Sander Bellman -- The Silence of the Media is Deafening
This entry was posted on 8/21/2006 8:20 PM and is filed under AJC, Bush, Impeachment.
It has now been four days since a Federal Judge ruled the President of the U.S.,
George W. Bush, has been systematically breaking the law without any valid defence and has been violating the constitutional rights of Americans.
Such an event is unprecedented in the history of our country. Such
an event, had it occurred under President Clinton, would have dominated the
Atlanta Journal and Constitution (AJC), the Marietta Daily Journal
(MDJ) front pages, and main-stream media for months. But the AJC barely gives it a 6-inch column on the front page on the day
after the ruling (Friday, August 18), "Eavesdrop Program Ruled Illegal."
The MDJ gave it even less space.
And what dominated the front page of the AJC for the following three days? The break in the 10-year-old Ramsey case. Yes, a tragic case, but in the grand scheme of things should merit
only the most minor attention on the back pages.
A Federal judge has found our President criminally liable and
probably warranting impeachment. So what does the AJC talk about?
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Friday - The Ramsey Case and
Cartoonists in Atlanta
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Saturday - The Ramsey Case, Illegal
Immigration, and Arts in the Suburbs
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Sunday - The Ramsey Case,
Little League, and Veterans going to College
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Monday - The Ramsey Case,
Football, and Boat Racing as a Way to Face Cancer
And of the most important case of
Presidential betrayal in the history of our country?
Nothing! The President has really no higher responsibility
other than to "preserve protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States" and to ensure that its laws are
faithfully executed. In both of these tasks, George W. Bush
has been found guilty of criminal behavior.
And what of the media? By
their silence, they are guilty of aiding and abetting these
crimes. So much for the fourth estate and the so-called
"liberal media." And how about our Congress?
It sits on its collective rump and looks the other way. So
what is the solution?
We must take back at least the
House of Representatives this November. We must support
Steve Sinton and our other progressive Democratic candidates with
our time, our labor, and our money. Give whatever you can,
but understand that the time for simply going to breakfasts and
dropping $5, $10, and $20 bills in a jar is past. It is time
to get out our checkbooks and put real money where our mouth is.
Our country, our freedom, our nation depends on it.
On August 9th, 90-days before
election day, Steve Sinton asked each of us
to donate the equivalent of only $1.00 a day until election day to
his campaign. I ask you to go
to his website right now, today, and pledge at least
$90.00. Only $1.00 per day - most of us spend more than that
on soda pop. Then call up Steve's office at 770-977-4400 and
volunteer your support. Let's not let the silence of the
media become the silence of the lambs.
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