers; those few who have challenged the official truth, who have obstinately sought ought the hard truth. In Upton Sinclair's time, there were Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell, among the contumacious troublemakers. Further along came the indomitable George Seldes and his "Lords of the Press" as well as his wondrous newsletter, "In Fact," that kept us from living in total darkness. And, of course, the north star of independent journalists, I.F. Stone and his revelatory weekly. Today we are blessed with a couple of young investigative journalists, Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen, who, along with their media watch colleagues at FAIR, are letting in the light. In FAIR's magazine, "Extra!," I am finding all the news that the Respectables find unfit to print. It is great therapy for me; it keeps my blood pressure down and my skull from going numb. Now, Solomon and Cohen have gathered some of their columns into a lovely compendium, undressing the "liberal media." They call it WIZARDS OF MEDIA OZ: BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF MAINSTREAM NEWS. It is an eye-opener. Don't leave home without it. -From the Introduction by Studs Terkel
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(From media hypocrisy to the corporate spin on the news, t...)
From media hypocrisy to the corporate spin on the news, to the spectrum of debate on TV talk shows, this is some of the best press-bashing, honest sleuthing, news-consumer tips and happy hell-raising with the powers-that-be to be found anywhere.
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(A humorous compilation of the buzzwords, soundbites, and ...)
A humorous compilation of the buzzwords, soundbites, and doublespeak commonly used by politicians features more than one thousand entries accompanied by definitions, commentary, and examples of usage.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440212413/?tag=2022091-20
(Media critic Norman Solomon has done it again. In this la...)
Media critic Norman Solomon has done it again. In this latest collection of columns, he details the most recent excesses and failures of America's self-censoring mainstream media, and brings you the real story on issues like: *The irony of the Zippergate President preaching abstinence to poor women and putting millions of dollars into "chastity education" programs *The Orwellian logic behind calling bombings by Third World countries "terrorism," while similar bombings by the US are righteous "strikes against terror" *"Media Scenes We'd Like to See" -- fantasies as appealing as they are unlikely, which include a vision of Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings donating their fortunes to a trust fund for independent journalism and vowing to tell the truth even it gets them fired. From the relentless pro-corporate spin of daily news to the media's persistent lack of diversity, Solomon covers it all.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1567511546/?tag=2022091-20
Solomon, Norman was born on July 7, 1951 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Freelance journalist, since 1974. Syndicated columnist Creators Syndicate, Los Angeles, since 1992. Executive director Institute for Public Accuracy, Washington, since 1997.
Public speaker and lecturer, since 1977. Associate Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, New York City, since 1989.
(From media hypocrisy to the corporate spin on the news, t...)
(A humorous compilation of the buzzwords, soundbites, and ...)
( War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to pro...)
(Fortunately for our sanity and self-respect, there have a...)
(Cracks the code of Corporate America's Funniest Double Ag...)
(Media critic Norman Solomon has done it again. In this la...)
Son of Morris Jacobson and Miriam (Abramowitz) S. M. Cheryl D. Higgins, May 31, 1996.