I wanted to share an excellent post by Sean Madden, an astute fellow-blogger (inoodle.com), regarding media's most recent failures and the reasons behind them. Be sure to read the follow up comments as well, and add your two cents.
SEAN MADDEN: In a fine Huffington Post article published yesterday, Martin Garbus, a leading American trial lawyer, unequivocally states that Bush has committed an impeachable crime in authorizing domestic surveillance without a court-issued warrant, and has, in conjunction with Congress, legitimized torture for the first time in US history.
Yet, again, the corporate media has failed to inform the citizenry of the implications of these illegal acts. Indeed, the corporate media has failed to present these acts for what they are, forget the reporting of implications. Obfuscation seems the preferred practice.
Mr. Garbus says that "most of the media missed it and got it wrong." Perhaps.
But, given the complicity of the corporate media in the war crimes committed to date by the US (and UK), and their willingness to disseminate government propaganda, to keep dissenting opinion on the fringes, and to steadfastly remain uncritical of the war crimes committed thus far, why should we assume that the corporate media's failing in this instance is an honest mistake? Read the rest of this post plus comments--and and your own.
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