Reply #5: Asia Times was my salvation in the leadup to the war, and an eye opener [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

to the rest of the world, especially a big part of it that is seldom covered by the Iron Curtain of stupidity that is called American journalism. It was fascinating to get the Asian perspective on Bush's war. Their reporting was excellent; their opinion pieces in depth and brilliant. It was like they were speaking from a distant planet, watching us from light years away, appalled at the madness of the U.S. government, analyzing it with precision and full of detail, but also regarding it with sadness and disappointment.

I realized, at some point, that what I was reading was simply GOOD JOURNALISM, such as I had been used to when I was young. You EXPECTED good reporting; you EXPECTED opinion to be in depth and sometimes brilliant. You EXPECTED reputable news organizations to be appalled at government madness; to analyze it well; and to express disappointment and sadness at catastrophic failure.

Our news monopolies have become such degraded rags and TV news such airbrushed fascist crap that Asia Times seemed to be coming from another galaxy.