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Ten major news stories the media is ignoring
marketwatch.com — SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories we in the media seem to have largely ignored over the past year. The story is gleaned from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group out of Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent jour
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- sharpfork, on 10/12/2007, -22/+110If the MYTH of the "liberal media" were actually true, these stories would all be in the mainstream press.
This one of ten stood out:
Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran- warofwrath, on 10/12/2007, -37/+52...that's because the media isn't "liberal" in any true sense of the word; it is "leftist" and consists of partisans with far more bark than bite when it comes to acting as any kind of "watch dog" agency or counterbalance to government power. This digg is just one more list of reasons why the blogosphere and diverse sources of world news and opinion are more critical than ever.
- crombenevolant, on 10/12/2007, -8/+72@warofwrath
Absolutely agree. The left and the right are so busy twisting the news into political fodder that the truth has been lost along the way. Is it just me or has partisanship (both sides) risen to the "foaming at the mouth" level as of late? - alphaone, on 10/12/2007, -45/+12The Halliburton story not making mainstream press in a twisted way makes sense politically. Tearing the country apart doesn't benefit anybody, liberal or conservative. Imagine what would happen when people remember the link between Halliburton and our VP Dick Cheney. The general public is already angry enough whether they're against the war, or against the people against the war.
On a brighter note, EXCELLENT digg. - TenWithTomDtCom, on 10/12/2007, -11/+65The media isn't "left" or "right", the media is greed and will put forward whatever sells the most newspapers (and doesn't offend its baskers).
- gmillerd, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2Take that one off the table, the rest are pretty bothersome. Getting bogged down in politics yourself isn't fixing it.
- TenWithTomDtCom, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17by "baskers" I mean "backers"
- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Tenwithdotcom, if that were the case, then they would publish the Halliburton selling nuclear tech to Iran . That would sell a lot of papers. Still, I had to read it twice before it sunk in. Here we effectively have the US selling nuclear tech to Iran.
- themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14The whole purpose of the media and the way it's supposed to benefit society is beginning to be lost.
- twiztedambience, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6without the media you wouldn't know half of anything which is happening in the world. Take a single source with a grain of salt - but take the power of the entire press as a considerable tool to have at our control, at least somewhat still.
Or consider the alternatives: Bloggers? Politicians? The Government? - Iandefor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18"The whole purpose of the media and the way it's supposed to benefit society is beginning to be lost."
It's *been* lost for a long time now. Where were you? - fredrated, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30@warofwrath says "because the media ...is 'leftist'"
Dude, the poster you were responding to has the goods, not you.
Almost every one of the stories left off the front pages supports the leftist view that we are becoming more fascist under Bush (see 6, 7, 8, 10), more under corporate control (see 1, 2, 3, 5) and less compassionate (see 4 and 9). This means the media completely distorts the news to suite the agenda of the compassionless right, and to call the media liberal or leftist is part of the propoganda.
1. The Feds and the media muddy the debate over Internet freedom
2. Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
3. World oceans in extreme danger
4. Hunger and homelessness increasing in the United States
5. High-tech genocide in Congo
6. Federal whistleblower protection in jeopardy
7. U.S. operatives torture detainees to death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Pentagon exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9. World Bank funds Israel-Palestine wall
10. Expanded air war in Iraq kills more civilians - bugsy187, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11"...that's because the media isn't "liberal" in any true sense of the word; it is "leftist" and consists of partisans with far more bark than bite when it comes to acting as any kind of "watch dog" agency or counterbalance to government power. This digg is just one more list of reasons why the blogosphere and diverse sources of world news and opinion are more critical than ever."
@warofwrath
You make an extremely weird argument to maintain the myth of the liberal/leftist media. Virtually all of the censored stories in question damage power and privilege. They threaten established structures and doctrines that benefit the wealthy and elite. A leftist, by definition, seeks to improve the world by constant reform and improvement. A right winger tries to return to some golden age, believing things can only get worse. Again, virtually all of these stories threaten established power structures. I agree with you on only one point, that sites like digg are necessary, because people can think critically and debate. It is absolutely necessary if the world is to get any better. - LevLuthor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5This one of ten stood out:
Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
I looked for any information on this story. The only confirmed thing I could find was the Halliburton work with Iran during US sanctions. During this time they worked closely with the top Iran Nuclear technician to develop Iran's biggest Natural Gas field. And it sounds like because of this and a secret unknown source they draw the conclusion that Halliburton must have sold Iran key nuclear reactor parts. Even though the parts aren't named and there is nothing to back the claim.
Halliburton should be strung up for working with Iran under sanctions and if it happened while Dick Cheney was president of Haliburton then he has some serious explaining to do. As for selling Nuclear Tech to Iran, I will wait till I hear something a little more concrete than information from a blogger and his secret source. That is why no news agency ran with it. You don't make allegations like that without firm conformation of it happening. - telluride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh I think Wolfowitz at the World Bank [unnamed of course] funding the Wall is pretty big stuff.... we all wondered what he would do for the motherland once he got the job...
now we know...
Wolfowitz is a Jew - first and ONLY -- a Jew - chase001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The media is as "liberal" as the corporations that own it.
- stevetures, on 10/12/2007, -8/+43This has to be the most important list. I love it when it comes out every year.
- crombenevolant, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28That is not the most important list. This is:
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2006
This is the list of how much of our money our government wastes to pander to special interest groups each year.
Warning! Don't read on an empty stomach, it will make you sick..... - ThreeE, on 10/12/2007, -27/+6These stories are ignored because they are either 1) unsubstantiated, 10) not material, or 11) not interesting.
- chimona, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3what happend to 2-9?
- ThreeE, on 10/12/2007, -16/+5There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who do not.
- jtryba, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3and there are two types of programming languates: those that start their arrays with 0, and those that start them with 1.
- Dayz, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3its 00000010 not 10
- crombenevolant, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28That is not the most important list. This is:
- toddhenkel, on 10/12/2007, -8/+30Keep in mind before the Bush-bashing starts that we must remain vigilant with ALL politicians and governments. Across both parties and across the globe in other nations, they all are responsible for their actions or inaction and must be held accountable. This will not end in 2008 regardless of who takes the White House.
- randomiam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm truly dissapointed that the 'meritorious initiatives' clause of the softwood lumber agreement ( So, yes one American does know about the softwood lumber issue, just in case any Canadians thought otherwise ;- ). You can google that phrasse if you want, but the meat of the thing is this: The canadian government is giving (gave?) the Administration $US 450,000,000 in order to secure an agreement on softwood lumber trade. This 'gift' sidesteps congress in their fiduciary role, as well as even the Dept of the Treasury. There is absolutely no oversight at all for this money. If the president wants to spend it on Katrina relief he can (good on him if he does), or he can pile it up on the south lawn and swim around in it scrooge mcduck style, or even spend it in congessional districts where the Republican party is facing strong challenges in the upcome election.
The word of the day is slushfund.
And no, I'm not Bush bashing. I'm Congress bashing. They have an obligation to maintain oversight in matter such as these that they've abdicated.
- randomiam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm truly dissapointed that the 'meritorious initiatives' clause of the softwood lumber agreement ( So, yes one American does know about the softwood lumber issue, just in case any Canadians thought otherwise ;- ). You can google that phrasse if you want, but the meat of the thing is this: The canadian government is giving (gave?) the Administration $US 450,000,000 in order to secure an agreement on softwood lumber trade. This 'gift' sidesteps congress in their fiduciary role, as well as even the Dept of the Treasury. There is absolutely no oversight at all for this money. If the president wants to spend it on Katrina relief he can (good on him if he does), or he can pile it up on the south lawn and swim around in it scrooge mcduck style, or even spend it in congessional districts where the Republican party is facing strong challenges in the upcome election.
- ViRaZ, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30The news stations just keep repeating the same stories over and over again. I hate it.
- devilish, on 10/12/2007, -22/+4Let's not forget the new Mike Judge movie! ;-)
http://digg.com/movies/Office_Space_Follow_Up_Gets_Very_Limited_Release - siouxmoux, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2Eleventh major news stories the media is ignoring.
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To find what you're looking for, try one of these options: - maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3Too bad this wont get as many diggs as it should
- maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1rofl
you are all glad?
- maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1rofl
- Gardenhead, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Wow! Cited sources on the internet.
- SIDSI, on 10/12/2007, -5/+29The media is not run by the "right" or "left" its run by corporations and the only news we get is always spun or made up to benefit them. Take the major media coverage of the war. General Electric runs NBC and also has one of the biggest defence contracts to arm the military so why would GE want any bad press about the war.
- jbus, on 10/12/2007, -10/+19I know right-wingers like to pretend the news media is not on their side, but that ***** doesn't fly around here. The fact is that the news media in this country definitely favors the right-wingers and it doesn't take a genius to see that all the mega media empires are owned and operated by right-leaning corporations with huge interest in keeping the status quo. So the fact that the news media leans right should not be a surprise, and it certainly isn't open for debate.
- anotherspectrum, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0The simple fact of the matter is, news is run by the left wing.
Sorry, that's just how it works.
That, and have you ever actually watched NBC?
All I ever see on any news channel is negative war stories.
- jdcfsu, on 10/12/2007, -18/+3All the "sources" the article cites seem pretty reputable to me. /me drinks more koolaid
- reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20It upsets me deeply that the Bush administration cares less about what's going on in their own backyard. There are a lot of homeless/hungry/destitute people in the US. Take care of them before you want to take care of Iraqis.
- exsst, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19They aren't taking care of iraq citizans at all!! have a look at the article next time (second page specifically states that us air missions are rising, and killing many iraqi civilians)
- reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21I know they aren't. But that's one of the reasons they said they went to Iraq.
- Dysus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10What's interesting is that I have a friend that still insists that the US government could never pull off any type of conspiracy. Just goes to show you the level of brainwashing mass media has performed on a large segment of the population. Personally I think there ought to be "Digg TV"...then...just maybe...people will pull their heads out of the sand.
- SenatorPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Tell your friend about the hundreds of signing statements that Bush has written in his presidency, effectively using powers normally held by the judiciary to interpret laws sent to him from Congress, then using normally legislative powers to make law by officially ignoring large portions of laws, while still signing them. Rather than use a line item veto, Bush (as did Clinton and Bush Sr.) simply ignores portions of law sent to him by Congress then slips the notification into the massive booklet of weekly presidential statements. Now this is a problem that needs to be fixed, as it is a flaw in the presidency, and not any particular party. It is scary how few people are actually aware of this occuring.
- fiver22, on 10/12/2007, -15/+5stupid, stupid morons: media is owned by conservatives and their employees are liberals. It's *that* simple. That is the balance, that is the bias.
-what would happen if Ghandi was in charge of the media? -I bet we would be a hell of a lot better informed.- InaudibleDirge, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5i highly doubt that, ghandi may have done the right thing with the hunger strike and what-not, but politically, he was a huge racist. he used the media to get his groups support and resources that he tried to use to eliminate the "filthy blacks".
- fiver22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1a well deserved digg-down -that'll teach me to post when aggrivated.
I really do try to comment in a rational state of mind but sometimes I get carried away.
- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Wow, US' democratic citizens torturing people to death. Do you know what sort of individual you would have to be to do something like that? Fighting war is one thing, torturing people to death is another...That is khmer rouge style *****
- kakapu4u, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Yeah... Maybe our beacon of freedom is supposed to be blindingly bright, so people can't see all that dirty torture stuff around the room. Or is it a beacon of liberty? I get those two confused...
Holy crap, Bush uses that beacon metaphor a ton...
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.whitehouse.gov+bush+beacon - blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think it's Freedom Bacon.
- kakapu4u, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Yeah... Maybe our beacon of freedom is supposed to be blindingly bright, so people can't see all that dirty torture stuff around the room. Or is it a beacon of liberty? I get those two confused...
- illahtech, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7The SF Bay Guardian is not shy about being fiercely left-wing (I live in SF and bike by its offices several days a week). Even as a liberal, I sometimes have to laugh at them. With such a clear agenda they sometimes go off on tangents.
The Haliburton story is very interesting though, I'm surprised that's not #1. The whole net freedom thing got tons of press, that wasn't really overlooked. - illahtech, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2The SF Bay Guardian is not shy about being fiercely left-wing (I live in SF and bike by its offices several days a week), and Sonoma State University is also pretty iffy (if you look at their full Top 25 some stories kind of go out on a limb). Even as a liberal, I sometimes have to laugh at them. With such a clear agenda they sometimes go off on tangents.
Going too far left or right only clouds one's perspective - the moderates of *both* sides make valid points every day, but the vocal extremists make the most noise and thus get the most attention.
The Haliburton story is very interesting though, I'm surprised that's not #1. The whole net freedom thing got tons of press, I don't think that was really overlooked, nor do I think it was misconstrued the way they claim.- afpunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Umm, the net neutrality issue debate has gotten little to no mainstream press. Go ahead and ask someone who isn't an internet geek and who doesn't watch the Daily Show/Colbert Report what they think of net neutrality. If more than 10% have any clue what you're talking about, I'll eat my words.
- allatti2d, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14EXCELLENT article!
Make sure you check out the other 15 (this was the top 10 of the top 25) at the end of page 2 of the article, which connects you to the Project Censored site.
Not only dugg it (wish I had more than just one digg to hand out!), but bookmarked the secondary site, "ProjectCensored.org." Fantastic information to have and to share. - smoyerjx, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Actually folks, if reporters and editors could vet these kinds of stories using reliable sources, they would be published as professional news, biased or not. A good sensational story is a journalist's gold.
Unlike wannabe reporters on their blogs, or folks who cry conspiracy, real reporters write for publications that have editors and legal departments. In order to be protected, the reporter has to be accountable.
Anybody can write a story using unnamed anonymous sources. But the question has to be asked: Are you willing to go to jail to protect that source?- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Wtf r u talking about? The stories above have sources. US newspapers regularly misrepresent news. For example, converting Ahmadinejad's words from, "Israeli regime" to "destroy Israel", and the definitions of WMD, where useless WW2 grade chemical weapons are put on par with nuclear warheads... I don't see these newspapers or journalists being held accountable for any of that.
- humanaut, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Your "real reporters" are becoming irrelevant and will either have to adapt, or be out of a job in a few years. Public opinion and twisted Internet democracy is the new editor and legal department and arbiter of truth. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
These days, anyone can write a story anonymously using unnamed anonymous sources, with little to no risk of ever having to face up to their actions. They can literally just make ***** up, and if the public finds the story juicy enough and wants to believe it, bingo - it's true! - craig870, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6"US newspapers regularly misrepresent news."
All newspapers do. Not just US newpapers. Someone is always in control of what can be printed. Hell even school newspapers have editors.
- lcornell, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4This report is at least as disreputable as the news sources it is trying to impugn.
- jeffgtr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I've never seen a story on Net Neutrality on the television news, and Haliburton selling nuclear technology to Iran, I read at least 4 news sites and day and wasn't aware of that. Makes me wonder how much censorship is going on here.
- xpgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Ditto that. I read the news a LOT. I must have 30 RSS feeds from News sites alone, and have never seen that Haliburton story even once.
- exec0extreme, on 10/12/2007, -15/+0"Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran" is NOT the same as "Halliburton Secretly Doing Business with Key Member of Iran's Nuclear Team."
Although its known that Halliburton is dealing with Iran they are NOT selling nuclear components to them. Just look up the article for yourself, you'll find nothing about selling nuclear components, which makes up the bulk of the conviction on the website.
-credit goes to a friend for pointing this out- josefek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Well that explains the first sentence of the cited story then...
"Scandal-plagued Halliburton, the oil services company once headed by Vice President Dick was secretly working with one of Iran’s top nuclear program officials on natural gas related projects and, allegedly, selling the officials' oil development company key components for a nuclear reactor, according to Halliburton sources with intimate knowledge into both companies’ business dealings. "
Oh... wait. Selling. Nuclear. Components.
You'd better fact-check your friend.
- josefek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Well that explains the first sentence of the cited story then...
- steinbeckgirl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Why am I not surprised? Halliburton circumventing U.S laws...wouldn't be the first time they have screwed the U.S to make a buck. Great article
- DimitroffVodka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Here is a link to Jason Leopold Updating his story about Haliburton from Project Censored
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2- DimitroffVodka, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11UPDATE BY JASON LEOPOLD
During a trip to the Middle East in March 1996, Vice President Dick Cheney told a group of mostly U.S. businessmen that Congress should ease sanctions in Iran and Libya to foster better relationships, a statement that, in hindsight, is completely hypocritical considering the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
“Let me make a generalized statement about a trend I see in the U.S. Congress that I find disturbing, that applies not only with respect to the Iranian situation but a number of others as well,” Cheney said. “I think we Americans sometimes make mistakes . . . There seems to be an assumption that somehow we know what’s best for everybody else and that we are going to use our economic clout to get everybody else to live the way we would like.”
Cheney was the chief executive of Halliburton Corporation at the time he uttered those words. It was Cheney who directed Halliburton toward aggressive business dealings with Iran—in violation of U.S. law—in the mid-1990s, which continued through 2005 and is the reason Iran has the capability to enrich weapons-grade uranium.
It was Halliburton’s secret sale of centrifuges to Iran that helped get the uranium enrichment program off the ground, according to a three-year investigation that includes interviews conducted with more than a dozen current and former Halliburton employees.
If the U.S. ends up engaged in a war with Iran in the future, Cheney and Halliburton will bear the brunt of the blame.
But this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who has been following Halliburton’s business activities over the past decade. The company has a long, documented history of violating U.S. sanctions and conducting business with so-called rogue nations.
No, what’s disturbing about these facts is how little attention it has received from the mainstream media. But the public record speaks for itself, as do the thousands of pages of documents obtained by various federal agencies that show how Halliburton’s business dealings in Iran helped fund terrorist activities there—including the country’s nuclear enrichment program.
When I asked Wendy Hall, a spokeswoman for Halliburton, a couple of years ago if Halliburton would stop doing business with Iran because of concerns that the company helped fund terrorism she said, “No.” “We believe that decisions as to the nature of such governments and their actions are better made by governmental authorities and international entities such as the United Nations as opposed to individual persons or companies,” Hall said. “Putting politics aside, we and our affiliates operate in countries to the extent it is legally permissible, where our customers are active as they expect us to provide oilfield services support to their international operations. “We do not always agree with policies or actions of governments in every place that we do business and make no excuses for their behaviors. Due to the long-term nature of our business and the inevitability of political and social change, it is neither prudent nor appropriate for our company to establish our own country-by-country foreign policy.”
Halliburton first started doing business in Iran as early as 1995, while Vice President Cheney was chief executive of the company and in possible violation of U.S. sanctions.
An executive order signed by former President Bill Clinton in March 1995 prohibits “new investments (in Iran) by U.S. persons, including commitment of funds or other assets.” It also bars U.S. companies from performing services “that would benefit the Iranian oil industry” and provide Iran with the financial means to engage in terrorist activity.
When Bush and Cheney came into office in 2001, their administration decided it would not punish foreign oil and gas companies that invest in those countries. The sanctions imposed on countries like Iran and Libya before Bush became president were blasted by Cheney, who gave frequent speeches on the need for U.S. companies to compete with their foreign competitors, despite claims that those countries may have ties to terrorism.
“I think we’d be better off if we, in fact, backed off those sanctions (on Iran), didn’t try to impose secondary boycotts on companies . . . trying to do business over there . . . and instead started to rebuild those relationships,” Cheney said during a 1998 business trip to Sydney, Australia, according to Australia’s Illawarra Mercury newspaper. - automagically, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If Iran was aided by Haliburton, I don't get why they don't mention that so the world knows. Then again, maybe they are crying out, we just don't get to hear their side.
- DimitroffVodka, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11UPDATE BY JASON LEOPOLD
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I've always found that the most interesting part about the news was what is not reported/buried. For example, often on Fridays you can take a look on the news and see what government officials have released to the press hoping the weekend will effectively silence the negative story.
From no longer releasing layoff statistics to negative employment statistics to oddities like no longer publishing M3 money supply, mysteriously these things end up announced Friday afternoons, if they're announced at all. Today's a Friday, I should take a look at all the goodies in the news. - DennisPwnsj00, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2I almost was interested... than I saw ths 'stories'.
- agent_smith, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Perhaps because every story mentioned is propaganda that isn't worthy of being news. The article reads more like a DNC campaign pamphlet rather than something that is unbiased. The author needs to get off his high horse and realize just becuase he's interested in it, doesn't necessarily mean that everyone else is interested in conspiracy theory.
- devoinregress, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Thank you digg.com. You provide me with real news.
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1if you liked that *****, you'll love al-jazero
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Al-Jazeera is quite a respectable and reliable source of information. And it's available in English. Of course you might not like what they have to say.
- twiztedambience, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Amen. Hunger and Homelessness is certainly overlooked. However, they could have picked a different topic than SIPP to target - though it is still another important piece.
I'm surprised Hunger and Homelessness isn't higher though. Their number one was weak, and global warming most definately has not been ignored - I'm getting sick of hearing about it actually.- sam1729, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe if you ignore it, it will just go away.
- Thwarter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's the original story in the SF Bay Guardian which contains a bit more information.
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=1527&catid=&volume_id=147&issue_id=249&volume_num=40&issue_num=49
I'm also surprised the new policy to not report the M3 money supply was not included. - origclubsoda, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2This list is a joke. its all biased hate.
- ichbinladen, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1And don't forget #11, "President of the United States is a Chimpanzee"
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3Sounds a lot more like liberal whining points. They are definitly slanted.
Where did this come from? Al-Ja-zero?
1. The Feds and the media muddy the debate over Internet freedom
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>Politicians don't "understand it".
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2. Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
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>*****. Please provide proof.
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3. World oceans in extreme danger
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>That would come as a big surprise to the corpse of Steve Irwin.
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4. Hunger and homelessness increasing in the United States
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>Yup- we've got more psycos, drunks and junkies than ever.
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5. High-tech genocide in Congo
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>"High-tech genocide" is starving people by withholding food.
>It is the basic power behind the regiems in several African states.
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6. Federal whistleblower protection in jeopardy
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>Federal whistleblowers are usually either conspiracy nuts, people
>on the verge of getting fired or politically motivated.
>*****'em
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7. U.S. operatives torture detainees to death in Afghanistan and Iraq
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>What would you do to people who leave bombs by the roadside for ANYONE?
>Bomb crowds of people gathered at mosques?
>Kiss them? Call them heroic martyrs? *****'em. Kill them all.
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8. Pentagon exempt from Freedom of Information Act
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>What do you need with the plans to a W-80 or the B-2?
>Sell it to the Chinese you commie bastard?
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9. World Bank funds Israel-Palestine wall
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>Good fences make good neighbors.
>It has saved lives on both sides.
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10. Expanded air war in Iraq kills more civilians
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>Source? Proof?
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These 10 "stories" are getting all the attention they merit with the possible exception of internet freedom.- firebush, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"*****'em"
Why do you hate? - firebush, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2James. Read the bible. You are so going to hell.
- craig870, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4@jamessavik
Although I dont agree with much of what you said, I modded you up for making laugh so damn hard. #8 is my favorite.
@firebush
Judge not lest you be judged.
- firebush, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"*****'em"
- Livewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4there are 25 in the complete list:
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm - buryme, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2For once, an unbiased and non-partisan list...oh wait, strike 10,000 for Digg in political news, darn. I can hope though...
I'm not saying I disagree with all of these, but seriously, even liberals must see the blatant pattern in stories like this that continually hit the front page. As a tech news site, Digg is right there with Slashdot. As a political news source though, Digg still lags far behind sites like Google News.- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4RTFA
- craig870, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@osjpr
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- decaturcomp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2guess what?
the larger media does have an agenda, selling you to advertisers.
if you think for a minute that is less important than having some kind of political leaning take a deep breath.
the main reason we have such divisiveness her is that folks only listen to news that suits their way of thinking and that editorial 'news' is becoming more profitable (rush, hannity, coulter, oreilly on one side and franken on the other end of the spectrum).
saying the entire media is leaning one way or the other is just dumbing down and not bothering to think for yourself. - hiscity, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2The most important story buried -- which eclipses all others -- is mass murder in the US and abroad: in the US each and every day 3000 are killed. In Russia an average of 6 deaths per woman ongoing -- or twice as many killed as born. In India, the mass murder of females is openly encouraged but not males.
Of course, the major hidden story, bar none -- an ocean of blood -- is abortion.
-- 50 million per year world wide, 125,000 per day
Far eclipsing war, terrorism, famine, and plague.
Abortion not only kills individuals, it cuts off bloodlines and whole generations out of the tree of life. Each murder cascades onward in the missing offspring of those aborted with each coming generation. Not only one is killed by abortion but entire future branches of the family tree -- throughout continuing generations.
With all the resources available in our solar system -- there is no good reason to use abortion as birth control or to limit population growth.
When parents murder their own children -- heartlessly -- how can they avoid the curses that come from that? Coming generations will remember ours as the most barbaric, beginning with the Soviets. What you sow -- you reap -- with increase, look at Russia.
An alternative could be a worldwide project to "seed the stars" using cryopreservation of newly fertilized eggs (human and animal). There's another choice besides abortion -- Frozen is not dead! We can escape the curse and send out life so that our offspring will number as the stars of heaven. They may make it, or not, but preservation is far better than mass destruction. ...and greatly better than a lifetime of guilt.
Each and every conception holds the promise of bringing human life not only to earth but to the stars. That's news that can prevent other human tragedies by giving the entire human race a common goal. It begins by recognizing the facts that are largely hidden -- the true number of aborted conceptions daily in every country world wide.
refs:
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2504499.html
http://www.abortiontv.com/Misc/AbortionStatistics.htm- steinbeckgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2To bad Bush and Cheney weren't aborted, two more burdens to America
- sam1729, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You are a nut. Most fertilized eggs are washed out during menstruation. Maybe we should freeze or have funerals for all the tampons in the world.
- ERSWeb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Face it, bad news doesn't sell. Nobody wants to hear that our oceans are warming, people are going hungry and that government special interests are winning the day. All they care about is whether or not Tom & Katie's baby is real or not.
- telluride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oh bull sh+t ... we are inundated with bad news every day... this BAD news involves Haliburton... world hegemony... and Wolfowitz at the World Bank...
hell, even the expose neglected to tie Wolfie to Israel and the oppression of the Palis. - steinbeckgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Every time the press tells bad news, the GOP says "how come they only print the negative stuff." Well, because it's true, and Americans deserve to know. I mean what can they say about Guantanomo Bay? It's looking like a good day to fish at GB, chance of clouds later, back to you Tom???You can switch to Fox News if you only want to hear pleasantries about the leadership in our nation. Sometimes when they have a story, I often wonder if they even live in the same country as me.
- chase001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Tom and Katie's turkey baster baby is good news? Bad news doesn't sell? What about the 24 hour missing white girl coverage and the next global pandemic? Those must sell or they wouldn't fill there coverage with them.
- telluride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oh bull sh+t ... we are inundated with bad news every day... this BAD news involves Haliburton... world hegemony... and Wolfowitz at the World Bank...
- BigRedOne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The Halliburton story in particular is disconcerting. Between controlling the Shiite insurgency in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran is trying to shift the balance of power in the Middle East. And here are Americans and American businesses helping it right along.
And with the Senate reporting a lack of a connection between Saddam and terrorism, it's just heartbraking to think of how careless and irresponsible our government has acted and how grave and deadly the repercussions are. - dimplemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2there is no left and right, folks. it's all about power. change your perspective...
- telluride, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1there may not be any LEFT or RIGHT... but there is clearly a bias in favor of Israel, war on Islam, and anything which terrorizes Aunt Beatrix into hating Muslims.
Notice that ole Wolfowitz at the World Bank isn't named in the story on the WALL??
Now, how did our favorite neocon Jew escape scrutiny?>?
Not a peep about Wolfie.....even the expose story.... now That's the nefarious Jewish influence we harp about --
in all its splendor - FazzMunkle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the info and dugg, but what else? Certainly these "top" 12 can't be the only news stories buried or ignored by the press. And some of them I've heard of before.
- sniperawd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1all of those articles are dull and boring and full of news that has a spin
- chase001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3But who needs news when we can look at turkey baster suri and hear what John Mark Carr had to eat on the plane? And isn't Big Brother back on anyways? That's sarcasm before someone diggs me down.
- infinitussollux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This whole administration should be charged with crimes against humanity.
- realperson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1here's another one
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58298-2005Feb2.html
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