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Where Does the Right-Wing End and the Media Begin?

By Rory O'Connor
AlterNet
October 26, 2007

I had the opportunity to sit down this week with one of America's top economists, Paul Krugman, who of course doubles as an influential op-ed columnist for the New York Times. It's more than a bit surprising when the guy from the New York Times sounds more radical than anyone else in the room, but Krugman and his twice-weekly column have been more consistently surprising and radically different than anything else allowed to appear in the Times (or indeed anywhere else in the so-called "mainstream media") for so long that even Krugman himself no longer seems surprised by the force of his own outrage.

CensorshipAmerican Censorship

Article By Saab Lofton - Jun 30 2007 - coanews

Few things in life are more irritating than the naive incredulousness one faces whenever they point out there is censorship in America. That's why I thank God for Dr.Peter Phillips of Project Censored. Walter Cronkite called Project Censored, "one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcasting outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." Fortunately, I was able to land this interview with Dr. Phillips.