like it was during WWII?
Roosevelt didn't trust the news media to tell the truth.
Is that what it's coming to today
2007-10-15 07:40:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Compare the censorhip of WWII and today and get back to me
2007-10-15 07:44:37 · update #1
MOODY: Isn't the way that most news medias protraying propaganda and calling it the news aiding and abetting the enemy now
2007-10-15 09:45:33 · update #2
they should just be held accountable for the lies and misinformation they do , Britain is allot stricter with the slander and libel with their media and Britain still stands , maybe we need to be a little stricter with our own
2007-10-15 07:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It already is being censored, but most people don't realize that it is happening. The misconception is that 24 hour news means we are getting 'all' the news. A look at 'non-mainstream' and 'un-embedded' news sources shows just how much is NOT being reported or is mis-reported. Here are some examples of 'non-mainstream' media sources:
-- Democracy Now! - While mainstream media has toned down coverage of the war, DN! has not. DN! is carried by LINK TV and Pacifica radio. It was this program that brought "vulture funds" to the attention of some members of Congress (i.e., Conyers and Obama)
http://www.democracynow.org/recent.pl
-- LINK TV is carried by DirecTV and Dish satellite networks. It is NOT corporate-funded. In addition to DN!, LINK carries Mosaic, a daily news program from various media outlets in the Middle East, and documentaries:
http://www.linktv.org/
-- Dahr Jamail is a US citizen who went to Iraq as an un-embedded reporter at the beginning of the invasion. In addition to his website and email dispatches, his articles have also been picked up by some major media pubs:
http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/
I hope you'll take a few moments to look at these links! You might then be asking "Why is our media being censored?" instead.
2007-10-15 08:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by sagacious_ness 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not! Of course I am nor saying all the news is true. The only time news should not be reported is when it compromise the security of this country. That would be aiding and abetting the enemy.
2007-10-15 09:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Moody Red 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes and they should lose their classification to being called news and the protection under the Constitution. As they are no longer independent and provide lip service for the Communist party also known as the Democrats.
Which all should be tried for treason and found guilty and than executed.
2007-10-15 08:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Now that the US is in a Bush declared permanent war on terror that will last for "generations" the censorship could last for generations. I think they should start with Fox News. They really need to be watched. Last week they compromised a spy agency with access to the websites of the real Al Qaeda. The agency is no longer able to monitor Al Qaeda.
2007-10-15 07:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
This a different day and time.
No, the news should not be censored.
I already know George Bush is an idiot, but the news tells us to what level it extends.
2007-10-15 07:45:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Under no circumstances should they be censored.
However, if they are found to be traitorous as outlined by law, they should be hung until dead.
2007-10-15 07:54:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The government and the News media are intertwined, by virtue of the incestuous, profitable relationship they have.
Propaganda disguised as news in the mainstream media has manipulated the thoughts and opinions of many Americans for years. Corporations spend billions each year on advertising to ensure the perpetuation of Americans' obsession with gluttonous over-consumption, narcissistic worship of wealth and external beauty, and belief that amoral behemoths like Wal-Mart are benevolent pillars of " America 's values". The current regime keeps men like Scott McClellan on its payroll to lie with virtually each breath he draws. Through an ongoing propaganda blitzkrieg preying upon Americans' ill-founded fears, they have successfully leveraged 9/11 to gain the American public's consent to illegally invade Iraq and to shred the Constitution. What chance does the average American have to recognize the truth when they are bombarded with lies and propaganda from cradle to grave?
Weigh the fact that the public education system provides a white-washed version of history, leaving many Americans with limited awareness of the imperialism, cruelty, genocide, and state terrorism perpetrated by our government for many years. This same educational system emphasizes rote learning over the development of critical thought. The abhorrent No Child Left Behind Act virtually forces teachers to abandon nurturing their students' analytical capacities as they drill them in preparation to do well on tests (for fear of the punitive measures imposed on schools whose students do not perform well). Automaton thinkers serve the American Empire quite well, and those skeptics who occasionally slip through are quickly discredited as "anti-American liberals", "Communists", or more recently, as "supporters of terrorists".
With the advent of the Internet, Americans have unprecedented access to information and a powerful means to network and communicate quickly. This has severely under-mined the "soft tyranny" the US government has historically employed to manipulate its citizenry. Witness the plummeting approval ratings of Bush II and the regime's pathetic attempt to bolster support for the illegal occupation via the recent staged satellite teleconference between Bush and the service people in Iraq . Given the fact that a substantial number of Americans are awakening from their slumber and seeing the sobering truth, the abstract attack on our fundamental Constitutional rights is poised to become quite concrete. Once their "soft" mechanisms of control cease to function, those in power will employ cruelty, tyranny, and brutality (which have been staples of US foreign policy for years) on their own people. Martial law, torture, an end to legal privacy, and imprisonment of "dissidents" without due process are quite likely to become stark realities for US citizens. Orwell may have been off by several years, but Big Brother is gathering momentum for his ascension to power.
2007-10-15 07:44:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
The news media in the US is already censored. All you have to do is look at a newspaper or newscast from another country, such as BBC.
2007-10-15 07:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by katydid 7 · 9⤊ 5⤋
Then news media use to be our most reliable watch-dog tool even with its many flaws.
Now it seems we need someone to watch them.
2007-10-15 07:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋