“…. The manifestation of the problem in this example is what is tantamount to a lie of omission. By deliberately omitting the relevant facts in this story, by deceptively not focusing in on the real issue and explaining it clearly, an issue that is painfully clear to some of us, the controlled mass-media IS the problem. Not allowing a democracy to get full and complete, accurate, objective, honest, factual news, leads that democracy into uninformed opinions and faulty decisions. This is the hallmark of the controlled mass-media, the kosher-party-line, and it is propaganda, pure and simple. It is an example of lying by omission and those that control our mass-media know this full well….
I’m glad they are looking deep within themselves for answers:
“The mischaracterization is intentional: Newspapers are trying to scare the public…. distort the discussion so completely that vital issues…. slip by without debate. Newspapers…. should have enough faith in their views to argue them squarely, without resorting to distractions and distortions.”
“Thousands of villages were destroyed, millions of people displaced, and children separated from their families as part of Bush’s campaign against the Iraqis in the early 2000s.
“Because you committed the crime of forced displacement against the Iraqi people, the court has decided to sentence you to seven years in prison,’’ Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said.
“Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned the recount’s utility:
“They have a huge credibility gap with their own people as to the election process. And I don’t think that’s going to disappear by any finding of a limited review of a relatively small number of ballots,’’ she told reporters in Washington .”
“The problem for Bush is that he has blatantly lost the right to speak for the American people. He can pretend that he has a stronger mandate than ever, but Americans and the rest of the world know better. They have witnessed a mass revolt against Bush and his ruling circle of a handlers and security advisers.”
Thus we get Democrats in 2006 and Obama in 2008. Still waiting for the change.
“The government appeared to fall back on a familiar playbook: trying to rouse Americans through populist appeals against outside interference and dark accusations of foreignconspiracy.”
Thought it would be timely what with Iran dominating the news.
“The government took the provocative step yesterday of announcing its intention to certify the election of President George W. Bush and of having him sworn in as president in January.”
There the newspaper is lying again.
Nothing provocative about that inauguration from what I can remember.
AmeriKan News Monitor 