I’m for a Free Press. I don’t have much confidence or trust in government, no matter who’s in the WH and the Press can provide balance, perspective, insight and truth as it informs us citizens. However, I find the recent broohaha regarding the CIA leaks/Pulitzers/NSA Wiretappings, etc. rather perplexing, hugely irritating and extremely hypocritical.
It seems the Press (i.e. old media) has the right to expose government programs such as the NSA wiretappings and the “secret” CIA prisons, but don’t have to mention their sources or provide perspective—that their right to protect sources usurps the gov't responsibility to preserve & protect, our rights as citizens to be protected or even to have a SAY in what is released. O.K. Fine.
Well, no, it’s not fine…
Who are their sources for these stories? How are they verified? Did someone, other than the “source” SEE the prisons? Did someone, other than the “source”, witness the wiretappings? Who has come forward that has been wiretapped? Where are their stories? There is so much missing and I feel cheated—I want the whole story, not just the part they choose to tell. The Press is acting like a 5th Column and giving us citizens the 3rd Finger.
The Press has engaged in the very thing it accuses the Administration of: stonewalling, secrecy, corruption, manipulation and down-right lying.
Why is there one set of rules for government and a different set of rules for the Press? The Press has placed themselves in a position of superiority—serving up their own interests with We the People having NO say. At least with government, you can vote the culprits out of office (except in the case of leaking CIA rats et al fat cat Bureaucrats).
What can we do about this old media “FREE” Press? Give ‘em the boot I say. Stop reading their crap and watching their celebrity reporters on talk shows. Read multiple blogs and free news sites, get different perspectives from the right, left and center. Take it all in and leave the Free Press really free…free of readers.
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