Bush Administration Media Collusion Memos Surface

[Freak]

http://www.fox-news.us/story/0,3566,190215,00.html
I can't believe what Bill Frist said in that story. And he is the likely republicant front-runner for the 2008 selection.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist took a more defensive stance. "Of course it raises some concerns, but we can't let this issue be blown out of proportion. Of course there have to be media guidelines. Hell, if we want to plant I.D. chips in people and torture their loved ones until they break, we will. I know the idea of governmental control over what the media can or cannot say during wartime may be an uncomfortable topic for some to digest, but it is a necessary fact of life when our enemies are trying to kill us."
Well, it seems that based on the above response from media giant Viacom they forget their 1st Amendment role to be the "watch dog" press.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

And you are not complaining about the Times sitting on the NSA overseas phone tap story for a calendar year so they could write a book to coincide with the story "break" in 2005? Come on now. A solid year Freak. And the activity had been going on, with briefings of congress QUARTERLY since 2001 ....................

[SmokinLowriderSS]

From Barbara Boxer, the screamer:
For years we've been saying that liberal and moderate points of view aren't being accurately reflected in the media and this proves our point.
Just how many stories did the NY Times itself run on Abu Gharib nudity and underwear on the head in the first month?
As of Mid-june, 2004,To date the NY Times has run 177 stories about Abu Ghraib, 40 on the front page. Now, I know few of us care for male nudity, but there was NO ACTUAL TORTURE (define it if you want to debate it, I'll dig my reference book out), was it worth 40 front page stories?
Guys being held naked
Guys being scared (not chewed on) by dogs.
Guys being questioned by women dressed in bathing suits (I will assume reasonably atractive women)
Naked guys being pressed into close proximity of other naked guys.
Naked guys (vicious criminals) being chained to their beds.
Guys being kept awake for days on end.
Guys being questioned while tired from not sleeping in days
177 STORIES? 40 FRONT PAGERS???? And the liberal viewpoint is "not getting out there"? That's just 1 single newspaper!
How many more examples do you want Freak?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

And as far as censorship goes, convince me that today's media could/would comply with the WWII doctrine:
During World War II, President Roosevelt had the power to control information given to the media. Legislation had been passed in 1938 that forbade unauthorized photographs, sketches, or maps of military bases, and gave the President the authority to define which types of military information needed security protection. Roosevelt cited this law when he issued Executive Order 8381 in May 1940, imposing presidential control over classification systems. The President was reluctant, however, to exercise these authorities. He recalled the overzealous application of espionage laws during World War I, which resulted in the jailing of hundreds of socialists and pacifists for criticizing President Wilson, war profiteering, and anti-German violence. He also was sensitive to potential tensions between censorship and the work of the wartime information agency, the Committee for Public Information. Believing that it was critical for Americans to receive news about the war, he set two conditions for the media: their stories must be accurate and they could not help the enemy.

[redneckcharlie]

more cut and paste crap! how about making a suggestion on how to fix things? if your not part of the sollution, you're part of the problem! i get it though, its much easier to sit around and bitch and complain than actually do something about it. that seems like a fairly common theme with the liberal point of view.