The focus on the Newsweek story is part of the tried-and-true strategy of demonize, disguise, and divert but the real irony is that the U.S. corporate news media deserve harsh criticism for coverage of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

BY Robert Jensen 18 May 2005

There will be no "election" on Jan. 30 in Iraq, if that term is meant to suggest an even remotely democratic process.

BY Robert Jensen 27 January 2005