Freedom Rider: Media Silence on Libya | Black Agenda Report
Freedom Rider: Media Silence on Libya
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
“They used the dubious doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, R2P, as a means of getting away with murder.”
Despite the all-encompassing belief in democracy and a free press,
Americans have very little democracy left and perhaps the worst media in
the world. Even people who make efforts to be informed don’t know what
is happening domestically and internationally because of the constant
lies and disinformation they are exposed to by the corporate media. They
act as spokespersons for the powerful instead of providing analysis and
information for readers and viewers. The result is a world turned
upside down, with lies being sold as the truth. Libya is just the latest
example of press malfeasance.
