-Caveat Lector- America, Mark Twain once said, is a nation without a distinct criminal class "with the possible exception of Congress." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/19990819_xcbtl_the_govern.shtml THURSDAY AUGUST 19 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The government- media complex redux ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Well, folks, you saw it for yourself last night -- at least those of you who still, misguidedly, bother to watch network television. I'm talking about the latest example of a sinister societal force I have described previously in this space -- the government-media complex. I don't know from first-hand experience, because I don't watch ABC, NBC and CBS any more than I would willingly submit to watching propaganda from the official state broadcasts from Beijing or Havana. But, last night, the U.S. TV networks, "in concert with the White House," blanketed the airwaves with psychobabble and mealy-mouthed blather aimed at getting parents to talk to their kids about violence in the schools. In the public service announcement, aired on more than two dozen networks between 8 and 9 p.m., President Clinton told the nation, "Our children need our help to deal with tough issues, like violence. Please, talk with your kids." I guess you could say, "Big deal, Farah. The spots don't really say anything controversial. They don't advocate gun confiscation or other constitutional infringements. What's the problem with urging parents to talk to kids." I'll tell you what the problem is: It's twofold. No. 1: Everyone smart enough to breathe knows what the real political agenda of the White House is and why Clinton believes this campaign is important. Everytime he gets his mug on TV whining about some societal problem, his ratings go up. Thus, there's the obvious political component for this campaign. In addition, all the news reports about this ad campaign noted Clinton's answer to school violence is more restrictions on firearms. So, even though the commercials themselves might not make mention of the real underlying agenda, they serve to support it -- agitating children of all ages to look for easy answers when no easy answers exist. And the Clintons masterfully used the TV commercials as a way to agitate for their own anti-gun agenda. At a White House screening the day before, Hillary Clinton said, "After the shootings in Littleton, many members of Congress did say 'enough,' and the Senate passed tough new provisions, proposed by the president, that would have strengthened our country's gun safety laws. But even these most common-sense of measures -- that in no way would have restricted the activities of honest and legitimate gun owners -- were blocked by a majority in the House who apparently were and are more interested in the approval of the National Rifle Association than in the safety of our children." And who's behind this movement? It's not just Bill and Hillary. The "Talking With Your Kids" organization includes on its honorary committee such staunch gun confiscation advocates and political partisans as Linda Ellerbee and, yes, you guessed it, Rosie O'Donnell. It includes as "resources" for information about violence groups such as Handgun Control and for information about sex education the notorious Planned Parenthood. These people are not part of the solution. They are the problem. Bottom line: They advocate more government control over people's lives and less freedom. No wonder this effort has been embraced by the Clintons. No. 2: Where will this kind of government-media "cooperation" end? Is this the proper role of a "free press" in a free society? The corporate media establishment in this country loves such opportunities to hold hands with Big Government and look "responsible." It's easy. It's cheap. And everyone can go home with salved consciences. Unfortunately, this kind of cooperation with government leads only one place -- tyranny. You see, government and the media are not supposed to work hand-in-glove. In a truly free society -- the kind envisioned by our founding fathers -- there is supposed to be a healthy adversary relationship between the media and the government. The press isn't supposed to lie down and unquestioningly do government's bidding. It was supposed to hold the government accountable for everything it did -- to question everything it did. Where will this kind of cooperation end? I would submit to you that there is no end to it. Just try watching the network news some time and you will see how the press fosters more and more government control over the lives of individual Americans. It's done overtly. It's done continuously, and it's done willingly. This is nothing short of mind control. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A daily radio broadcast adaptation of Joseph Farah's commentaries can be heard at http://www.ktkz.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- � 1999 WorldNetDaily.com, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This page was last built 8/19/99; 1:55:17 AM Direct corrections and technical inquiries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/19990819_xcbtl_the_govern.shtml Bard DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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