Cheney Still Manipulating People -- Now In Public

When he was vice president, Dick Cheney got his way by secretly wielding the instruments of power. Now that he's no longer in government, Cheney is still pulling levers and pushing buttons - he's just doing it in plain view. And it's the media that he's manipulating. Full Story »

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Sep. 6, 2009

To many people believe that Mr. Chaney talks the truth and this is an excellent and correct rebuff to that fact. Well written easy to read and understand with inserts at desirable locations.

Would it not be great if this special investigation that the AG has set in motion found specifics on our prior vice president.

Any normal person — or reasonable journalist — would gasp at Cheney’s spectacular gall, and marvel at his absolutism. (He even went so far as to say that ... More »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 31, 2009

Froomkin analyzes Cheney's manipulation of the media in trying to transform a legal question of a crime against humanity into a political question. The lack of journalistic ethics on the part of Fox, the New York Times, and the Washington post is shown to be part of the problem

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by Emma Asomba - Sep. 1, 2009
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by Randy Morrow - Sep. 1, 2009

In fact, after all these years, and despite a slew of selective leaks while Cheney was still in power, there remains not one iota of proof that torture accomplished much of ... More »

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by Tanya J. Maurer - Sep. 1, 2009
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