Media Lens on Piers Morgan
And this is what is so staggering about the media’s indifference to Morgan’s sacking – even though the case had not yet been satisfactorily made, an editor of a major UK newspaper was sacked in response to pressure from, of all institutions, the army.
John Pilger noted the irony:
“Not one member of a government found conclusively to have lied, and lied, about its reasons for attacking Iraq and causing the deaths of thousands of innocent people, has been sacked, or has resigned.” (Email to Media Lens, May 15, 2004)
Despite what the media would have us believe, it matters greatly that one of the fiercest critics of a catastrophically immoral and illegal war has been so casually silenced by a combination of political, military and corporate power.
The Media Lens weblog seems to lack permalinks, so look for the entry of May 19.
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