Media are every bit as guilty as anyone who served in Kilo Company

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June 5, 2006

The Media’s Bloody Footprints
by Mike Whitney

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The media knew of Haditha months before it appeared in Time magazine. They chose to ignore it rather than expose Bush’s blood-sport to the world.

Eventually, we will have to seriously address the media’s culpability in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi non-combatants. Conspiracy to facilitate mass murder is not protected under the 1st amendment any more than shouting “fire” in a crowded building. The media played a crucial role in deliberately misleading the country into a war of aggression and, subsequently, aiding and abetting the vast incidents of war crimes. For that they will have to be held accountable.

The persistent slaughter in Iraq is not just the work of right wing fanatics and neocons, but of the information-managers who pumped their lies through the public air-waves and made the war a fati accompli. They’ve played a central role in decimating Iraqi society and putting America on the fast-track to ruin.

The bloody footprints from Haditha lead straight to the corporate headquarters at Time Warner and FOX News. They are every bit as guilty as anyone who served in Kilo Company.

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