from Washington Post: Why the Mainstream Media Is Catching On

[Douglas Carpenter]

full article at this link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062201827.html?sub=AR

By Jefferson Morley
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Thursday, June 23, 2005; 12:20 PM

The Downing Street Memo continues to spread in American political discussion despite efforts to dismiss its significance.

The DSM story, as the top-secret British document it is known on the Internet, has legs because it really represents two stories: an emerging alternative history of how the United States came to attack Iraq and a story of how the New Media has usurped some of the Old Media's power to set the agenda.


The Downing Street Memo

Top-secret documents suggest that the Bush administration "fixed" intelligence about Iraq WMD and that British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought legal cover for a predetermined invasion. Follow debate about the memo.

Michael Smith, ace reporter for the Sunday Times, continues to lead the journalistic pack on the story, again demonstrating that there is more news in the British official record of war preparations. Smith reported last weekend that the British Foreign Office had concluded in early 2002 that stepped-up U.S. and British attacks on Iraq in the so-called no-fly zone violated international law. Smith's story was based on a "confidential" document entitled "Iraq: Legal Background" that was attached to the original DSM which was presented to senior British officials in July 2002.

--------------------so let's keep it up---------------------------


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From AfterDowningStreet.org:


The U.S. corporate media has rolled over, yawned, stretched, cleared its throat, and rubbed its eyes. All that's needed now, after all the noise we've been making, is an ice cold bucket of water in the face.

Here's How to Deliver It:




Go to the AfterDowningStreet.org site, and find the Take Action box on the right.


http://www.afterdowningstreet.org


After writing to your Congress Member, click also on


"Contact Local Media Outlets,"--see this link:

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=7656046&type=ME



"Contact TV Networks,"and on--see this link:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/310


"Awaken the Mainstream Media"--see these 2 links:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/


http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html


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http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/407

[Douglas Carpenter]

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[NewJeffCT]

2. Thanks

Nice link for local media...

[kaitykaity]

3. Thanks for posting this.

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[Coexist]

4. I like Morley

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[Nothing Without Hope]

5. Excellent! Thanks for posting this.

If there is still time, I will recommend this encouraging thread.

[senseandsensibility]

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Don't let yourselves be distracted, folks.

[Douglas Carpenter]

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[Douglas Carpenter]

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