Boy, Scottie McClellan’s decision to come clean — well, I say clean, I mean slightly less dirty — on his role as the Mouth of Sauron, and how the press corps passed along the White House’s propaganda to sell the invasion and occupation of Iraq, has really opened all sorts of floodgates.
In addition […]
Entries Tagged as 'Foreign Policy'
McClellan, Yellin, and the Press Under Pressure
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 29th, 2008 at 8:55 am
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Mr. Fish on Obama-Wright, That Ad, and the Big Gas Tax Swindle
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Freedom Is Slavery (Doubleplus for Iraqi Women)
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 6th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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Chicago Notes: Spukt, Sweat Girls, Mr. Fluxus, Andy Bayiates, and More
Posted by Ocelopotamus on November 10th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
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On My Reading List: Naomi Klein’s New Book, The Shock Doctrine
Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 16th, 2007 at 4:32 am
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Video of the Week
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 24th, 2007 at 12:30 am
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Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am
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Colbert on the Klingon-Republican Alliance
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 12th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
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Roundup: Pink Elephant Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 10th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am
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Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
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Roundup: Fantasy History Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm
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Olbermann on O’Reilly, Colbert on Huckabee, and Stewart on Kristol
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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Roundup: Picketing Flamingo Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 23rd, 2007 at 5:17 am
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