Norman Solomon (born July 7, 1951) is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and was a candidate in 2012 for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR). In 1997 he founded the Institute for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for journalists, and served as its executive director until 2010. Solomon's weekly column, "Media Beat", was in national syndication from 1992 to 2009. More recently Solomon focused on his 2012 congressional campaign in California's 2nd congressional district.
Won the third prize for news reporting, from Maryland-Delaware Press Association in 1970.
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A collection of his columns won the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. The award, presented by the National Council of Teachers of English, honored Solomon's book "The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media."
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Writes the syndicated weekly media and politics column "Media Beat," which until 1996, was co-written by Jeff Cohen, then by FAIR'S executive director. The column is syndicated all throughout the US.
Writer
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Convention
2008
writer
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
2007
Documentary based on the book by
Producer
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Year
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Character
Convention
2008
supervising producer
Actor
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Killer Tumbleweeds
2008
Scientist
Miscellaneous
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How to Draw a Bunny
2002
Documentary source: photographs
Thanks
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Fear & Favor in the Newsroom
1996
Documentary special thanks
Self
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Status
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The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
Video documentary
Himself
Democracy Now!
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself
Shadows of Liberty
2012
Documentary
Himself
Ethos
2011/I
Documentary
Himself - Institute for Public Accuracy
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
2007
Documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Independent Intervention
2006
Documentary
Himself - Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
The Peace! DVD
2005
Video documentary
Himself
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
2004
Documentary
Himself
XXI Century
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Institute for Public Accuracy
How to Draw a Bunny
2002
Documentary
Himself (as Normon Solomon)
Known for movies
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007) as Writer
Ethos (2011) as Himself - Institute for Public Accuracy
$19 Million
