Critic Watch

Postcards from Nixonland: Reagan and Nixon Discuss the Utility of the United Nations

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 16, 2010 - 7:15 am
Validators - Critic Watch
Newly discovered audio of a 1971 conversation in which Gov. Ronald Reagan suggests to President Nixon that the United States pull out of the UN.

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Government Should Defend Climate Science

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 5, 2010 - 9:51 am
Climate - Critic Watch
UN Foundation President Senator Timothy Wirth pens an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on why government should be defending climate science.

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NewsBusters Makes Stuff Up About Netroots Nation

Mark Leon Goldberg - Feb 23, 2010 - 7:29 am
Security - Critic Watch
A fringe site makes stuff up about the Netroots Nation panel I moderated last summer.

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Palin Takes the Easy Road on Climate Change

Matthew Cordell - Feb 22, 2010 - 4:11 pm
Climate - Critic Watch
Today Sarah Palin became a "follower" on her own Facebook account. Sadly she decided to lock herself in step with a group of opportunists trying to derail needed action on climate change.

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The UN is NOT Trying to Take Your Guns Away. (Unless you are a terrorist or enlist child soldiers, that is)

Mark Leon Goldberg - Feb 9, 2010 - 9:16 am
Security - Critic Watch
A new online petition circulated by a gun owners advocacy group mongers in conspiracy theory.

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Note to Peretz: Don't Put Down the Contributions of Arab States to Haiti's Relief Effort

Mark Leon Goldberg - Jan 27, 2010 - 12:41 pm
Haiti - Critic Watch
In a bizarre post at the New Republic, Editor in Chief Marty Peretz denigrates the contribution of Arabs and Arab states to the Haiti relief efforts.

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Hit Job on Susan Rice Falls Short

Mark Leon Goldberg - Jan 25, 2010 - 1:00 pm
Security - Critic Watch
A hit job against Susan Rice making the rounds on the internet is chock full of distortions.

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David Brooks Wants to Know Why Haiti is Poor

Alanna Shaikh - Jan 15, 2010 - 12:31 pm
Development - Critic Watch
David Brooks starts out strong in an NYT article asking why Haiti is so poor. Unfortunately, things go downhill rapidly.

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"Burj Dubai Where Dreams are Made Of" Huh?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Jan 12, 2010 - 8:42 am
Security - Critic Watch
Joel Kotkin and Robert Cristiano use the opportunity of the renovation of the United Nations building in New York to argue that the UN should be relocated to Dubai.

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Brookings Survey Shows Public View on Climate Change Mercurial at Best

Matthew Cordell - Jan 11, 2010 - 7:53 am
Climate - Critic Watch
New Brookings report on Americans' view of climate shows that the climate/weather "joke" is no laughing matter.

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