Monday, October 24, 2011

Democracy Now! - the people's news

The New York Times has a really nice article about the news show Democracy Now!. I am a faithful viewer of the broadcast, which airs live Monday through Friday at 8am EST on 950 stations.

In the article, the author brings up this point:

Last week, no United States television network covered the filing of a lawsuit in Canada by four men who said they had been tortured during the Bush administration and who are seeking Mr. Bush’s arrest and prosecution. But one of the men, Murat Kurnaz, a former prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, was interviewed at length by Ms. (Amy) Goodman and her co-host, Juan Gonzalez.

So typical. Leave it to the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM - thank you, Ray McGovern for that phrase) to leave the ex-President alone, even though there are millions around the world who believe this person is a major perpetrator of serious war crimes.

Thank goodness we have Amy Goodman and her crew to keep us informed of what is really going on. Not just what the FCM want us to know while keeping from us what we need to know.

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