Where's the media outrage?
This is the first I've heard of this, confirming the essayist's point. Essentially, the national media haven't reported on the involvement of the FBI and United Kingdom authorities to shut down some 20 sites that are part of an alternative media network known as Indymedia.
"Now you would think that the major U.S. news media would have at least a passing interest in press freedom. Or in this era of fright is it just "not news" when government authorities -- our own and our allies -- shut down the free flow of information and otherwise intimidate alternative press voices? The Indymedia shutdown stinks to high heaven and contains more than a whiff of totalitarianism, but perhaps even worse is the silence of the major U.S. news media."
We don't do much reporting in this vein -- it's a bit outside the Triad -- but this is shameful.
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So what are our governments scared of-- the truth, maybe.
Posted on October 15, 2004 9:34 PM