Nowhere was this more evident than during the tragic death of a U.S. ambassador in Libya that was lied about for nine days, because the press and the administration did not want to admit it was a terrorist attack.
"We've had nine days of lies over what happened because they can't dare say it's a terrorist attack, and the press won't push this," said Caddell. "Yesterday there was not a single piece in The New York Times over the question of Libya. Twenty American embassies, yesterday, are under attack. None of that is on the national news. None of it is being pressed in the papers."
Caddell added that it is one thing for the news to have a biased view, but "It is another thing to specifically decide that you will not tell the American people information they have a right to know."
The founders envisioned a press that would keep a check on the powerful. The press has abrogated their role as watchdog, Caddell says, and chosen to become power brokers themselves. Agenda driven news threatens fundamental freedoms. Lawmakers are no longer held to account. Fundamental questions go unasked. Fundamental events go uncovered.
Pat Cadell at Accuracy in Media Source
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