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King George admit to torture; media yawns.
Posted by CelticBear on April 16th, 2008
An ABC News report last Friday revealed that King George, as well as top officials in the administration, knew of and approved torture of detainees.
How may papers made this front page news? How many major media networks made this a leading story (or even a story at all)? None. Not a damn one.
The “leader of the free world” has admitted to a callous disregard for international law and human decency, and the abdication of the values America stands for, and the corporate owned media doesn’t make any issue out of it.
It will take me a lot of effort to not punch the next person who dares to say we have a “liberal media.”
Meanwhile, last week, at the AP press conference in which the Presidential candidates appeared in order to be grilled by the press, Obama got treated to being called “Obama bin Laden” (seriously) and McCain was given, by the press, a box of his favorite doughnuts with sprinkles.
Liberal media my fucking ass.
Bush can admit his authorization of torture all he wants, because he knows no one in the Justice Department is going to investigate and prosecute. They’ve as much as said that the administration is above the law when Congress demanded two of its members be prosecuted for contempt of Congress for ignoring a summons to appear.
Amerika uber alles!
Update: Upon further reflection I thought of a better way to sign off. You may recognize these words:
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government….”
April 18th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I think the problem is threefold.
1. ABC was claiming an exclusive.
2. It was reported on a Friday, meaning that it would have to be published Saturday, a day in which no one actually reads the paper.
3. It’s hardly news. Everyone has figured that he knew about and approved of the torture the entire time.
The media wasn’t the only ones that yawned. I did too. At this point nothing that comes out about Bush is the least bit shocking. The only thing that would make me take serious notice is if he said or did something intelligent.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Good points, but,
1. Even when an organization claims an exclusive, the other organizations report on it be then cite the originating org. as the source. “Next on CNN, ABC News has reported that….”
2. That’s true for papers, but we don’t live in a paper publishing news world anymore. News is 24-hours. If something is reported on Friday evening, it can be available Friday night to hit the news channels and Web sites.
3. And that’s the big problem! We’ve gotten so jaded by the actions of the Bush crime family, we either think “Oh, isn’t that old news?” or “Yeah, that’s expected.” And this happens because no one is doing a damn thing from day one so we’re lead down this path of ennui which allows them to get away with murder.
It’s my entire point I made in my last point: we’re the sleepy frog in the pot of water slowly coming to a boil. We’ll be asleep when we die (metaphorically speaking).
April 18th, 2008 at 8:59 am
It’s bad enough these perpetrators of war crimes aren’t getting what they deserve and aren’t being impeached or even investigated…what kind of message does this give to following presidents?
When we can see that the “leader of the free world” can get away with just about anything and the people will just shrug and watch their Idol, what will the next president, and the one after that, get away with?
It’s not important just to have criminals in high places removed and punished, but to remind those who strive for the same position that they’re not going to get away with similar or worse acts.