10 April 2006

Bush undermines freedom of the press

No wonder it's hard to find a real journalist these days.

For one thing, as reported here previously, Bush and his goons will persecute journalists who dare to expose the administration's questionable activities.

Secondly, Bush's hijinks have made it very dangerous for journalists to cover the biggest issue facing our country, i.e., the quagmire in Iraq. In invading that WMD-free, previously-unthreatening country, Bush stirred up a hornet's nest of Islamic fundamentalists. And, in doing such a fabulous job of securing Iraq's borders (like everything else), he let al-Qaeda in.

Thanks to Mr. Bush's brilliant international relations policies, 86 journalists and media assistants have been killed in Iraq since the start of that war, and two are still missing, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Jill Carroll is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Read more.]

It's a lot safer to give up and just report on what Brad and Angelina are doing. And that probably pays more.

Way to spread "freedom", George.

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