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June 21, 2014
Why The MSM Is Such A Farce
By Daily Kos
Why The MSM Is Such A Farce
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Reprinted from dailykos.com by LaFeminista
This is why I have stopped listening to and reading most of the MSM in the US.
NBC and ABC's Sunday news shows turned to discredited architects of the Iraq War to opine on the appropriate U.S. response to growing violence in Iraq, without acknowledging their history of deceit and faulty predictionsThen again one only has to remember the MSM basically cheering on the the preemptive illegal invasion and all the breathless bullshit emanating from "embedded" journalists to see how effing useless they are.
Many of us remember being against both of these wars, when we called the administration a pack of lying warmongers we either totally ignored or branded Un-American and possibly traitors. No fly lists were created on the back of any resistance.
We were very much in the minority then, some 70 to 80% cheered it on
Most of our elected officials cheered it on with the Iraq Resolution
House 297 for 133 againstLets go back a bit and look what the liars got away with saying without the MSM even questioning the veracity.Senate 77 for 23 against
"Liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk." -- Kenneth Adelman, a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, Feb. 13, 2002Not one of the blowhards ever discussed what the mission was and how the hell we could get out of it, although many said they regretted something or other, or how they had the wool pulled over their eyes.The time has come for decisive action to eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. " Saddam Hussein's regime is a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally Israel." - Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C
In reality few questions were asked.
Then we tortured.
Then we failed to prosecute the liars and war criminals.
Now we are expected to listen to the same bullshitters yet again?
Now it is President Obama's fault for getting out of a completely fucked up conflict that was never thought through.
Give me a break and please MSM stop consulting the same clowns that you talked to last time. You fell for the necon dream last time around, how about taking a big step backwards this time and start asking some serious questions to those who spurred and cheered on the war in the first place.
Just a reminder
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Part one http://vimeo.com/...
articles reprinted from Dailykos.com