Scott Horton Interviews Sydney Schanberg

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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Sydney Schanberg discusses his article “John McCain and the POW Cover-Up,” the hundreds of U.S. POWs and MIAs knowingly left in Vietnam and Laos after U.S. withdrawal, Arizona Senator John McCain’s suppression of the truth surrounding the abandonment of missing soldiers, personal reasons McCain may have for wanting to keep the records secret, the complicity of the mainstream media and thousands within the government in refusing to address this issue, McCain’s history of not supporting the VA system, the 900 U.S. soldiers left behind in Korea and the constant lying to Americans by our government.

MP3 here. (32:03)

Why Obama Could be in Trouble

By Robert Parry, Consortium News.
Posted August 7, 2008.

Instead of acting like journalists, the mainstream media have become McCain's personal assistants, regurgitating his B.S. without question.

It might seem unlikely that the United States would elect John McCain to succeed George W. Bush when that would ensure continuation of many unpopular Bush policies: an ill-defined war with the Muslim world, right-wing consolidation of the U.S. Supreme Court, a drill-oriented energy strategy, tax cuts creating massive federal deficits, etc., etc.

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Why does Peacenik read stories like this that make him feel sick? Peacenik is very sick of the 20 or 30 media types who seem to shape the public's perception of an election campaign. The Cokie Roberts, David Broders and George Wills of the media elite. But there is hope. At least the media has not spent multiple news cycles on the cost of Obama's haircuts. At least the media has not accused Obama of plagiarizing an academic paper. And at least the media hasn't spent weeks speculating on whether or not Obama wears French cuff shirts. There is hope.....there is hope.