Thursday, February 7, 2013

US media yet again conceals newsworthy government secrets


The collective self-censorship over a US drone base in Saudi Arabia is but the latest act of government-subservient 'journalism'


guardian.co.uk,
The US media, over the last decade (at least), has repeatedly acted to conceal newsworthy information it obtains about the actions of the US government. In each instance, the self-proclaimed adversarial press corps conceals these facts at the behest of the US government, based on patently absurd claims that reporting them will harm US national security. In each instance, what this media concealment actually accomplishes is enabling the dissemination of significant government falsehoods without challenge, and permitting the continuation of government deceit and even illegality......"

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