From Campaign For Liberty:
AFRICOM: The Doom of Journalism
By Robert F. Beaudine
Published 04/18/11
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Beaudine
Our founders understood that a free press was vital for the nation to preserve its other freedoms. In the First Amendment of The Bill of Rights, they endowed the press with its freedom, which could be used for both good and for evil. Our forebears knew when used for good, our public press would balance and limit the powers of government.
The history that has led to today's brand of journalism is a long report. The result is apparent to all who search for truth, because there is very little in today's mainstream media.
Today's coverage of Libya is illustrative. The mainstream media parroted the slogans of the state when they wrote of a "kinetic action" in Libya. Later, they streamlined this into an "action" in Libya.
Initially, our journalists reported that these kinetic killings were part of a humanitarian effort that would eventually save lives. Nine days after our action began, our President claimed our response was in our strategic interests. Some analysts called this deceptive and our actions confusing.
When actions confuse, our journalists have a duty to dig deeper to get the truth. Instead, our mainstream reporters prefer the prestige and acclaim when they help drive the agenda of today's progressive policies.
Surprisingly, sometimes these policies support their supposed enemy, the military-industrial complex, as is the case in Libya. It seems that our most progressive President has engaged in the imperialism favored by the neo-conservatives. This action needs more journalistic scrutiny.
Our citizens have a strategic interest to maintain a free press to keep us informed. Today's mainstream media is negligent at best.
This is apparent in a number of major news stories that were not reported by our prestigious journalists. The military command initially in charge of the Libyan intervention was the US African Command, also called AFRICOM. AFRICOM was established in 2007 by an executive order of President Bush. This was AFRICOM's first operational action. A free press would have run this as a major news story.
Their nondisclosure is a major news story, one that should lead to alternative avenues for information and close the doors on all the illogical offerings of the mainstream press.
According to their website and their leaders, AFRICOM is a military organization that partners with African nations and the African Union. It supports the policies of our State Department, our US Embassies, and the US Agency for International Development, appropriately designated USAID. It aims to unify Africa and establish peace. Many times, peace requires war, as is the case today in Libya.
Perhaps if Libya had participated in AFRICOM, war would have been avoided. Either way, AFRICOM has not been mentioned by our media because that would create too many questions and require our reporters to investigate, something their corporate owners frown upon. It would lead to the news that Libya was one of only five African nations that refused to participate in AFRICOM's agenda.
Another story left largely unreported offers another reason for war with Libya. Libya had refused to join the international banking community. They had a central bank but not one in the popular conception. Theirs was state-owned and operated, which gave them the flexibility, if they chose, to price their oil in another currency than the US Dollar. And that's a vital US strategic interest ��" to maintain the US Dollar as the world's reserve currency. Pricing petrodollars in another currency undermines that status.
Another major news story should blazon: While the rebels were fighting for their lives and country, they had the financial acumen to form their own central bank, something more in line with the international concept. The Central Bank of Benghazi was established on March 29th to the cheers of freedom loving people everywhere. America also cheered as this helped their strategic interests in keeping their US dollar in demand.
But there were no cheers because there was no story. And if the truth be told, there would have been jeers.
There are many related news stories, largely unreported, all across Africa. AFRICOM supports the International Military and Education Training, which training was set up for African government officials and their military. While America is indoctrinated in cultural Marxism, Africa is undergoing a form of cultural Americanism.
AFRICOM also sponsors the African Endeavor, a multinational initiative. The US Africa Command Blog wrote, "Overall, the goal of the Africa Endeavor exercise series is to develop command, control and communication tactics, techniques and procedures that can be used by the African Union in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and peacekeeping missions. Yes, a peaceful and secure Africa supports U.S. interests."
Is this a new imperialism as our empire crumbles within? More investigation is certainly needed. Daniel Volman, the director of African Security Research Project claims our intervention in Libya is minimal and our President has acted "under very specific circumstances and with an international consensus." President Obama has been clear about not raising "expectations of US action in Ivory Coast."
Did he mention Ivory Coast because of our strategic interest in their cocoa? Many nations need our humanitarian assistance, so what's the real scoop? Did they suffer the same international wrath as Libya because Ivory Coast is one of the five nations that refused the assistance of AFRICOM?
Fortunately, the Washington Times continues to investigate and has published the truth. On Monday, Josiah Cantrall wrote an article titled, "UN and France destroy Ivory Coast sovereignty." It seems Ivory Coast suffered an unjust international intervention, but also their President, Laurent Gbagbo, endured the humiliating lies of the mainstream media for months as he was portrayed as "a murderous strongman who refuses to accept electoral defeat." Cantrall then described the widespread voter fraud that unjustly robbed the ardent Christian leader of his rightful role. This would explain his hesitancy to abandon his country to the rapacious international community.
Throughout history, empires disintegrated when weaker generations arose and perpetuated their apathy and immorality. Our founders were realists regarding the survival of their experimental government. They knew it was the duty of each rising generation to preserve their own freedoms, including the freedom of their press.
As a result, the lack of integrity in our mainstream media cannot be blamed entirely on our journalists. Much of the blame rests with our apathetic citizenry, those who have little understanding of world geography, rarely consult a world map, and care little about the world they live in. If they didn't consume the mainstream misinformation, it wouldn't survive. These people prefer the bliss of ignorance. And when world events overrun their little world, they will learn the awful lesson that blissful ignorance is rarely guaranteed.
Copyright �© 2011 Campaign for Liberty
AFRICOM: The Doom of Journalism
By Robert F. Beaudine
Published 04/18/11
Printer-friendly version
Beaudine
Our founders understood that a free press was vital for the nation to preserve its other freedoms. In the First Amendment of The Bill of Rights, they endowed the press with its freedom, which could be used for both good and for evil. Our forebears knew when used for good, our public press would balance and limit the powers of government.
The history that has led to today's brand of journalism is a long report. The result is apparent to all who search for truth, because there is very little in today's mainstream media.
Today's coverage of Libya is illustrative. The mainstream media parroted the slogans of the state when they wrote of a "kinetic action" in Libya. Later, they streamlined this into an "action" in Libya.
Initially, our journalists reported that these kinetic killings were part of a humanitarian effort that would eventually save lives. Nine days after our action began, our President claimed our response was in our strategic interests. Some analysts called this deceptive and our actions confusing.
When actions confuse, our journalists have a duty to dig deeper to get the truth. Instead, our mainstream reporters prefer the prestige and acclaim when they help drive the agenda of today's progressive policies.
Surprisingly, sometimes these policies support their supposed enemy, the military-industrial complex, as is the case in Libya. It seems that our most progressive President has engaged in the imperialism favored by the neo-conservatives. This action needs more journalistic scrutiny.
Our citizens have a strategic interest to maintain a free press to keep us informed. Today's mainstream media is negligent at best.
This is apparent in a number of major news stories that were not reported by our prestigious journalists. The military command initially in charge of the Libyan intervention was the US African Command, also called AFRICOM. AFRICOM was established in 2007 by an executive order of President Bush. This was AFRICOM's first operational action. A free press would have run this as a major news story.
Their nondisclosure is a major news story, one that should lead to alternative avenues for information and close the doors on all the illogical offerings of the mainstream press.
According to their website and their leaders, AFRICOM is a military organization that partners with African nations and the African Union. It supports the policies of our State Department, our US Embassies, and the US Agency for International Development, appropriately designated USAID. It aims to unify Africa and establish peace. Many times, peace requires war, as is the case today in Libya.
Perhaps if Libya had participated in AFRICOM, war would have been avoided. Either way, AFRICOM has not been mentioned by our media because that would create too many questions and require our reporters to investigate, something their corporate owners frown upon. It would lead to the news that Libya was one of only five African nations that refused to participate in AFRICOM's agenda.
Another story left largely unreported offers another reason for war with Libya. Libya had refused to join the international banking community. They had a central bank but not one in the popular conception. Theirs was state-owned and operated, which gave them the flexibility, if they chose, to price their oil in another currency than the US Dollar. And that's a vital US strategic interest ��" to maintain the US Dollar as the world's reserve currency. Pricing petrodollars in another currency undermines that status.
Another major news story should blazon: While the rebels were fighting for their lives and country, they had the financial acumen to form their own central bank, something more in line with the international concept. The Central Bank of Benghazi was established on March 29th to the cheers of freedom loving people everywhere. America also cheered as this helped their strategic interests in keeping their US dollar in demand.
But there were no cheers because there was no story. And if the truth be told, there would have been jeers.
There are many related news stories, largely unreported, all across Africa. AFRICOM supports the International Military and Education Training, which training was set up for African government officials and their military. While America is indoctrinated in cultural Marxism, Africa is undergoing a form of cultural Americanism.
AFRICOM also sponsors the African Endeavor, a multinational initiative. The US Africa Command Blog wrote, "Overall, the goal of the Africa Endeavor exercise series is to develop command, control and communication tactics, techniques and procedures that can be used by the African Union in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and peacekeeping missions. Yes, a peaceful and secure Africa supports U.S. interests."
Is this a new imperialism as our empire crumbles within? More investigation is certainly needed. Daniel Volman, the director of African Security Research Project claims our intervention in Libya is minimal and our President has acted "under very specific circumstances and with an international consensus." President Obama has been clear about not raising "expectations of US action in Ivory Coast."
Did he mention Ivory Coast because of our strategic interest in their cocoa? Many nations need our humanitarian assistance, so what's the real scoop? Did they suffer the same international wrath as Libya because Ivory Coast is one of the five nations that refused the assistance of AFRICOM?
Fortunately, the Washington Times continues to investigate and has published the truth. On Monday, Josiah Cantrall wrote an article titled, "UN and France destroy Ivory Coast sovereignty." It seems Ivory Coast suffered an unjust international intervention, but also their President, Laurent Gbagbo, endured the humiliating lies of the mainstream media for months as he was portrayed as "a murderous strongman who refuses to accept electoral defeat." Cantrall then described the widespread voter fraud that unjustly robbed the ardent Christian leader of his rightful role. This would explain his hesitancy to abandon his country to the rapacious international community.
Throughout history, empires disintegrated when weaker generations arose and perpetuated their apathy and immorality. Our founders were realists regarding the survival of their experimental government. They knew it was the duty of each rising generation to preserve their own freedoms, including the freedom of their press.
As a result, the lack of integrity in our mainstream media cannot be blamed entirely on our journalists. Much of the blame rests with our apathetic citizenry, those who have little understanding of world geography, rarely consult a world map, and care little about the world they live in. If they didn't consume the mainstream misinformation, it wouldn't survive. These people prefer the bliss of ignorance. And when world events overrun their little world, they will learn the awful lesson that blissful ignorance is rarely guaranteed.
Copyright �© 2011 Campaign for Liberty
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