Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. His ten books include Unreliable Sources (co-authored with Martin A. Lee), The Power of Babble, False Hope: The Politics of Illusion in the Clinton Era, The Trouble With Dilbert: How Corporate Culture Gets the Last Laugh, The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media and Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You (co-authored with Reese Erlich). His commentary articles on media issues have appeared in a wide range of publications including the Boston Globe, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, the National Catholic Reporter, Z Magazine and The Progressive. He is an associate of the media watch group FAIR and the executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a nationwide consortium of public-policy researchers.
Should journalists care if sources go off to prison?
The Bernie Campaign: The Democratic Party’s Biggest Insurrection in Decades
Spin Shift on Bernie: The Escalating Media Assault
Obama’s Speech, Translated into Candor
The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework: “It’s Just the Way It Is”
CIA Evidence From Whistleblower Trial Could Tilt Iran Nuclear Talks
Race, Leaks, and Prosecution at the CIA
An Assault from Obama’s Escalating War on Journalism
Heard the One About Obama Denouncing a Breach of International Law?
Why the CIA Is So Eager to Demolish Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling
Sterling Trial Opens in Security-State Matrix
Why Jeffrey Sterling Deserves Support as a CIA Whistleblower
Why We Need Media Critics Who Are Fiercely Independent
Tea Party, Not Progressives Make a Statement