War on Terror

The Native Informant The Native Informant

Fouad Ajami is the Pentagon's favorite Arab.

Apr 10, 2003 / Feature / Adam Shatz

Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations

Consider this hypothetical situation.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

TV’s Conflicted Experts TV’s Conflicted Experts

Perhaps Americans can be excused for imagining that "regime change" in Iraq would be a cakewalk.

Apr 3, 2003 / Daniel Benaim, Priyanka Motaparthy, and Vishesh Kumar

The Doha Follies The Doha Follies

Of the more than 700 journalists who have registered with the CentCom Coalition Media Center here, two have emerged as celebrities.

Apr 3, 2003 / Michael Massing

CNN–War Casualty CNN–War Casualty

You could have knocked CNN's Aaron Brown over with a feather.

Mar 27, 2003 / Susan J. Douglas

The Big Lie The Big Lie

How bad can things get, how fast? Are we already at the point where literally nothing can derail the war machine?

Mar 20, 2003 / Russ Baker

Selling the War on TV Selling the War on TV

Let's say you have a war to sell. You have the usual public relations tools at your disposal: highly scripted press conferences, stories leaked by White House officials to a co...

Mar 13, 2003 / Susan J. Douglas

Washington Post Warriors Washington Post Warriors

A generation ago, when I worked at the Washington Post, the right-wing fringe occasionally referred to us as "Pravda on the Potomac." We reporters were amused but also rankled.

Mar 6, 2003 / William Greider

Donahue–War Casualty Donahue–War Casualty

War may or may not be inevitable, but a one-sided discussion of US policy toward Iraq appears to be all but guaranteed on network television.

Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols

In Bed With the Pentagon In Bed With the Pentagon

It's a fascinating scheme, "this very ambitious and aggressive embed plan," as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Bryan Whitman calls it.

Feb 27, 2003 / Carol Brightman

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