Our government lies to us


The Bush administration has led a propaganda campaign against its own people to a degree not seen since Joseph Goebbels or Soviet Russia

Through intimidation of the press and ever decreasing budgets the fourth estate has been co-opted into question-nothing shills for the Republican party. The news that Armstrong Williams was paid by the administration to promote their policies on news programs shouldn't have surprised anyone. Especially given the fact that Government Accountability Office has twice charged this administration with using "Covert Propaganda" to promote its policies. The question is if the press will ever get their act together (especially the mainstream television press) to be a voice for the people and not the people in power. It is up to us to demand to be better informed, to support the organizations that give us the truth and to shun those that feed us lies.

Posted: Mon - January 10, 2005 at 03:51 PM           |

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