As Walter Cronkite is eulogized, we keep hearing the refrain that he was the most trusted man in America.
Clearly Amy Goodman, “anchor” for Democracy Now! doesn’t fit that description. But she should.
Trained in radio, Cronkite soothed us; his was the voice of reason and rationality but also contained a deep well of emotion that broke [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Amy Goodman, Today’s Walter Cronkite?
Resolution condemning Honduras coup ignored by New York Times
The situation is getting worse in Honduras. US representatives Bill Delahunt, José Serrano and Jim McGovern are pushing a resolution condemning the coup.
But you wouldn’t know this reading the New York Times.
Democrats Reach the Dreaded Magic Number 60
With the long-delayed but inevitable swearing-in of Minnesota Senator Al Franken last week, the Democrats on paper have reached their magic number of 60 votes in the US Senate. The math is a little fuzzy, because it includes Democrat In Name Only (DINO) Joe Lieberman from Connecticut, Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Democrat again Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Independent/Socialist [...]
Greenpeace Sensationalist Tactics on Mt. Rushmore Do Not Help Environmental Movement
On Wednesday July 8, 2009, members of Greenpeace scaled Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and unfurled a large banner next to Abraham Lincoln (Guardian). The banner contained an incomplete portrait of Barack Obama and the message, “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming”. All 11 protesters were arrested on charges of trespassing. The sculpture [...]
The New York Times makes the story Honduran President Zelaya NOT the coup, repeating lies by coup leaders
Apparently the real story isn’t about the coup or democracy, it’s about that dangerous friend of Chavez, the deposed president of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya.With the US government “mediating” between the deposed president of Honduras, Zelaya and the US trained coup leaders, the story has sunk from the headlines, caught up in much more serious [...]