Sunday, February 06, 2005

The Future of a Free Press

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, head of The Shalom Center, recently went to Washington, D.C. to participate in what ABC News Nightline billed as a "town meeting." But when he got there, he found that the producers skewed the audience to be "pro-military" and quashed questions with dissenting views. The result was a rah-rah puff piece that reinforced the rightness of the Iraqi occupation without exploring the dissent coming from many parts of the country. Read his (and others') disturbing account of events here. Is this what passes for free speech in wartime, under the Bush regime?

Upset about what you've read? Tell ABC News here.
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