George Soros calls for Regime change

[NoKingGeorge]

Why does our media ignore this stuff? How can a Dan Rather abandon integrity? Amazing, I saw the power of the media during Vietnam, mostly late Nam. I never thought this Country could be taken over BECAUSE of the independent media. The destruction of the current regime will result in reafirmation of Americn principles, I hope....



See the article on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3201631.stm

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. Question for all DU'ers...

HOW CAN WE TAKE BACK THE MEDIA???

[rucky]

5. Here's A Start...

http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/speak_up.html

Tom Brokaw - [e-mail]

Dan Rather - [e-mail]

Ted Koppel - [e-mail]


Sir,

TELL THE TRUTH! CLEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE!

1/2 the Story is 1 Whole Lie

For many years you have provided your trusting listeners with honest and complete reporting. It is painfully obvious that you have succumbed to the powers, suppressed your journalistic ethics and have assumed the role of White House Public Relations Spokesman. History will reflect the role you are playing in the deception of the American people

Cable news is a lost cause all together. They have never practiced true journalism, therefore we have grown to expect less from them. They have become the professional wrestling of the journalism world. You, however, were there before CNN’s high ratings forced the rest of the TV News industry to abandon journalism in lieu of propaganda propagation. TV News is now nothing more than an infomercial for the Bush administration and for the corporate sponsors. If they approve, you report. That is the only standard by which the news is now reported.

It is your fault that 50% of the American public believes that Iraq was responsible for the attacks on 9/11. You have permitted and encourage the President to lie to our troops about the reasons that they have been asked to kill other human beings. Is this how you “Support the Troops”? Is this patriotism? It is the job of the journalist to ask questions when the President spews his daily lies.

Think about the impact the press had in uncovering corruption in the past. Think of how the Watergate scandal came to light. Think of the respect the American Journalist gained around the world during that time. Think of Daniel Ellsberg, a great American hero who risked all to uncover the truth and expose a corrupt administration. That is patriotism. Protecting a President as he lies to the troops and to the world is not patriotism. It is treason. It is disgraceful. It is a sin.

Last year Reporters Without Borders ranked the American Press 17th in the world for freedom of the press. Imagine what this years ranking will be. Picture your name and face placed along side that ranking, etched in history. This is the legacy you are creating for yourself.

Stand up. Regain control of your soul, and speak the truth. Admit to what has been going on and blow the whistle. It is your patriotic responsibility. Continuing this deception is an injustice to all of humanity.

Sincerely

An American

[goforit]

6. Well that is one way, but they have already recieved milions of those.

I unfortunately do believe it is gonna take stronger action than
e-mailing your opinion.

[Resistance Is Futile]

10. Open your chequebook

Buy them.

[AndyTiedye]

2. I Sure Hope It Is Possible

> The destruction of the current regime will result in reafirmation of Americn principles

Only if we are able to remove it.

If it takes the rest of the world invading us to do so, all bets are off.

[chadm]

3. Only if we make right what has been wrong

including leaving Iraq.

[cprise]

4. They're not 'independent' media

In fact, they are the very definition of special interests. They are all owned by the same institutional investors as any other mega-conglomerate, whether their brands are defense-sector, agriculture, retail, automobiles, entertainment or all of the above. They care only for big-money and are out to re-interpret "freedom" as "corporate freedom".

There may have been a time when the US networks were relatively independent, when they were smaller and regulations resrticting their ownership were in effect.

Today, I think the model for independant media is the BBC. No matter how fancy your TV is, you pay the same BBC license fee, so they have a duty to keep a populist perspective on events. The government has little power to play politics with them (contrast this with PBS), and they are not a charity for corporations looking for better PR (contrast also with PBS).

[efhmc]

7. This was on NPR about a month ago.

[Jacobin]

8. Soros nails it

He understands completely what is going on and why it is BAD for EVERYONE, including the wealthy.

Too bad it won't get printed in the U.S.

[burythehatchet]

9. This excerpt is quite insightful

"What happens to extremists is that they go to extremes and the falsehood in their ideology becomes apparent.

"In a democracy the electorate - which is not extremist - will punish them and they know it, so they have to retreat.

....this is why they want to rig the entire election process. What BBV is doing may be the most (and possibly last) important battle in our lifetime. Scary.