We need independent media. Is that not yet crystal clear? The strongest grassroots community organization in the country, ACORN, has been swatted away like a fly through the endless airing of fraudulent, badly edited, and irrelevant, but salacious video clips. Elected officials or electoral candidates succeed or fail at the whim of the media cartel. And the biggest lies of all are buried so deeply beneath the hot news stories that they're almost impossible to see. Does or does not Iran possess nuclear weapons? That question hides the insidious assumption that if a nation possesses nuclear weapons, then our nation can and should launch an illegal war of aggression against it. Or at least our nation should have a debate over how best to take action against our "enemy," a debate that will represent us all because it will include two political parties.
This is the biggest lie of them all: the system works. Vote for this corporatist war party or that warmongering corporate party, and you will have played your role well. The system works.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Media
by David Swanson from After Downing Street. I think that this is a very important article in emphasizing the critical need for a citizen's independent media. IMO, that critical need has existed for the last 40 years. Little progress can be made for the people against the juggernaut of corporate capitalism until we turn off the corporate boob tubes in all its forms and establish our own media. We also need to take over public education or establish our own educational institutions.