Sample letters to the editors on US media filtering war coverage

[katinmn]

Great to see all this grassroots activism again today. In the spirit of sharing, please use any or all of these LTTEs on the U.S. media's filtering of the truth.

I sent this to the Star Tribune (Minneapolis):
I have to believe that part of the reason the American people patiently stand by and allow the Bush Administration to continue to commit atrocities in Iraq in our name is because they are unaware of the uncommon brutality against humanity. Why wasn't a photo of the five surviving children, riding in a car with their parents when they were gunned down by U.S. soldiers on January 18, shown on the front page of every newspaper in America? Why must citizens obtain news on our nation from other countries? Why is the media hiding the reality of U.S. aggression from the populace?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/middle_east_shooting_in_tal_afar/html/1.stm

I sent this to the St. Paul Pioneer Press:
Is the U.S. media a complicit partner in the Bush Administration's war of aggression?

In order to make sense of a senseless war, I have to believe that most Americans are unaware of the uncommon brutality against humanity that is being waged in our name. Why wasn't a photo of the five surviving children, riding in a car with their parents when they were gunned down by U.S. soldiers on January 18, shown on the front page of every newspaper in America? Why is the media hiding the reality of U.S. aggression from the populace? Why must informed citizens turn to the international media in order to get a true picture of the outputs of our foreign policy?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/middle_east_shooting_in_tal_afar/html/1.stm

[HEyHEY]

1. May I suggest simplifying them?

[katinmn]

2. Sure, for anyone else. Mine are out the door.

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