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http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/newsl/media.html MEDIA BLACKS OUT THE FACTS

or 'We are intellectual prostitutes'

" But surely, if this world conspiracy were true I would have heard about it in

the daily news! "

This question is all too common for our liking, so we hope to enlighten the

sceptical with the words of John Swinton, the former Chief of Staff for the New

York Times ( " All the News That's Fit to Print " ) and one of America's best loved

newspaper journalists. Called by his peers " The Dean of his Profession " , John

was asked in 1953 to give a toast before the New York Press Club, and in so

doing made a monumentally important and revealing statement. He quotes: " There

is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as

independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares

to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would

never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the

paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar

things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would

be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions

to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would

be gone. The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth; to lie

outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his

country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what

folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of

rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and

we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of

other men. We are intellectual prostitutes. "

Statements by other prominent people in the media support John Swinton's

accusations. Richard M. Cohan, Senior Producer of CBS political news said: " We

are going to impose OUR AGENDA on the coverage by dealing with issues and

subjects that WE choose to deal with. " Richard Salant, former President of CBS

News stated: " Our job is to give people not what they want, but what WE decide

they ought to have. "

If you think that the Australian media is unlike that of " The Land of the Brave

and the Free " , consider the results of a recent study in Australia that examined

media reporting of iatrogenic illness or injury caused by vaccinations.

Questionaires were sent to ten journalists across print, television and radio

media and including public and commercial networks. " Of the 4 journalists who

responded that they had investigated a report on iatrogenic disease, 4 reported

significant problems having their work published or put 'to air', despite being

regular reporters on other subjects. " (Brookes McTavish, Media Reporting of

Iatrogenic Disease, 1995.)

 

 

Published in the Winter 1995 issue of the CAFMR Newsletter.

 

 

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