The blogosphere recognizes the lunacy of the so-called Newsweek "scandal". A widely-read publication like Newsweek finally turns a critical lens on our government, reports on prisoner abuse at Gitmo, and then their high-level government source chickens out (supposedly).
Here's how the main stream media is portraying the whole thing to the rest of America: Newsweek is another Dan Rather and should be blamed for the brushfire of anti-Americanism in the Muslim world.
The insanity of it all is beyond words.
Blatant human rights abuses in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanimo have been documented by alternative/print media for more than three years. Islamic detainees, many (if not most) of whom have no connection to terrorism, have been beaten, starved, tortured and humiliated by the American military under the command of the Bush Administration and their trashing of basic international law and fundamental human decency. Our government kills over one hundred thousand innocent Arab civilians by attacking a Muslim country that had nothing to do with terrorism. Reports have filtered through that religious humilation (yes, involving the Koran) is common practice in America's military prisons.
And can we get the main stream media to report any of this? No, instead, they've been giving us this crap all day.
From Sunday night's CNN transcript:
CNN's CAROL LIN: And think about the consequences here at home. I mean, a recent Gallup Poll indicates that American confidence in the media to report fairly and accurately is at an historic low. I think it is at 43 or 44 percent of Americans, only 43, 44 percent of Americans believe that the media is capable of doing that.
And you take a look at this last election, I mean, what is red state America, or Main Street America supposed to conclude about the media if a reputable magazine, widely spread magazine such as "Newsweek" can make these sorts of mistakes? Is it easier to conclude that there is a liberal media bias out there that is not only inaccurately reporting but also endangering American lives?"
That's great Carol. Don't talk about the fact that our lunatic President and his self-serving extremist policies have made our country LESS safe than we were before. Made America MORE hated than it was on 9-11. Made a terrorist attack MORE likely.
Don't report the real story. Report the great distraction that your masters at the White House and the Pentagon are feeding you. You (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) are all just pathetic corporate tools in our grand one-party state.