Freedom of the Press?? Addendum
Hey Folks,
I just posted about how we don’t have freedom of the press, and then today I hear a story about CNN running a video of Iraqi snipers killing our soldier/children and then being demonized for showing it.
Yep, they need to slam CNN hard for showing the truth to Americans!! Don’t they know we’re at war? (and everything is going well – and we don’t need a free press at the moment ??)
It reminds me of when Churchill, as a reporter in the imperial wars in southern Africa, said that reporting a defeat of British forces – when it wasn’t true – would be terrible; but reporting a defeat of British forces when it WAS true would be even worse.
Yep! If only everyone had kept their mouths shut about Sherman burning Atlanta, the South would have won the war (of Northern Aggression?).
I guess it’s not just “Watch what you say” in this country; it’s also, “Watch what you find out.” Either way, saying or learning could interfere with Big Brother’s merchandising plans – and our present Big Brother really understands and depends on “merchandising.” His daddy bought him an MBA from Harvard.
-Uke Man
See the Video in question: http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2006/10/18/ware.iraq.insurgent.video.cnn
I just posted about how we don’t have freedom of the press, and then today I hear a story about CNN running a video of Iraqi snipers killing our soldier/children and then being demonized for showing it.
Yep, they need to slam CNN hard for showing the truth to Americans!! Don’t they know we’re at war? (and everything is going well – and we don’t need a free press at the moment ??)
It reminds me of when Churchill, as a reporter in the imperial wars in southern Africa, said that reporting a defeat of British forces – when it wasn’t true – would be terrible; but reporting a defeat of British forces when it WAS true would be even worse.
Yep! If only everyone had kept their mouths shut about Sherman burning Atlanta, the South would have won the war (of Northern Aggression?).
I guess it’s not just “Watch what you say” in this country; it’s also, “Watch what you find out.” Either way, saying or learning could interfere with Big Brother’s merchandising plans – and our present Big Brother really understands and depends on “merchandising.” His daddy bought him an MBA from Harvard.
-Uke Man
See the Video in question: http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2006/10/18/ware.iraq.insurgent.video.cnn
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