Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Claud Cockburnwas an Irish American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland but had lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edited the political newsletter CounterPunch. Cockburn also wrote the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation as well as one for The Week in London, syndicated by Creators Syndicate...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 June 1941
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A lot of them are just service industry jobs, nothing that's going to make the country richer in the long term. Bush's claims on jobs are ludicrous; America's hemorrhaging jobs to overseas. The industry face of the country has disappeared. Look at Ford; Ford is about to fire 50,000 people. GM has fired 50,000. That's a total of 100,000 people. Can you imagine how many jobs that translates to?
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The pack slumbered and only a few watchdogs rattled their chains.
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The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it