George Okello Now try justifying this one to be a lie.
EM On the 49th Controlling the Message: Targeting Press TV By Stephen Lendman 7-5-13 Washington and Israeli Lobby pressure bear full responsibility. At issue is blatant censorship. It's suppressing truth and full disclosure. It's controlling the message. It's preventing viewers from getting vital news, information and analysis. Press TV features it daily. It provides a vital service. It's must viewing. It tells viewers what they most need to know. It does so accurately, thoroughly and truthfully. It's too important to lose. It's targeted for that reason. Doing so manufactures consent. It's a euphemism for mind control. In 1917, George Creel first used it. He turned pacifist Americans into raging German haters. Alex Carey studied corporate propaganda. He inspired others to do so. His book titled "Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty said: "The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." State-sponsored propaganda works the same way. Americans are the most over-entertained, under-informed people anywhere. They believe most anything they're told ad nauseam. They're easy marks. Big Lies seduce them. They launch wars. Media scoundrels repeat them. They're weapons of mass deception. They convince people wrong is right. Alternative voices are marginalized. Press TV's one of the best. It's too important to lose. Iran bashing is longstanding. America and Israel bear full responsibility. Independent governments aren't tolerated. Truth is verboten. Press TV's a longstanding target. Suppressing its message is prioritized. Last fall, 27 EU nations blocked 19 Iranian television and radio stations. European satellite provider Eutelsat sold its soul. It went along. It agreed to silence them across Europe. A statement said, "We terminated the contracts because it was the order of the European Commission. We have to follow." No one's obligated to obey illegal diktats. Doing so reflects complicity. Months of on and off jamming preceded Eutelsat's announcement. Its own charter obligates it to "adher(e) to the principle of non-discrimination and fair competition in defining its strategy and carrying out its operations." Michel de Rosen heads it. He's CEO. He sits on corporate boards. From 1996 - 1999, he was a French Ministries of Finance and Defense official. He's an Israeli citizen. He's hardline. He's a committed Zionist. He supports Israel's worst crimes. Press TV is Iran's 24-hour English language news service. It's broadcast to most parts of the world. It's done so by satellite, cable and online. Its US presence is limited through intermediary companies. Major cable operators Comcast and Time Warner exclude it. So do media conglomerates Disney, Viacom and Fox. Last October 12, Britain's Office of Communications (Ofcom) banned its broadcasts. Allegedly it was for noncompliance with UK law. It was brazen censorship. It was about silencing vital news, information and analysis. Ofcom claimed it bowed to government and royal family pressure. Doing so violates UK media law. In May 2011, Ofcom said Press TV breached rules "by airing a 10 second extract from an interview with Iranian-born Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari while (detained) in an Iranian prison." Britain's Foreign Office told Washington's London embassy that it was "exploring ways to limit (Press TV's) operations...." In January 2012, London's Guardian headlined "Suppressing Press TV is deplorable - Ofcom should restore its license now," saying: "The suppression of any media outlet anywhere in the world is an affront to freedom of expression and appalling to contemplate." "That a British agency should be responsible for such an act of repression is scarcely credible. Its UK license should be speedily restored." Suppressing dissent is official US policy. So is marginalizing alternative views. Washington wants Press TV silenced. The FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bans it from US airwaves. Broadcasters and cable channels exclude it. Former CIA director William Casey once said: "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." Former CIA director William Colby said the Agency "owns everyone of any significance in the major media." At issue is controlling the message. Obama's Treasury Department is involved. On February 6, sanctions against Iranian officials were linked to alleged censorship. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targets IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). It falsely claimed Iran uses "state-run media transmissions to trample dissent." It duplicitously "point(ed) to distorted or false IRIB news reports." It prohibits Press TV and other Iranian media in America. On July 1, Press TV was excluded from satellite operators Hotbird 13-B, Eutelsat 25-C, Eutelsat 21-B, Eutelsat 8-West-A, Intelsat 20, Galaxy 19, and Optus D-2. I Iran's Spanish-language channel Hispan-TV was removed from Eutelsat 8 West A, Eutelsat 7 West A, and Intelsat 21. Its Arabic news channel al-Alam was banned from Eutelsat 8 West A. Its general entertainment English and Arabic television network iFilm was pulled from Eutelsat 21-B, Eutelsat 25-C, Hotbird 13-B, Eutelsat 7 West A, Intelsat 20, and Optus D-2. Its al-Kawthar channel was taken off the satellites Eutelsat 8 West A, Eutelsat 7 West A, and Galaxy 19. These moves followed International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) officials asking Washington and major satellite operator Intelsat to stop banning Iranian channels. Intelsat admitted acceding to US pressure. Israel exerts its own. Its US lobby controls Washington. European operators lied. They claimed they're abiding by anti-Iranian sanctions. They don't apply to Iranian media. Media expert Nader Talebzadeh said: "A new voice that gives alternative views (and) alternative debates with high-caliber critics of the West from the West is a sweat, and thats why they want them to be off the air." Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers." Media activists call attacking Iranian media an assault on free expression. America's First Amendment protects it. Without it all other freedoms are at risk. It's too important to lose. Press TV viewers reacted. One said its targeted for "expos(ing) Western powers' hypocrisy, injustices, atrocities, and all other issues they don't want the world to know." Another said "Press TV doesn't toe the line. How many times have you said America is great and god's chosen country? Anyone who disagrees with the American narrative is wrong at best. They are intentionally blind to the truth." A further comment stressed Zionist influence. Its "propaganda machine" doesn't want its lies exposed. "Whatever happens worldwide, if deemed unfortunate to the case of the Zionists, it is not mentioned at all." National Union of Journalists head Dominique Pradalie criticized EU censorship. "The National Union of Journalists, which I represent," she said, "supports freedom of expression and free access to information." "Censorship is fine only if someone is trying to violate someone else's human rights, but here that's not the case at all." "We must be vigilant against all types of censorship. Citizens have a constitutional right to have access to foreign media sources. It cannot be prevented." Kevin Barrett co-founded the American Muslim Political Action Committee. He's an author, radio host, and former university lecturer. He said "(l)et's face the facts here. (Treasury's) Office of Asset Control was handed over to a bunch of hardline neoconservative arch Zionist Likudnik radical Israeli partisans." They were "given carte blanche authority by the US government to go after Iran in an all-out monetary and ideological war." They're "trying to shut down the free flow of ideas back and forth between the West and Iran. If they have nothing to fear from Press TV, al-Alam, and other Iranian channels, this wouldn't be a problem." "It's a case of egregious hypocrisy these people endlessly blabber on about free speech and democracy." They tolerate none of it at home or abroad. They want truth silenced. "The real issue is that Iran uses soft power." It does so through television and other communications. It "gets the truth to" Western audiences. Doing so "mortally threatens" Zionist lies and distortions. Its response is "kill the messenger." It's not working. Growing numbers of Western viewers object. Press TV said: "The truth cannot be concealed forever, and those that want to hear the voice of Iranian media will inevitably find a way to watch the channels of their choice." "Iranian channels are also doing their utmost to ensure that their audience can have easy access to their broadcast." Online surveys show 92% of respondents call banning Iranian media an assault on free speech. US/EU/Israeli actions are lawless. Might makes right doesn't wash. International law matters. Free-flowing information is fundamental. People have a right to know. Modern technology makes it possible. Western subversion won't work. Truth won't be silenced. It's too important to lose. Without it, all else is lost. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at [email protected]. Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Okello Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UAH] US MILITARY BLOCKS ACCESS TO THE GURDIAN OF LONDON-violations of Media Rights Mr Buyinza, Please note the difference. The Guardian is a London paper, so the USA can not send its tanks and troops to confiscate its equipment, imprision its editors or close it down. All it can do is ban access to its website by its soldiers, which it is legally entitled to do. I don't know if you visit libraries or have attended any institution of learning? If you have, you would have found out many of them block certain wensites which they find offensive, pornographic or inappropriate. In every work place in the UK, the employers block some websites. Even I block many websites so my children cannot access them. So the comparision you make is totally ridiculous and even silly. If Barack Obama sent his soldiers to London, closed down the offices of the Guardian, arrested its staff at gun point, cordoned its offices with wire tape and declared it a CRIME SCENE, then you might have a point. George Okello On 7/5/13, Frank Mujabi <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr Buyinza > > The last I heard you were awarding medals to people who ass lick the > US and World bank under the Millennium Goals blah blah. > > Why are you suddenly against them? > Could it be because they totally ignored your resident dictator on the > African tour? > > Ya maawe ! > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:25 PM, LUZINDANA ADAM Buyinza < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> When Gen KALE Kayihura Uganda's Inspector General of Police deployed >> at Monitor Publications Offices and Red-pepper Offices,he was widely >> criticized by the West and some statements were issued to that >> effect...The Uganda police even had a Court Permission, The Search >> Warrant... and it was in interest of the National security. >> >> Now today the USA from no where they have blocked the Guardian >> Website,, how do we term this...Is it violation of media rights and >> rights of the soldiers.. If this was in Africa or Middle East,then >> the President of that Country will be named a DICTATOR. >> >> I thank you, >> >> ADAM >> >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Herrn Edward Mulindwa >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> US military blocks access to The Guardian website for troops around >>> the >>> world**** >>> >>> Get short URL**** >>> >>> Published time: July 02, 2013 16:01 **** >>> >>> [image: Description: AFP Photo / Kamal Kishore]**** >>> >>> AFP Photo / Kamal Kishore**** >>> >>> Afghanistan <http://rt.com/tags/afghanistan/>, >>> Asia<http://rt.com/tags/asia/>, >>> Intelligence <http://rt.com/tags/intelligence/>, >>> Internet<http://rt.com/tags/internet/>, >>> Iran <http://rt.com/tags/iran/>, Iraq <http://rt.com/tags/iraq/>, >>> Middle East <http://rt.com/tags/middle-east/>, >>> Military<http://rt.com/tags/military/>, >>> USA <http://rt.com/tags/usa/>**** >>> >>> Uncle Sam is mighty upset, and thats not a good thing for American >>> troops itching to read the news. The Pentagon has blocked access to >>> The Guardian newspapers website for all soldiers stationed in the >>> Middle East. >>> **** >>> >>> The Guardian confirmed on Monday that its website has been >>> blacklisted by a filtering system installed by the United States >>> Department of Defense on the computer system utilized by thousands >>> of service members deployed to the area covered by the US Central >>> Command, or CENTCOM. That theater-wide >>> effort has reportedly blocked access to the award-winning >>> newspapers Web edition for all soldiers in Afghanistan, the Middle >>> East, South Asia and even the commands headquarters in Florida.**** >>> >>> The decision to keep overseas troops from accessing the newspaper >>> comes *three >>> days* <http://rt.com/usa/guardian-access-restricted-army-367/> after >>> The Guardian learned that certain pages of its website were >>> inaccessible to soldiers stationed within the US. The Defense >>> Department initially restricted access to Guardian articles >>> containing classified material such as the leaked National >>> Security Agency documents recently disclosed to the paper by former >>> contractor Edward Snowden but the Pentagon has since widened that >>> ban, making the entire website off limits for soldiers not just >>> within Americas border, but those stationed in locales like >>> Afghanistan and Iraq.**** >>> >>> Banning The Guardian in Afghanistan alone means the 62,000 troops >>> stationed in Americas longest running-war are unable to access the >>> website. >>> **** >>> >>> *US Central Command is among other DOD organizations that routinely >>> take preventative measures to safeguard the chance of spillage of >>> classified information on to unclassified computer networks, even if >>> the source of the information is itself unclassified*, Army Lt Col >>> Steve Wollman, a spokesman for CENTCOM, told The Guardian. *One of >>> the purposes for preventing this spillage is to protect CENTCOM >>> personnel from inadvertently amplifying disclosed but classified >>> information*.**** >>> >>> *Additionally, classified information is not automatically >>> declassified simply because of unauthorized disclosure*, Wollman >>> added. *Classified information is prohibited from specific >>> unclassified networks, even if the information has already been >>> published in unclassified media that are available to the general >>> public, such as online news >>> organizations*.**** >>> >>> Military computers have previously been blocked from accessing the >>> website for WikiLeaks, an anti-secrecy organization that has >>> published hundreds of thousands of classified documents. >>> Blacklisting the entirety of The Guardian appears unprecedented >>> though, and is a direct response to the NSA documents that have been >>> sporadically released by the paper since early >>> June.**** >>> >>> The Guardian first published on June 6 a top-secret court order >>> revealing that the NSA routinely collects metadata pertaining to the >>> phone records of millions of Americans. After the paper revealed >>> evidence of the US tapping into Internet services several days >>> later, former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor Edward Snowden >>> identified himself as the source of the leaks. >>> Snowden, 30, has since been charged with espionage and is reportedly >>> in Moscow awaiting potential asylum. Snowden has requested >>> assistance from upwards of 20 separate countries, but could face >>> decades in prison if those requests are ignored and he is extradited >>> to the US to stand trial.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni >>> and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" >>> Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri >>> Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika >>> machafuko"**** >>> >> >> > ----- No virus found in this message. 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