Extra! October 2009

Articles available online:
Institutional Racism Ignored
More feelings than facts in coverage of inequality
By Janine Jackson

Healthcare Reform Minus the Public Option—or the Public
Waving the white flag and kicking the left
By Peter Hart

Alternative Cartoonists Nearing the Punch Line?
As alt weeklies go, so go alt comics
By Megan Tady

‘Law-Abiding’ Israelis, ‘Unwelcoming’ Palestinians
U.S. journalists sympathize with Israeli colonists
By Julie Hollar

Articles only available in print:
Ex-Flak Sees Industry Script in Town Hall Attacks
Interview with Wendell Potter
by Karl Grossman

Whitewashing the Colombian Army
CBS Evening News takes cues from Washington
by Steve Rendall

'Law-Abiding' Israelis, 'Unwelcoming' Palestinians
U.S. journalists sympathize with Israeli colonists
by Julie Hollar

Lockerbie in the Propaganda System
Release of Al-Megrahi evokes selective history
By Edward S. Herman