A Minor Torture Incident- March 31, 2008 Not that you should care...it's really nothing of any importance...don't even know whether it happened at all. AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD IT PROVE Anyway, since you're asking, here's the story (again, no big deal, really): EU Soldiers Accused of...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/a-minor-torture.html WMD: The Dishonesty of German Politics- March 29, 2008 A Wall Street Journal report, referring to several articles (1, 2, 3) in SPIEGEL: Curveball Revisited March 29, 2008 In the long history of U.S. intelligence fiascos, few have been as minutely examined as the "Curveball" episode the source...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/wmd-the-dishone.html The Media's Casualty Obsession and Historic Context- March 25, 2008 Here a well-written piece on Iraq and the media's exploitative casualty obsession. It expresses a view rarely voiced or printed in German media.http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/the-medias-casu.html SPIEGEL ONLINE's Perverse Iraq Photo Gallery- March 21, 2008 To mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War, SPIEGEL ONLINE has spewed forth a flurry of articles as predictable as they are shrill. The most recent installment is a piece complete with a 50-photo picture gallery entitled: "The Pictures...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/spiegel-online.html Gerson hits the nail on the head.- March 7, 2008 A must read article. Excerpt: "The second premise of this Democratic argument is that American popularity in these regions could be increased, easily and permanently, by overturning Bush policies. It is worth noting that American relations with European governments have...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/gerson-hits-the.html |