This is the stark choice that Americans seem to be facing these days.
We have an Administrative that is very secretive about just about everything, which leads many to complain that there should be more transparency in government.
We have a news media that distorts major news stories so that they fit the media's unknown agenda, and has the ability to repeat incorrect information over and over until it is believed to be general knowledge.
Which is more dangerous to the truth?
ABC News recently covered a story about a treasure trove of documents that were released by our government that were seized from Saddam Hussein's government, which show strong evidence of Saddam's intelligence network working together with bin-Laden and other hot topics. Nine documents were released; after the news network wrote up the gist of the documents, they added an editor's note to each one, discounting the documents. The reason: questionable sources.
It's pretty bad when several major news networks no longer follow their own rules on getting at least three sources to corroborate their OWN stories, but are quick to discount official U.S. and Iraqi government sources on evidence that disagrees with the media's viewpoints on controversial topics, such as WMDs in Iraq.
The government can release accurate information to a huge audience ONLY with the cooperation of the major news media. The ABC news story only confirms that the media doesn't feel beholden to the U.S. public to report the news as it is and let people decide themselves. They would rather write the news for their own political purposes.
And they accuse Fox News and the alternative media of manipulating the news? WHAT A JOKE!!
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