> Information and Stories that point out the very drastic societal changes of the last decade regarding Distribution of Wealth, the near- and ongoing- destruction of the American manufacturing sector, and the diminished towards poverty, of the American Middle Class. Frankly, these appear to be "verboten" subjects not only in the mainstream media, but now, increasingly, in the independent media as well. So "no one" wants to hear about poverty in America? It would appear that way when viewing the news reports objectively.
> Related
to "corporate suppression", but unique in the actual very high level
of suppression seen; are stories related to the Energy Sector that positively
point to clear and viable alternatives to oil and coal (or that point out the
poisonous and otherwise dangerous nature of oil); especially when these alternatives to coal and oil
can provide "de-centralized" home and on-vehicle energy production that would
endanger the profits of the private electric utility corporations who produce
nearly all electricity in the United States and who are generally "running
silent", as in almost never being heard from or mentioned in the media, yet
who have an extremely powerful lobby in Washington that most folks do not
realize; rivals that of the Oil or Pharmaceuticals corporations in scope and
sheer political power. The energy producers remain "quiet and under the wire"
(especially since the "Enron" Conspiracy which was a rare look into that very
dirty window), and have worked to be that way for many decades: Because their
greatest desire is for the American people to think of "electricity", and all
the money they pay for it, as "natural law"; something that just "is",
"inevitable" , a "fact of life" that "cannot be questioned". This is not so; but Trillions in easy monopoly profits would work to make it appear so.
The suppressed and
under-reported alternatives to coal and oil, can both be "controversial"
(popularly called "free energy" devices, but actually now in 2010 clearly scientifically
valid), or fully "conventional" (as in "Wind" and "Solar"). It is an odd fact
few realize, that important information regarding Photovoltaics (solar panels)
is being suppressed in the mainstream media; and the entire subject rarely
mentioned... and even mainly ignored in the general independent media. And that the "Green
Energy Initiatives" we heard so much about in the last Presidential election
(ironically from both sides of the political coin), not only never
materialized; but are rarely even discussed either in the media, or Congress.
And, it is important to note, that the very fact that these alternatives are
and have been suppressed is itself a mainly suppressed subject in the
independent media. When one considers the vast importance of "Energy", to every
single aspect of society and the economy, it is difficult to describe the "lack
of interest" as anything else. The "money" to be followed regarding the subject
of Energy, dwarfs profits and gross receipts of any other two or more
industries / sectors combined.
As an aside: Another interesting recent example of this suppression and the power of the Electric Utility corps is the "Chevrolet Volt" automobile: Very few people realize that the on-board gasoline engine cannot recharge the batteries... they must be plugged into electrical Mains to recharge. There is quite frankly no technical reason for this at all: It is a blatant political decision to sell more electricity. When we see such things, it is difficult to consider them as anything else. And they raise questions as to why even the Alternative Media "stays away" from them, and sometimes even suppresses the very few articles that are written on them.
> Stories that pertain to Alternatives to conventional medicine and pharmaceuticals. Although these have been highly popular in previous years, one can noticeably detect a "chilling" factor of fewer articles and pertinent information being published (despite nearly daily revelations in how the FDA attempts to suppress them). This may also be a factor of the U.S. FDA's increasingly draconian threats to anyone who does practice, or even mentions Alternative Medicine. Yet, for whatever reason, we are seeing less real information on these subjects this year; not more. Again, it is a matter of "degrees". "Cannabis fighting Cancer" being the most suppressed not only in the mainstream... but also somewhat in the alternative media.
So, what highly important news stories are now being suppressed in some form in the independent media, as well as the corporate-owned mainstream media? There are several ongoing today (December, 2010), but older or current examples can be found for every "bullet" listed above.
A Partial List of
Suppressed Stories
The BP Gulf Disaster.
This horror created a great need
for the energy cartels to "stop the hemorrhaging" as quickly and as strongly as
possible. This is not referring to the actual amount of oil that was spewing;
but to the very negative public relations that this Disaster caused (in their
minds, a much more pressing "danger").
It created a situation, where draconian suppressions were needed in a
much higher and more potent level than nearly any other situation we have ever
seen. Otherwise, the oil cartels (not just BP), could expect a very "serious"
backlash to the ongoing use of oil, and a general "waking up" of the Public to
both the hazards of out-of control fossil fuel use, and to the viable
alternatives that are now available.
The BP Gulf Disaster was the defining
moment for both mainstream media, and independent media suppression: The oil
corps have consistently pulled out all the stops, and have done these things to
control the flow of accurate information in a rather open and telling way that
cannot possibly be hidden, or even misconstrued. They were, and are, "gambling"
out of desperation: That the American people's vast indifference can "save"
them for a few more year of easy monopoly profits; before the inevitable
alternative energy revolution can no longer be stopped. It is quite a near
thing: If outrage at the situation was allowed to build widely, these
mysteriously missing "Solar Initiatives", these Peer Reviewed Studies on the clear
links between Benzene from Diesel fumes and Cancer in cities (that kills
millions of people a year around the world)" These stories of other horrors
caused by blatant and undeniable oil corporate crime such as in the Amazon
Valley and the Niger Delta... the disastrous wars of aggression that we have
fought over "oil"; would be more widely and openly examined, more widely known
and understood.
That is why "Benzene" is a word never seen nor heard in the corporate mainstream media: And not only because of the BP Gulf Disaster itself (although the health issues to local Gulf residents has been very vigorously suppressed), but because of the wider implications of "Oil as a Poison to both Humans and the Planet" that if more widely known and understood, would greatly speed the end of its use.
The Government Involvement in the BP Gulf Disaster and resultant Health Issues.
This is actually a related but
separate Story (or perhaps two more discrete stories): That any small amount of
research can show is quite amazing and "newsworthy". Here, we have a situation
where the U.S. government actually declared it a "national security issue" to
suppress important information about an oil corporation's gross negligence.
They actively tried to stop tenured independent Scientists from taking samples,
stop reporters from filming and talking to witnesses, and even attempted to
threaten private chemical testing laboratories from accepting samples for test
if they came from private citizens. They also attempted to silence independent
scientists with threats from government-paid lawyers. The U.S. and several
States governments have consistently lied about the output of the "spill" (with
clear evidence from Federal government employee whistle-blowers that proves it),
and these blatant lies even went so far, that the President of the United
States did a public relations "photo-op" showing him and his family swimming
"in the Gulf". The truth of that very telling, and shameful event was, is that
it took place far from the actual Gulf, in a protected bay that was never
"oiled"... yet, the impression it gave to thousands of prospective tourists who
were watching, was that it was "OK" to go to the Gulf beaches; while those very
same privately-collected samples that the government tried to stop, prove
conclusively that the government agencies were systematically lying about the
amount of oil and dispersant in the water (and the levels of poisons in the
seafood as well). The result of this gross and open deception was that many
people have become ill; some of them children who swam or waded in the Gulf
waters and were exposed to high levels of the highly toxic dispersant/oil mix.
And of course there is the future concerns, where these huge amounts of poisons
in the environment (on land as well; being inevitably transported via wind and
rain); cannot but insure many more illnesses of Gulf area residents for decades
to come. The poison nature of these chemicals is well known and irrefutable:
Yet, they were dumped onto the Gulf in
amounts that have never been seen, or even dreamed of before.
This blatant Public Health endangerment of millions alone is the "Story of the Century", yet the reader must ask themselves: How many of us are aware of all this; even those of us who read or watch Alternative Media ? This story has been suppressed whenever possible, even in the "independent" media. It is highly disturbing.
The very widespread dispersant use, a poison in itself that reacts with oil to create even more toxic chemicals, was widely misreported and misrepresented. Both the government and BP claim that the use of this dispersant stopped around the beginning of August 2010 ; for a total of over 2 million gallons of it being sprayed into the air or dumped directly into the oceans. However, there has been much evidence from local eye witnesses that the use of these deadly poisons have not stopped: When oil slicks that were "dispersed" (actually only mainly sunk to the bottom), rise again and become visible from time to time especially in coastal waters; more dispersant is still being secretly used to hide it again (with the reported help of the U.S. Coast Guard; who vectors the boats to the scene and forces fishermen from the area). This "midnight spraying and dumping" has been reported over and over as happening close to shore: A very serious Crime that breaks many State and Federal laws. Yet, they are being done not only with the government's sanction, but with their active help.
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