“By the way, all of the above is completely true—and other examples could be cited. But if not cast in the form of a satire, who’d believe it?”
It was meant to be funny. Good satire or any comedy needs an element of truth in order to be funny
“By the way, all of the above is completely true....”
Nicaragua: Bob Leiken Exposes Exposers
Bob Leiken’s much-awaited book on media coverage of the Nicaraguan conflict will be out soon. (”Why Nicaragua Vanished,” Rowman and Littlefield, 263 pp.) Washington Post columnist Robert Kagan calls it “a masterpiece of serious scholarship, sound reasoning and lucid writing.” Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield says it “will open your eyes to a parade of media stereotypes. Though not an angry book, it will make a reasonable person angry.” http://www.socialdemocrats.org/Notesonline3-12-03email.html#Leiken
Al Jazeera enters the AIPAC Debate
Programs like this still tend to lack the depth of the sort of report compiled by Stephen Mearsheimer and John Walt or Michael Massing’s extended analysis of this report for The New York Review, but it is always nice to compare such informal data points with the more scholarly ones. Summaries of the three comments have now been posted at Al Jazeera English
http://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/search/label/AIPAC
Knowing the Enemy By Mary Habeck
Who is the enemy, and what is this thing called “jihadism” that everyone has been talking about? Jihadism is a modern word, not something from the Koran. Jihadis, or jihadists, call themselves salafi jihadi or salafiyya jihadiyya (-iyya in Arabic is equivalent to -ism). When I first saw the term in early 2002, I thought it perfectly described the people we’re fighting and that the ideal name for the conflict we’re involved in might be a war on jihadis, or war on jihadism. However, the root of jihadism is “jihad,” which is actually a good word within Islam.
http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2006/31-12/essay31-12.htm