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The right's two-pronged religion of rage and self-pity
The group with the most power persuades itself that it is weak, oppressed and treated with great unfairness.
The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams
Another story from the NYT further exposes the corruption of NBC's reliance on Gen. Barry McCaffrey as an "independent military analyst."
The Dangers of Revisionism: Tom Friedman tries to hide his "very big stick"
Re-writing the history of the Iraq War threatens to suppress the vital lessons that should be learned from it.
Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned
The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?
How the media talks about torture and the rule of law
By adopting the Bush administration's Orwellian euphemism, journalists helpfully justify even the most unjustified -- and illegal -- acts.

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