Bush administration's Ministry of Truth attacks American journalists who fail

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Sat, 23 Apr 2005 21:32:27 -0500

Bush administration's " Ministry of Truth " attacks American

journalists who fail to adhere to the official line

 

 

 

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http://onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/041805Madsen/041805madsen.html

 

 

 

Bush administration's " Ministry of Truth " attacks American journalists

who fail to adhere to the official line

 

April 18, 2005—After revelations that the Bush White House cleared a

gay male prostitute as a daily credentialed member of the White House

press corps and that the administration was paying journalistic shills

like Armstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher, Michael McManus, and Karen

Ryan to pump out pro-Bush propaganda to the media, nothing should come

as any surprise when it comes to the Fourth Estate's buckling under to

political pressure from the right-wing regime that rules America.

 

What is surprising is that, in addition to using the media to concoct

favorable propaganda, the Bush administration maintains an office in

the State Department that keeps an eye on American and other

journalists and does not hesitate to attack them for straying from the

party line.

To show how much censorship exists in America today, this journalist

would have likely never known about the existence of a one-man office

in the State Department that acts to debunk and attack anything the

Bush administration deems is false. Thanks to a recent report by

veteran America watcher and journalist Jyri Raivio in Finland's

Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, it can now be reported in the United

States that the State Department uses taxpayers' money to attack

American journalists who refuse to parrot the Bush administration's

disinformation and propaganda.

 

 

In what is frightening and amusing at the same time, Leventhal makes

an offer to those who have questions about the news stories they are

reading: " If you wish, ask us. We can't respond to all requests for

information, but if a request is reasonable and we have the time, we

will do our best to provide accurate, authoritative information. "

 

The State Department's website provides Leventhal's phone number for

those who wish to have him interpret the news for them: 202-203-7492.

 

Just another friendly service from your taxpayer-funded Ministry of

Truth!

 

For complete article:

 

http://onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/041805Madsen/041805madsen.html