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You Can Look But You Can't See
By Clyde
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Like a beer fart inside a Volkswagen I smell the stench of Karl Rove all over the Newsweek scandal. It stands to reason that given the history of Rove-ian style politics I can only surmise that it was Rove who instigated the story of American soldiers desecrating the Koran in Guantanamo in an effort to quell a media uprising that was beginning to take shape.
For the last few weeks we have been seeing an increase in media coverage of the criminal activities committed by the Republicans and the revelations were beginning to hurt the neo-con agenda. So it stands to reason that what they needed was another issue to "Ratherize" so they could continue their anal assault on the middle class and working poor.
The fact that no one has denied the accusation of the abuse speaks volumes and only reinforces my belief that Rove is the one who leaked this to Newsweek albeit by a third party. Since this story broke I have not heard one word in the mainstream media about Tom Delay's ethics problems, the Social Security piratization, increased violence in Iraq or the burgeoning budget crisis. What I have heard is the Michael Jackson trial, the "nukular" option over the filibuster and every talking head blaming the violence in Afghanistan on Newsweek.
Being as most of the Afghan population is illiterate I find it strange that Newsweek would have such a large impact on their daily lives. Yet when we listen to Simple Scotty McClellan we are supposed to believe that everything that is going wrong in the world is the fault of a tabloid. The mere idea that the Bush administration is once again succeeding in manipulating the press makes one want to vomit and we as Americans should not stand for it. We must demand a return of the Fairness Doctrine and break up the media conglomerations that we currently have to endure.
It is a crying shame that even though we live in the greatest country on the planet we have to go to other countries to get an unbiased view of current events. How shameful is it that we rank 24th in the world for media independence and that we have to put up with Party politics in getting information that has a direct impact on our daily lives? Both sides of the political spectrum complain of media bias so if we continue to allow this "I can't see the forest for the trees" manipulation of the mainstream media we will lose our democracy to a bunch right wing Christo/Fascists forever.
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