Frank Rich

Events (59)

• June 5, 1997: New York Times Columnist Warns Americans, Media to Pay Closer Attention to Far-Right Extremists in Wake of McVeigh Conviction 1997-06-05
• June 14, 1997: New York Times Editorial Warns of Militia Threat 1997-06-14
• September 12, 2001: Historians Question President Bush’s Failure to Immediately Return to Washington after Attacks 2001-09-12
• After October 9, 2001: Government Response to Anthrax Attacks ‘Ineffectual,’ ‘Farcical,’ Author Later Claims 2001-10-09
• October 11, 2001: Five American News Networks Agree to Self-Censor Their Broadcasts of Bin Laden Statements 2001-10-11
• November 8, 2001: Ashcroft: US ‘Victorious’ in ‘Opening Battle in the War against Terrorism’ 2001-11-08
• June 6, 2002: White House Uses Homeland Security Announcement to Divert Media Attention from FBI Testimony 2002-06-06
• August 16, 2002: Perle: Bush’s War Rhetoric Makes Invasion Necessary 2002-08-16
• September 8, 2002: Cheney Implies Iraq behind 9/11 Attacks 2002-09-08
• September 11, 2002 and Before: Bush Speech Kicks Off Drive to War, Midterm Elections 2002-09-11
• November 25, 2002: Woodward Publishes ‘Hagiographic’ Book Chronicling Bush’s Response to 9/11, Preparations for War with Iraq 2002-11-25
• March 6, 2003: ’Scripted’ Press Conference Gives Bush Opportunity to Air Talking Points on Iraq War 2003-03-06
• March 7, 2003: UNMOVIC and IAEA Reports on Iraq Weapons Inspections Undermine Bush Administration’s Claims 2003-03-07
• March 19-20, 2003: US Television News Begins Enthusiastic but Inaccurate Coverage of Opening Hours of War; Coverage Hews Close to Pentagon Outlines 2003-03-19
• March 23, 2003: Pentagon Says Publication, Broadcast of Images of Dead or Wounded US Soldiers Violates ‘Principles of Geneva Convention;’ Media Limits Coverage 2003-03-23
• April 1, 2003: US Military Briefs Reporters on Jessica Lynch’s Rescue, Shows Carefully Edited Video 2003-04-01
• April 3, 2003: Washington Post Prints Tale of Jessica Lynch’s Heroic Resistance and Rescue in Iraq 2003-04-03
• April 7, 2003: Newsweek Cover Story on Jessica Lynch Rescue Emphasizes Story of Gunshot Wounds, Raises Question of Mistreatment after Capture 2003-04-07
• March 20 - April 9, 2003: Studies Find that TV Coverage of Iraq Invasion Heavily Sanitized 2003-04-09
• April 9, 2003: US Television News Organizations Scale Back War Coverage after Statue’s Fall 2003-04-09
• June 13, 2003: Neoconservative Columnist Claims Only ‘33’ Artifacts Looted from Museum 2003-06-13
• July 14, 2003: Columnist Outs CIA Agent, Apparently to Discredit Administration Critic 2003-07-14
• September 7, 2003: ’Propaganda’ Docudrama of 9/11 Airs, Portrays Bush as ‘Action-Movie Superhero’ 2003-09-07
• November 27, 2003: President Bush Visits Troops in Baghdad for Thanksgiving 2003-11-27
• January 20, 2004: Bush Gives State of the Union Address; Claims Iraq had WMD-‘Related Program Activities’ 2004-01-20
• March 24, 2004: White House Discloses Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Was Anonymous Official Who Gave Background Briefing 2004-03-24
• March 24, 2004: NBC Anchor Criticizes National Security Adviser Rice for Not Testifying Before 9/11 Commission 2004-03-24
• March 24, 2004: Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Gives High-Profile Testimony 2004-03-24
• March 24-30, 2004: White House Official, CNN Anchor Join in Smearing Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ 2004-03-24
• March 30, 2004: White House Makes Deal to Prevent Additional Public 9/11 Hearings for Bush Officials 2004-03-30
• April 4, 2004: US Soldier Dies in Baghdad Ambush; Death Impels Mother to Become Peace Activist 2004-04-04
• April 30, 2004: ABC Airs Tribute to Fallen Soldiers, Conservatives Protest 2004-04-30
• July 26, 2004: Threat to Suspend Elections Has No Basis in Law, Former White House Counsel Writes 2004-07-26
• November 3, 2004: Poor Poll Question Leads to False Claims that ‘Moral Values’ Drove Votes over Iraq, Terrorism, Economy 2004-11-03
• December 9, 2004: Soldier’s Question about Vehicle Armor Provided by Reporter; Soldier Excoriated by Conservative Commentators 2004-12-09
• December 14, 2004: President Bush Gives George Tenet and Others the Medal of Freedom 2004-12-14
• January 11-16, 2005: American TV News Outlets Largely Ignore Abu Ghraib Soldier’s Trial 2005-01-11
• January 16, 2005: Army Specialist Sentenced to 10 Years in Court-Martial over Abu Ghraib Torture Charges 2005-01-16
• January 20, 2005: Media Gives Favorable Coverage to Inaugural Ceremonies 2005-01-20
• January 26, 2005: Gay Prostitute Granted Access to White House Press Corps; Partisan Questioning Alerts Media Observers 2005-01-26
• February 9-15, 2005: Faux Journalist Quits after Exposure as Conservative Mouthpiece, Gay Prostitute 2005-02-09
• February 18, 2005: Fake Reporter Linked to White House’s Rove 2005-02-18
• April 30-May 1, 2005: Press Responds with Adoration, ‘Sycophancy’ to First Lady’s Performance at Correspondent’s Dinner 2005-05-01
• May 24, 2005: Bush Says He Must Repeat Ideas ‘to Kind of Catapult the Propaganda’ 2005-05-24
• June 3, 2005: Pentagon Confirms Five Instances of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo 2005-06-03
• July 7, 2005: Washington Post Reporter Calls Plame Scandal ‘Laughable,’ Does Not Reveal Own Involvement 2005-07-07
• August 6, 2005 and After: Peace Activist and Bereaved Mother Sets Up Vigil outside Bush Vacation Home 2005-08-06
• August 11, 2005 and After: Right-Wing Commentators, Pundits Slam ‘Camp Casey’ Founder, Challenge Fact of Son’s Death 2005-08-11
• August 12, 2005: Bush Drives Past Bereaved Mother, War Protesters 2005-08-12
• October 28, 2005: Woodward Dismissive of Libby Indictment; Conceals Own Involvement in Plame Outing 2005-10-28