Media Memorial Day
Media Monitors Network, CA by Norman Solomon (Sunday May 28 2006)
“We remember that onslaughts of media spin followed by exuberant coverage of high-tech U.S. air attacks can shift public sentiment drastically almost overnight. That’s why opponents of reckless and deadly policies should draw little comfort from the Pew Research Center’s mid-May report that at the moment “the American public strongly prefers non-military approaches to dealing with Iran’s nuclear technology program,” with just 30 percent in favor of “bombing military targets in Iran.”
People who are concerned about the state of the U.S. news media in 2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their lives in the midst of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias.
We remember that while TV and radio news reports tell the latest about corporate fortunes, vast numbers of real people are struggling to make ends meet — and many are in a position of choosing between such necessities as medicine, adequate food and paying the rent. [more]