Sniping The "Right" Before They Can Burn The EntireBill Of Rights
Manipulating the Public Mind: Excerpt: "The major networks have consistently underestimated the size of anti war protests. This has been the case with every march on Washington that I have participated in. By deliberately under estimating its size the media gives the impression that opposition to U.S. militarism and America’s war on the poor and the working class is significantly smaller than they really are. "
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Thursday, September 29, 2005
Kathryn Johnston
November 21, 2006—GA
Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, police conduct a no-knock raid on the home of 88 year old Kathryn Johnston.
Johnston, described by neighbors as feeble and afraid to open her door at night, opens fire on officers as they burst into her home. Three of the officers are wounded before Johnston is shot and killed.
Relatives say that Johnston lived alone, and legally owned a gun because she was fearful of intruders. She lived in the home for 17 years. Police claim that they find a small amount of marijuana in Johnston's home, but none of the cocaine, computers, money, or equipment described in the affidavit that was used to obtain a warrant.
There are now allegations of a police cover-up.
Developing...
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I believe that it is a more subtle form of censorship. Corporations have in recent years, particularly under Republican administrations, been merging into huge entities with all kinds of diverse holdings and interests. Of course, different "news" can directly effect the bottom lines of these various enterprises and their "benefactors" in Washington. Editors who work for these corporations know that. They also know that prominent politicians and bussinessmen are likely to withdraw their advertising dollars and/or access to inside political scoops i.e "the dirt" on their political adversaries. Basically it's a game of "You scratch my back...". So these editors are under a kind of unspoken pressure to not rock the boat. And any smart, up and coming reporter knows that the lkelihood of stories being printed that do stir up trouble are not likely to be given the nod by these same editors, thus the stories tend to be less controversial to the status quo "powers that be". Certain stories --- like Katrina--- are of course simply to big to avoid.
Basically, bigThe news media has lost it's independence. It is now a big business like any business, and big business pays big money to get into bed with as many politicians as they can possibly afford to be in bed with. And if you're TimeWarner or GM,that is one hell of a lot of hanky-panky.
Keep your eye on the DeLay investigation. We are already seeing the "Swift-Boating" of the prosecutor in the case by the Republican smear machine.Watch how the media and the Republican smear machine interact here. It should be something for future college classes to study on the subject of running political interference using the media.
And if you want some opinions from journo's on what many are thinking about what is happening to their business, start loking into some of the discussions about Judith Miller and her selling of the Iraq War unquestioningly. She was going to be awarded a prize for ethics in journalism for going to jail rather than rat out her source, but then some closer looks were made and Miller is now considered a pariah by those writers who want to gain back their independence and integrity.
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