-Caveat Lector- The complicity of the mass media just makes me want to puke! They are as much criminals as the animals controlling the power centers of this government, and should be charged with aiding and abetting. I'm so angry I can't even find the right words to express it!
<http://www.ruminatethis.com/> February 06, 2003 "WE DECIDED NOT TO RUN IT..." Here's an interesting story. It's an important one, and it's not being covered. After Colin Powell spoke to the UN Security Council yesterday, a bi- partisan bill was introduced in Congress by Reps. Peter DeFazio (D- Ore.) and Ron Paul (R-TX). It wasn't just any bill - this is legislation that looks to repeal the Iraq Use of Force Resolution passed by Congress in October. If you're wonkish about these things, you might recall that similar legislation was put forward a couple of weeks ago by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). It didn't get more than a mention here or there in the press, but it's important to note that DeFazio and Paul's bill is different. Jackson's "sense of the Congress" bill, if passed would have taken the body's "temperature" on the issue. That's all. DeFazio and Paul's effort goes beyond the thermometer. Faced with the administration's Rush to War, DeFazio and Paul are looking for a prescription. If they were to get this one passed, the outcome would be legally binding, and the October bill then outright repealed. Congress could at that point thoughtfully revisit the issue of Iraq - the danger it presents and the costs of war. Big story. Right? So, where's the media? Yesterday, DeFazio and Paul conducted a press conference that the major media outfits were invited to. Did you see it on C-SPAN? Nope. CNN? Nope. Did you read about it in the New York Times? Nope. They were all invited to attend the news conference. How about the Washington Post? Nope. But the story nearly saw daylight there. Almost. Almost? Almost. "We decided not to run it," says a low-level staffer. Why not? "Hold on," I'm told, as he runs to check. "Because our editor decided not to run it." It's as simple as that. One gets the sense that one best take it or leave it. "Leave a message in his voicemail." Back to yesterday's press conference....after this low-attendance event, and later in the day, DeFazio appeared on The O'Reilly Factor: seven minutes of airtime, the usual back and forth, until the mic is silenced, the lights lowered, and O'Reilly has the last word. War. Other than a handful of local radio interviews, a small story here and an AP wire there...that's the sum total of major coverage. No Imus. No Chicago Tribune. No ABC News. Major bipartisan legislation opposing a war nobody wants, and what do we hear? The sound of media silence. Where's the American media? Perplexing, isn't it? Especially given that ying and yang make for great journalism. Informing the public interest makes for legitimate journalism. Why the silence? But wait...what's going on over in this corner?.... We've got Colin Powell running around Capitol Hill today, pumping hands and begging for the Blessing to War. Where's the media? Oh, the media is covering Colin Powell. They monitor his every breath and movement. In the surreal world that is today's media, Colin Powell has no opposition. None. There is no alternative view. None. In this Kafkaesque place, Reps. DeFazio and Paul didn't conduct a press conference yesterday. Nor did they introduce legislation that counters George Bush and Colin Powell's world view...a world view, mind you, that the world doesn't share. Colin Powell tells us that the next 24 hours are crucial. Crucial? Apparently not crucial enough to hear the voices of dissent - even Congressional dissent. Why have the voices that question....moderate voices, voices of Moms and Dads and scout leaders and nuns and grandmas...why have they gone silent? Why is their legislation invisible? Ask that our media do us a favor, and report the news, instead of choreographing it. Ask that they cover DeFazio and Paul's bill to repeal the Authorization for Force on Iraq. Whether that bi- partisan legislation is in keeping with the editorial page views of some in the American media is frankly immaterial. It's a news story. An important one. It mirrors the views of many Americans - most, if you believe the polls - and it's barely being covered. --------- Agree with DeFazio and Paul? Dial up the Congressional toll-free switchboard at 1-800-839-5276 and urge your Congressman to sign onto their bill, H.J. Res 20, which aims to repeal the Iraq Use of Force Resolution. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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