A sample of 20 major U.S. newspapers show when thrown a bone, they choose to nap, remain in a coma, or are conditioned to give the government, which feeds their media empires, a pass.
If journalists did their jobs better, we would get to the heart of the story and not get confused by all the smokescreens and information-as-truth peddled 24/7 to a gullible and exhausted public.
WagTheNews examines 14 storylines and shows how the mainstream media never left its comfort zone to challenge what it was fed.
If you throw a dog a bone, chances are he'll run after it. Throw mainstream media an easy story, and it shows why it belongs in the doghouse...again. This time over Passport Peaking.
A sample of 20 major U.S. newspapers show when thrown a bone, they choose to nap, remain in a coma, or are conditioned to give the government, which feeds their media empires, a pass.
Since mainstreamers lack of curiosity led American support of the American War in Iraq, you'd think the journalistic profession would conspire to not be fooled again. That its convention seminars and keynoters would challenge the next Woodward and Bernstein's to keep their eyes wide open and their line of questioning aggressive. If mainstream has gotten so entertainment-driven, it should copy the style of Michael Moore in real time, instead of waiting for Moore to connect-the-dots after the fact.
If the profession was the least bit skeptical, Americans would be better informed which would tilt the power in avor of citizens. If journalists did their jobs better, we would get to the heart of the story and not get confused by all the smokescreens and information-as-truth peddled 24/7 to a gullible and exhausted public.
WagTheNews examines 14 storylines and shows how the mainstream media never left its comfort zone to challenge what it was fed.
The State Department investigation- A government that has lied to its people is in charge of investigating itself and its multi-million dollar contractors. We take baseball's steroids probe more seriously.
2 contract workers fired- When will the privatization of America be fully exposed? Contractors are overcharging the government for feeding the troops, securing the pipelines and playing militiamen in Iraq. Now they're in charge of our computers
Fired contract workers can't be called to answer questions unless subpeonaed by grand jury- Will someone please look into Stanley Inc, its contracts, its political contributions and its cozy relationships with lawmakers?
Another contractor, The Analysis Corporation of McLean, Virginia reprimands a worker who is still on job- What ties does TAC have to government? Why is there a second contractor working alongside the first instead on computer work, when choosing one makes accountability and financial controls clear?
Curious workers- "Curious" would be looking into their ex-girlfriends passport records. We're told the contractors should have looked into relatives records instead. What a relief, unless you don't want your cousin snooping on you either! How about if they look into their trainers records and call it a day?
Workers not alligned to any campaign- This is stated as fact in the first moments the story broke. How does anyone know who these contractors are working for? Said to be non-political appointments, any contractor hired by any adminitration is beholden to that party to keep their steady stream of work. K-Street just moved down the street to the State Department.
Unidentified contractors- In the age of instant information, we know the ID of Elliot Spitzer's hooker but not 4 computer geeks whose motivates are yet fully known.The public deseres full disclosure and we'll learn every motivation of these four without even needing an investigation.
Not politically motivated- The comment taken hook, line and sinker with NO media skepticism. Why was the Administration so quick to be so definitive there was no political motivation?
Rice disturbed if someone did it to her- Rice has zero crediblity. If she wasn't an African American woman, she'd have been gone along with Rumsfeld. Close the curtain on the unconditonal support for Condi.
Information contained only name, date of birth and social security number- Oh thank God! It's a good thing you can't do any damage with only that info! Why do you think businesses ask to confirm just the LAST FOUR DIGITS of your social security number. Let's see what movies these candidates rented, what items they bought on e-Bay, and every financial transaction they ever made. Political enemies would have a goldmine with this "limited" information.
Snooped on Hillary last summer- The media downplays this chronology as a long ago mistake, but it is THE smoking gun. Hillary was the heir to the thrown back then. This was no training exercise by curious contractors, but a well timed peak into Hillary Clinton at a crucial time of her front runner status.
Snooped on Obama in January, February and March- Part two of smoking gun. What a coincidence that they snooped on Obama only after he caught on like lightning and started winning caucuses and primaries. And the trifecta of spying on him three times? No wonder they were "curious." They snooped on Obama when he became the new frontrunner. Only the Wall Steet Journal named TAC's CEO as an Obama adviser.
They accessed McCain's records too- As if John McCain was the preferred candidate by this White House and Bush/Cheney/Rove's strongest supporters.
Victims should have been notified when someone famous is accessed- Famous people, who are usually more wealthy, have more rights than the rest of us? How often does this happen for them to have a separate policy on dealing with famous people who get snooped on?
There are automatic controls for ordinary citizens- It's just that they can't tell us what they are. Just trust us.
Maybe that's mainstream's real crime. It just trusts them.