Friday, June 20, 2014

The Fog Machine Of War

Worthwhile essay by Bradley Chelsea Manning:

If a reporter’s embed status is terminated, typically she or he is blacklisted. This program of limiting press access was challenged in court in 2013 by a freelance reporter, Wayne Anderson, who claimed to have followed his agreement but to have been terminated after publishing adverse reports about the conflict in Afghanistan. The ruling on his case upheld the military’s position that there was no constitutionally protected right to be an embedded journalist.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/opinion/sunday/chelsea-manning-the-us-militarys-campaign-against-media-freedom.html

I'm happy to see that Manning is still able to enlighten us.

What is troubling is that this true patriot is in prison, while the war criminal named Dick Cheney goes free.

Even worse, Manning's parting words point to the stark reality behind this manufactured fog of war:

Opinion polls indicate that Americans’ confidence in their elected representatives is at a record low. Improving media access to this crucial aspect of our national life — where America has committed the men and women of its armed services — would be a powerful step toward re-establishing trust between voters and officials.

Media access is NOT going to be improved, and trust is NOT going to be re-established. We The People are enemies of the state, and the state has no desire to tell us the truth or regain our trust. They've got the hammer, and to them everything looks like a nail.

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