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Philip Rizk, Eugene Jarecki on Reagan, and Al Jazeera
February 7, 2011"The negotiations really are just a form of propaganda to the international community to give the regime some sort of cover for their desire to hold on to power," says Philip Rizk of talks between Mubarak and so-called opposition forces. He notes that scaremongering continues over the Muslim Brotherhood's role in the talks, but that the protesters that continue to occupy Tahrir Square are opposed to talks and mostly do not support the Brotherhood.The F Word: Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story
February 7, 2011One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al-Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard.Mike Papantonio, Ann Wright, and Learning from Roosevelt
June 7, 2010Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, but something else has been gushing too lately: BP's public relations offensive. From controlling media access to the site, as Mac McClelland reported to us last week, to buying up search terms on the Web so that Google drives traffic to BP's own website, the oil company seems determined to burnish its image even as its oil continues to cover the coasts.The F Word: Learning from Roosevelt(s)
June 7, 2010The President has a Rooseveltian opportunity, columnist Frank Rich wrote this weekend. Teddy Roosevelt was on his mind: stand off against the Titans of Oil, Wall Street and mining, suggested Rich. The field is empty. But the fact is, Obama could don the mantle of two Roosevelts at once.
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