Reply #48: No clothes indeed, some of the naked truth is coming out in.......... [View All]

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corporate media. Maybe corporate media are running a little :scared: because they think the general public realizes they have been badly lied to

Went google-ling for information on enemy+cheney+halliburton+trade+nuclear+traitor+pakistan and on top found this

Speaking Truth to Ignorance: An Open Letter to Charlie Daniels and the Warmongers
April 5, 2003
By Christian Dewar

Dear Mr. Daniels,

While many people have criticized celebrities such as Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, The Dixie Chicks and Sean Penn for voicing their dissent against the massacre that is taking place in Iraq and some screeching heads such as Mike Savage call for protestors to be locked up in concentration camps, the hallmark of democracy is to allow all citizens to voice their opinion, no matter how unpopular their view may seem to some people. It is this "marketplace of ideas" and the give-and-take of political debate that allows our citizens to educate themselves and make informed decisions about important events. An informed electorate should debate issues that are critical to the well being of our country. Your criticism of the opponents of this war has been noted but I have to question the assumptions upon which you make your decisions.
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Clear Channel, which owns hundreds of radio stations, has close ties to the Bush family. They have been instrumental in bleating out the administration's messages and encouraging pro-war rallies.

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, was a media consultant for the Bush family. He has been quoted as saying that Americans don't want to be informed; they only want the illusion of being informed. Ailes continues to foist off right-wing ideology on unsuspecting viewers.

The media has also been consistently co-opted by American intelligence agencies. Ronald Reagan's CIA director, William Colby, was once quoted as saying, "The CIA owns everyone of significance in the major media." Their agents infiltrated the newspapers and magazines posing as legitimate reporters and generated stories that were slanted and biased toward their political agenda. Deceptive articles were planted in the press domestically and abroad. They called the program Operation Wurlitzer for its ability to loudly broadcast their propaganda.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/04/05_letter.html