Domestic and International Threats Against the US Part Two

RightSideNews ^ | 12/9/08 | Vincent Gioia

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Unrecognized by Americans majorities - domestic and international threats will change our country forever (blame the media) - Part Two - Islam

By Vincent Gioia

The people in any country are only able to protect themselves and assure their freedom if they are aware of what is going on that affects them. Knowledge of current events was difficult to obtain two hundred years ago when the United States was created but nonetheless early Americans realized the importance of keeping everyone informed so they built into the Constitution a safeguard for freedom of expression which is acknowledged in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. So important was this idea that the founders made it the first basic right to be preserved.

The First Amendment contemplates that a free press will do the necessary job of informing the public. This is a grand idea and generally worked for as long as there was diversity of thought reflected in a multitude of information outlets. However over time information outlets sought less to inform and more to persuade with the result that information disseminated is colored and selected to advance whatever ideology the news media wants the public to know and believe, the truth notwithstanding.

The unfortunate consequence of filtered and selected news reporting is that the public is not told all the facts and is generally deprived of information that would waken them to imminent threats to liberty. The media directs them to elect people they choose by the shear preponderance of

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"However over time information outlets sought less to inform and more to persuade with the result that information disseminated is colored and selected to advance whatever ideology the news media wants the public to know and believe, the truth notwithstanding."

Exactly. That's why alternatives on the internet have been so successful.