Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Always a good read when it's published, the rundown of Project Censored's top 10 censored or underreported stories for last year according to the San Francisco Bay Guardian has just hit stands and can be seen online here (you can also see the full list of 25 here on the Project Censored website).
As much as I actually believe most stories that are allegedly ignored by the mainstream press can be found by those who care to search hard enough for them, sometimes a little active turning of the spotlight can help bring these stories a little better into the light. The sad reality is most Americans seem happy to remain docile and sucked in by the often jingoistic mainstream tabloid print and TV news outlets. They take whatever they are told by them as the gospel truth which is why the US ended up in Iraq fighting a bogus war in the first place and why a majority of Americans believe Sadaam has links to Al Qaeda and was behind the 9/11 attacks despite no credible evidence to support either claim according to US government intelligence agencies.
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Many things have changed and few of them for the better. May those who lost their lives that day be in God's care. And may those who remain that suffered in any way from losing loved ones to experiencing persecution from either an increasingly belligerent government or people using the attacks to justify their bigotry and racism also feel God's love and protection as they try to make their way in this world.
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As much as I actually believe most stories that are allegedly ignored by the mainstream press can be found by those who care to search hard enough for them, sometimes a little active turning of the spotlight can help bring these stories a little better into the light. The sad reality is most Americans seem happy to remain docile and sucked in by the often jingoistic mainstream tabloid print and TV news outlets. They take whatever they are told by them as the gospel truth which is why the US ended up in Iraq fighting a bogus war in the first place and why a majority of Americans believe Sadaam has links to Al Qaeda and was behind the 9/11 attacks despite no credible evidence to support either claim according to US government intelligence agencies.
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Many things have changed and few of them for the better. May those who lost their lives that day be in God's care. And may those who remain that suffered in any way from losing loved ones to experiencing persecution from either an increasingly belligerent government or people using the attacks to justify their bigotry and racism also feel God's love and protection as they try to make their way in this world.
