More Revolting by the Minute
In the aftermath
of Milosevic's death, CNN is wheeling out one arrogant imperial blowhard
after another. Right now is Daniel Serwer, who was preceded by the always
entertaining Richard Holbrooke.
As could be expected, they are pushing
the "Milosevic was responsible for everything that ever went wrong" line to the
hilt. And of course, Holbrooke gravely intoned that Milosevic was right up there
with Hitler and Stalin.
All of this media bombast has little to do with
Milosevic, and a lot to do with the Western media and power structures, whose
reputations and careers are at stake. The coming week is going to see a long and
drawn-out public orgy of hatred and slander against everything Serbian.
Milosevic's death is just the catalyst, and anyone who doubts that will have to
ponder why has-been Holbrooke used his time on CNN to not just call for but to
ORDER that Kosovo and Montenegro be made independent; he also said there are
"two more" war criminals who must be apprehended (Karadzic and Mladic),
conveniently ignoring another duo, Haradinaj and Ceku over in Kosovo. That's
because they are on the side of The Good, in other words, the West.
This
week we are going to witness the awesome power of the mass media to shut down
any debate or discussion about the facts. It is going to be sweeping, complete
and brutal, and will use a hell of a lot of other adjectives too. Don't expect
that after Milosevic is buried, wherever and however that may be, that the
Official Truth will ever be contested again in a major way.
