We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, November 5, 2015

'Let's Bring In Our Pentagon Spokesman' - Bombing Syria

Click here to access article from Media Lens.

The editor of Media Lens aids us in identifying how "embedded" journalists report (illegal) war news to US citizens by comparing reports by one embedded journalist when he reported on US bombing raids in Syria with his reports of similar Russian raids. To introduce this article, the author reminds of a revealing slip by one Fox news announcer which really defines what embedded war reporting really is.