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In reply to the discussion: Why do we buy into the worship of the military? [View all]DENVERPOPS
(8,810 posts)Everyone should get a copy of the Documentary produced by other countries documenting what TRULY happened in the so called Panama Invasion, vs what the American Public was told by OUR media.
A very highly rated European investigative reporter friend sent me a copy of the documentary video (in U.S. format) to watch after a heated debate of me touting our lack of censorship of the press in the U.S. compared to most other countries......The documentary won all kinds of awards around the world for their investigating and showing what the U.S. truly had done in that Panama Invasion. Continually, the documentary factually documented the sources and video segments they showed. It was literally a 180 degree different story, with some of the major despicable, international war crime stuff the U.S. had committed down there.
I called him and gave him a plentiful; I'm sorry for my not factual representation about media censorship in the U.S. and asked him to forgive me (and all of America) for being so blind and ignorant.
He came over the next year and lived with us for six months while he did an internship at a large TV station here in Denver. He would receive a couple of his big european city's newspapers every week to keep up to date. ( Big European Cities that were our allies by the way) We would sit down at night and find stories that were in both newspapers about some international event or something that went on in the U.S. or in the world etc.
The difference was as alarming as it was stunning, as the reported story after story by the two different countries were compared.
That was years ago, and thanks to the internet I have continued to do the same activity. The U.S. media has grown far worse every year for the past 25 years.........
Look at the British "GUARDIAN" news that shows info not ever even mentioned on page 87 in the U.S. media......