On the October 22 broadcast of ABC World News With Diane Sawyer,the anchor weighed in on the WikiLeaks Iraq War documents by noting, “Arab television is already trumpeting the revelations.” Not exactly a promising start, but the correspondent Martha Raddatz did a pretty good job of conveying the findings: hundreds of Iraqi civilians killed at checkpoints, thousands of unreported civilian deaths and torture of detainees.
Then the report went back to Sawyer for a follow-up question:
“I know there’s a lot of outrage about this again tonight, Martha. But tell me, anything more about prosecuting the WikiLeaks group?”
“What’s wrong with the news?”
“Reporters” like Diane Sawyer, …just maybe? Wow, I asked what’s wrong with the country — and came up with the exact same answer!
Wikileaks isn’t just about who tortured who and where. It’s also about raw data, and how absolutely none of it is present in American discourse as legitimized by corporate press. As a extremely informal observer, I can tell you that there are other countries with interests in Iraq than Iran, yet the press only focuses on Tehran. Does Kuwait still exist?
I can also tell you that contractors are only discussed when atrocities happen, and the inevitable talk is about ‘fog of war’ and blah blah, but they can’t point to real successes at all or justify their cost.
The volume of the information alone is what is driving the fear in the TV press and the people who refuse to ditch the medium as a way of disseminating
The most Diane Sawyer can handle is Whitney Houston. She’s not worthy of the title “journalist”.
WikiLeaks simply TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH!! He should not be arrested! Why arrest the person just tell the truth?
Sound like this : “Truth Shalt Not Set You Free.” “Lies Shalt Set You Free.” That is what their motives all about.
I love Truth. People who want him arrested indicated they support and not mind being lied.
The Wikileaks documents reveal war crimes committed by the United States of America.
The real news story here is how far down the ladder American mainstream media has fallen, shooting the messenger that reveals horrific criminal acts.
Put the crooks in jail
There are two media’s here – the vague analysis media of ABC News, and the concrete factws media of Wikileaks
Diane who?
DSIA: DIANE SAWYER IS an ASS!
Anyone who is against the idea in any way that the US is the arch enemy of the entire world is an ass.Sorry I just stepped across the isle to feel what it feels like to be a normal FAIR blogger.Feels icky
Michael E.
Stepped across a whole island did you? Gargantuans can do that but they never know what they’ll end up in on the other side. Icky, eh?
Thank you Dennis. It is hard to read the FAIR comments without being constantly reminded of the failure of the U.S. educational system and its contributions to increase of the right wing partisans.
Dennis dang it I dun Forgot the A hey hey.Oooopsy dooooopsy.What other phrases do we men never use?
Karen you elitist you.How did you know my right wing increased the minute I finished school. Still fly’s though.
Diane should not be an anchor in my opinion. She is all fluff and not very believable. She cannot interview without interuption. The inflections in her voice drive me up a wall. The woman asks more questions with her voice than she asks outright. I have no idea if she thinks it is cute or not, but it isn’t. Also, in my opinion, she is a phony as the day is long. There are other women that are better qualified and more believable.
WL is the most effective project against hetrosexual power. Keep suporting WL economicaly lets make an end to hetrosexual sociatys. Buy only from homosexual producers. If you work in a shop – help brothers buy giving them free stuff. Every social group based om hetrosexual rules should be destroyed, infiltrate them and brake them apart.