Silence is Consent

If you don't speak up you accept what is happening. This site was born out of the mainstream media's inability to cover the news. I am just an American cititzen trying to spread the word in the era of FCC consolidation, post 9/11 Patriot Act hysteria, hackable voting machines and war without end. I rant and post news items I perceive to be relevant to our current situation.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Monday, September 22, 2003
 
Are you aware of the problem with the media in the US? If not, I would like to recommend a very good book on the subject: Into The Buzzsaw. It basically tells how true investigative reporting no longer exists in our country's media. A good example is this: do you think NBC--or MSNBC or CNBC for that matter-- would ever expose any misdeeds of its owner, General Electric? Do you think you will ever see Tom Brokaw doing a story on this anytime soon?

Heard of these? Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003?

So why don't we hear about these very crucial stories? This goes to the heart of the reason why we are in Iraq. Look at story number one on the Project Censored list. I believe that if most people understood that the war in Iraq was nothing more than the beginning of a grand plan, it never would have happened. So whose fault is it that most people don't know? Each individual definitely has a responsibility. That being said, isn't it the job of the press in the United States to make sure these stories get told? So, if it is their job, why have the stories not been told? The answer to that question is the reverse of the answer to the question about why are we in Iraq. The answer to the question why are we in Iraq is found in who profits from the American occupation. The answer to why these stories are not being told is found in who would be hurt by them. Interestingly, it's the same answer. The major corporations which own and bankroll the media (through advertising money) have the most to lose from these stories. I think that says quite a bit right there.

*Just a personal note, the one story I did not see on the Project Censored list and would have liked to was the Diebold voting machine story. *

Maybe a little good news on this subject: Bush's Tame US Media May Yet Have Teeth.

Looks like we have a good old fashioned war of words: Bush calls Kennedy's Iraq criticism `uncivil'. Some of the quotes from your President in this article are humorous.

Check this out: Economic Overhaul for Iraq.

And so it goes, 3 G.I.'s Killed West of Baghdad; Top Iraqi in Critical Condition.

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