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25 October 2001
War Needs Good Public Relations
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Norman Solomon
For some people, war is terror, disaster and death. For others, it's a PR problem.

At the Rendon Group, a public-relations firm with offices in Boston and Washington, pleasant news arrived the other day with a $397,...
23 October 2001
Prayer in Schools, Economic Stimulus, and Other Nonsense
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN -- We had one of those "What was he thinking?" moments with Gov. Rick (Goodhair) Perry the other day. The only governor we've got decided to bring back that old bone of contention: prayer in the schools. Nice timing, guv.
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18 October 2001
Rumors
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN -- On war, and rumors of war. In 1950, the United States got involved in a war and called it a police action. We are now involved a police action we're calling a war. The semantic confusion is having unfortunate effects on...
18 October 2001
The Televised Greatness of George W. Bush
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Norman Solomon
President Bush's upward spike of popularity owes a lot to his presence on television -- a medium that has not always been so kind. At times, under pressure, he has earned many comparisons to a deer in headlights. But after a wobbly...
16 October 2001
Stone Age
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN --- Afghanistan is to nation-building what Afghanistan is to war -- pretty much the last place on earth you'd choose, if you had any choice at all. I point this out not to oppose the idea, about which I think we have no choice,...
12 October 2001
Killing Them Softly -- Starvation and Dollar Bills for Afghan Kids
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Norman Solomon
The Pentagon's air drops of food parcels and President Bush's plea for American children to aid Afghan kids with dollar bills will go down in history as two of the most cynical maneuvers of media manipulation in the early 21st century...

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