When an international organization dedicated to media freedoms expresses concern about the state of such liberties in our country, we need to take note.read more

The corporate media aren’t giving Ron Paul his due.

If Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum or Rick Perry or John Huntsman had done as well as Paul did in both Iowa and New Hampshire, the big media would be granting that candidate enormous attention as the obvious contender in the number two spot.

Remember, Ron Paul in Iowa got 21 percent of the vote, coming in just behind Santorum and Romney, who had 24 percent each.

And in New Hampshire, Paul was all alone in second at 23 percent, with Santorum tied with Gingrich for fourth place at a measly 9 percent.read more

Norman Solomon is setting aside his distinguished career as a writer and activist to become a Democratic candidate for Congress in California.read more

In a highly biased “news analysis” story, a Times writer tries to goad Obama into going after Social Security and Medicare.read more

News reporting has to be a public service. Just as no public deserves a state-controlled media in the hands of a totalitarian government, no public deserves media outlets that are the clandestine tools of a king-making billionaire.read more

There’s a rough road ahead for News Corp.read more

Editor’s note: Chris Hedges, the author of “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning,” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. This was the commencement speech he delivered at Rockford College on May 17 before a hostile crowd. We made this transcript from the transcript and audiotape on the Rockford Register Star’s website, rrstar.com. Audience reaction is in brackets.read more

It is frightening that a man with such contemptible ethics has so much power to shape the news in this country.read more

There’s something about American journalism that tries to get the facts right without giving you the essence.read more