Investigate Propagandagate

I won't be online until Tuesday, but I've created a graphic in hopes of helping keep the Guckert-Gannon story alive. Why? Because the conspicuous silence on the part of the so-called "news" media is deafening, and this is a story that cries out for further investigation.

If this same story occurred while Al Gore, John Kerry, Bill Clinton or any other Democrat occupied the White House, the reaction by the corporate press would be the exact opposite of what it is today. There would be no swish of the media broom to sweep this rotten scandal under the rug.

This is an important story. George W. Bush operates the most extensive propaganda operation in American history. He shapes public opinion by appearing before hand-picked sycophantic audiences and pays journalists cold, hard cash to praise specific policy objectives of his administration.


Please don't use the Democratic minority in Congress as an excuse for allowing our elected leaders and the news media to ignore Propagandagate. If Republicans were in the minority and this occurred on a Democrat's watch, they would not think twice about demanding a Congressional investigation. Under similar circumstances, Republicans would be reiterating the importance of "accountability" and "the rule of law" and "security" with regard to this scandal, and so must we.

Feel free to copy the graphic and place it in your sidebar until someone besides Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich acknowledges the betrayal of public trust wrought by George W. Bush. I don't care to whom or what you link the image, but displaying it on your website is a form of protest toward the corporate press which is insisting on burying this story, and the White House which has no compunction about systematically using lies and tricks to fool the American people.