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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A. J. Liebling

This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

• Guardians of Truth and Freedom
• Collaborators with the Regime
• Coverage of the Florida Long Count (separate page)
• Contact Lists

Guardians of Truth and Freedom

• Military reporters join forces to fight access restrictions
  press release, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 23 October 2002
• Harper's editor laments rise of corporate news purveyors
  Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 April 2002
• Three Days that Shook the Media
  Al Giordano, Narco News, April 2002
• White House Blocks Press Coverage of Bush's Activities
  Major Garrett, CNN, 25 January 2002
• The Making of a Media Reform Movement
  Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols The Nation7 January 2002
• Network Coverage a Target of Fire From Conservatives
  Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter, New York Times, 9 November 2001
• We need information, please
  Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 28 September 2001
• Bush defaults on peacemaker role
  Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 28 August 2001
• Helen Thomas with Greta Van Susteren
  on The Point, CNN, 6 March 2001

Collaborators with the Regime

• Are the News Media Soft on Bush?
  Rachel Smolkin, American Journalism Review, August/September 2003
• Fibbing It Up at Fox
  Dale Steinreich, LewRockwell.com, 13 June 2003
• The China Syndrome
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 13 May 2003
• US media dig deep for politicians
  Annie Lawson, The Guardian, 7 April 2003
• Cleaning the Press Pool
  Matt Taibbi, New York Press, 12 March 2003
• Bush has media walking a fine line
  Peter Johnson, USA Today, 9 March 2003
• American Media Willing Tools For Bush's Warmongering Tendencies
  Bill Gallagher, Niagara Falls Reporter, 28 January 2003
• Take A Careful And Critical Look At Mass Media -- And Fight Back
  Jeff Koopersmith, American Politics Journal, 6 November 2002
• GOP Dirty Tricks and the Complicit Media
  Mike Hersh, 27 August 2002
• Why US press didn't give Bush a burning
  Harold Evans, Salon, 16 July 2002
• Long spin, gentle press
  Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 18 June 2002
• The Corruption of Journalism in Wartime
  Ted Rall, United Express, 28 May 2002
• Journeys With Fecklessness
  Eric Alterman, The Nation, 3 June 2002 issue
• Press and Team Bush, Joined at Elbow
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 29 April 2002
• The Bush Education Bill and the Washington Post
  Margie Burns, Democratic Underground, 9 April 2002
• Bush’s press conference: the questions not asked, the answers not given
  Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site, 18 March 2002
• The myth of the liberal media rides again
  Bill Press, CNN, 21 February 2002
• It's not the press' job to parrot the White House party line
  John Ridley, PBS, 15 February 2002
• His master's voice
  Eric Boehlert, Salon, 11 February 2002
• Andrew Sullivan's selective Enron outrage
  Eric Boehlert, Salon, 31 January 2002
• The 'L' word
  Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, 18 January 2002
• What's Wrong With This Picture?
  Mark Crispin Miller, The Nation, 7 January 2002
• British Take a Blunter Approach to War News
  Caryn James, New York Times, 9 November 2001
• Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt
  Seth Ackerman, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, August 2001
• Are the media giving Bush a free ride?
  Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 August 2001
• Press corps, Texas get acquainted
  Judy Keen, USA Today, 16 August 2001
• The Media Is the Mess
  Robert Parry, Consortiumnews, 17 July 2001
• Bush’s free ride
  Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, 24 May 2001
• Press covers presidential sex better than stupidity
  Geneva Overholser, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10 May 2001
• A Quisling Press Corps
  Robert Parry, Consortium News, 7 May 2001
• The Unexamined Presidency
  Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, New York Times, 1 May 2001
• Media panel critical of 'low expectations' in Bush coverage
  Silvia Carrillo, CNN, 23 April 2001
• The press treats Bush tenderly
  Geneva Overholser, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12 April 2001
• The Election Story Never Told
  Gregory Palast, Mediachannel, 1 March 2001
• Bush's press conference bombs; will press corps give him a free pass?
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 23 February 2001

Media Contact Lists

• Media Contact Information
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