Bob Somerby

October 1, 2002

When Conservatives Smear, Pundits Duck

A smear campaign against the National Education Association reveals the state of modern-day agit-prop, in which conservative groups feel free to spread ugly slanders, and an increasingly indolent mainstream press corps barely raise a finger to challenge ugly attacks. The smear began on August 19, with a front-page article in the Washington Times by that […]

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