Selected Columns, 1994-1997

• Teen People and the Souls of Young Folks (Special, December 1997)
• Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 1997 (Special, December 1997)
• Dole and public television: Killing It Softly (May 23, 1996)
• Cherishing Kids...While Neglecting Them (May 18, 1996)
• Polls Give Numbers, but Truth Is more elusive (May 17, 1996)
• U.S.-Mexico Military Ties: Unexamined and Growing (May 16, 1996)
• Announcing the P.U.-litzer prizes for 1995 (December 20, 1995)
• On Local TV News, if It Bleeds It (Still) Leads (December 13, 1995)
• Macneil/Lehrer NewsHour at 20: Hold the Cheers (September 27, 1995)
• Jim Hightower: Radio Populist To Be Muzzled? (September 20, 1995)
• Routine Somersaults of Self-Censorship (September 13, 1995)
• How Time Magazine Promoted a Cyberhoax (July 19, 1995)
  
• Knee-Jerk Coverage of Bombing Should Not Be Forgotten (April 26, 1995)
• Downpour of Media Cliches Threatens to Flood Nation (January 11, 1995)
• The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV (January 4, 1995)
• Glimmers of History Improve Coverage of Native Americans (November 23, 1994)
• Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 1994 (December 14, 1994)
• A Tale Of Two Broadcasters (December 7, 1994)
• Spotlight Finally Shines On White Hate Radio (November 3, 1994)
• Just Imagine: A Media Crusade Against Big-Money Politics (October 5, 1994)
• Jimmy Carter and Human Rights: Behind the Media Myth (September 21, 1994)
• Another Media Celebrity Charged With Murder (August 3, 1994)
• 30-Year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War (July 27, 1994)
• Tobacco Wars: The First Casualty Is Candor (July 20, 1994)
• News Flash: O.J. Simpson Is Not Robbing You and Your Children (July 13, 1994)
  

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