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.