WaPo Curates the Memory of George Shultz
Condoleezza Rice (Washington Post, 2/7/21) on George Shultz: “His integrity was unquestioned by friend and foe alike.” George Shultz, a prominent cabinet member of both the Nixon and Reagan...
View ArticleLimbaugh Helped Create the Conservative Movement—and Paved the Road for Trump
Extra! (7–8/94) Rush Limbaugh died on February 17, leaving behind a legacy of lies, bigotry, science denial and conspiracy mongering—as well as a media and political system significantly transformed...
View ArticleLimbaugh Leaves Behind a Nation Transformed by His Resentment and Deception
Rush Limbaugh died on February 17, 2021, leaving behind a legacy of lies, bigotry, science denial and conspiracy mongering—as well as a media and political system significantly transformed by his...
View ArticleRumsfeld Remembered as ‘Complex,’‘Energetic’—Not as Killer of Multitudes
The New York Times (6/30/21) wrote that Donald Rumsfeld “seemed like an All-American who had stepped off the Wheaties box.” One thing you won’t find in corporate media obituaries of Donald Rumsfeld...
View ArticleJames Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us
Image: Charles C.J. Hoffbauer Anyone born before last week can see US news media lying about history as it’s happening. But fast forward to 10, 20 years from now, and those media stories will have...
View ArticleThe Media’s Lies About Colin Powell’s Lies
USA Today‘s front-page obituary for Colin Powell (10/19/21) called him “a Warrior, Diplomat and ‘Great American.” Accompanying stories called him “A Man Trusted by Presidents and the Public Alike,”...
View ArticleTutu Obits Underplay His Advocacy for Palestine
AP (12/26/21) noted that Desmond Tutu “campaigned internationally for human rights”—but didn’t mention Israel/Palestine. Obituaries in the corporate and establishment press for South African...
View ArticleObits for a South Korean Dictator Gloss Over US’s Anti-Democratic Role
When former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan passed away on November 23, Western media were forthcoming about his brutality, including his direction of the 1980 Gwangju Massacre, in which at least...
View ArticleElite Media Remember Lani Guinier as ‘Embattled’—and Forget How They Battled Her
The Boston Globe (1/8/22) framed its obituary for Lani Guinier around her teaching career and civil rights advocacy. “Harvard Law Professor Guinier Dies at 71; Known for Civil Rights Work, Public...
View ArticleSelling Albright as a ‘Feminist Icon’: Was the Price Worth It?
When Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright died of cancer last month, a stream of fawning obituaries hailed her as a hero of NATO, a feminist icon and a “champion of human rights and...
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