News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Karl Rove advanced the falsehood that the House health care reform bill would add $1 trillion to the federal deficit. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has found that the House tri-committee bill "would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of[Read More…]
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Iraq as ‘Actor and Stakeholder’
News Analysis By Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Perspective “If the Iraqi forces require further training and further support, we shall examine this then at that time, based on the needs of Iraq,” Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikirecently informed President Barak Obama in Washington. While[Read More…]
Meet the Birthers: This Is Who Lou Dobbs Is Mainstreaming
News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In recent days, on both radio and TV, CNN host Lou Dobbs has provided cover for conspiracy theorists who claim that President Obama lacks a valid birth certificate and is therefore ineligible to be president. Specifically, Dobbs has repeatedly said that Obama needs to “produce a[Read More…]
Advice to Principled Soldiers Facing Court-Martial: ‘Be Bold’
Analysis By: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t US Army Specialist Victor Agosto, who publicly refused to deploy with his unit to Afghanistan, was to receive the harshest court-martial possible for his decision – one that would land him in jail for up to one year, followed[Read More…]
Afghanistan War Resister to ‘Put the War on Trial’
News Analysis By Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t US Army Specialist Victor Agosto served a 13-month deployment in Iraq with the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. “What I did there, I know I contributed to death and human suffering,” Agosto told Truthout from Fort Hood, in[Read More…]
Media Matters: Charting a Misleading Course on Health Care
News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Nothing sends media conservatives off the deep end quite like the issue of health care reform. This week was certainly no exception. This Wednesday on his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News’ Glenn Beck blew up on a caller who dared to challenge his unyielding, misleading[Read More…]
The Dirty War in Iraq
by Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t On Friday, June 12, Harith al-Obaidi, leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, was shot dead outside a mosque just minutes after giving a sermon condemning the Maliki government for human rights[Read More…]
Nets Silent on Sexism of Anonymous Quotes Graham Used
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– On their July 14 evening news broadcasts, both ABC’s World News and NBC’s Nightly News reported Sen. Lindsey Graham’s citation of anonymous criticism of Judge Sonia Sotomayor published in theAlmanac of the Federal Judiciary without noting that Sotomayor’s colleague on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge[Read More…]
Hannity And O’Reilly Ignore Accusations That CIA Misled Congress
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In May, Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity and their guests sharply criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for alleging that in 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) gave her false information about enhanced interrogation techniques, often suggesting it was ridiculous to claim the agency would ever[Read More…]
U.S. Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated
by Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell On July 4 in Baghdad, Vice President Joe Biden, who campaigned with Barack Obama[Read More…]
