In a world where press freedom is under siege, journalists in Gaza risk their lives to report the truth, while the global media remains complicit in silencing their voices.
As gatekeepers of the corporate information bazaar, you have served Israel well. Echoing the propaganda of Tel Aviv and Washington has become mainstream fare, with omission at the heart of the campaign.
Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president, judiciously wrote in 1789: “Whenever the people are well informed, they may be trusted with their own government.”
Unfortunately, today’s media mind managers have forgotten that. The public’s right to know the truth about Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians, supported by the United States, has been subordinated to currying the favor of special interest groups and moneyed interests.
You have been tranquilized by your intimate relationship with the national security state, ever willing to espouse the pro-Israel views of the White House, State Department, the Pentagon, and most, if not all, members of the American political class.
British novelist George Orwell, in a passage from his prophetic novel 1984, aptly described the relationship that has evolved between the establishment media and Israel; he wrote: “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” (more...)
When Israel Bombs, America Yawns and Gatekeepers Silence the Truth
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