De-programming the Public: Turn Off the News and Catch a Movie

Great article from a kid who really knows how to sock it to the dictator and to the news media. Judging from her comments about NBC, I doubt she'll be a guest on the Tonight Show anytime soon.

She also compares those who want to execute Kevin Cooper with those who destroyed Rosewood. She makes some really good points about the case.

The article ends will a list of movies she recommends, starting with "Bowling For Columbine."

I am expecting the Bush supporters who like to attack kids to be out in full force. They like to try to undermine her articles the same way the Bush administation is trying to undermine what Richard Clarke has to say.

This article is a must-read.

http://debateusa.com/featured/hull_richter.htm

De-programming the Public: Turn Off the News and Catch a Movie
By Natasha H. (age 12)

Ever wonder why Americans did not take to the streets and launch a national strike after the coup d’etat of 2000 wherein an appointed tyrant replaced a democratically-elected leader in Washington D.C.? If you’re like most Americans, probably not. Standing up and taking charge of one’s life is a foreign concept for most Americans. It’s not conformist enough. It’s easier to sit around and do nothing than to think and take action. Sure there are some patriots who care enough to act. But, for most of the 287,000,000 Americans, democracy and patriotism are a spectator sport.

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Look at the political registrations and contributions of the people who own the news industry and the reason for the Republican slant is obvious. Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News, suggested burning the Florida ballots after the 2000 election. General Electric, which owns NBC, makes money off war equipment. The more who die, the more money NBC’s parent corporation makes off new sales. The Democrats are not gung-ho on starting wars. So it’s not cost effective for corporations like General Electric to support the Democratic Party or to oppose Bush’s PNAC wars of tyranny. Is it any wonder that Jay Leno, in his opening monologues, has regularly attacked the leader of the anti-war, anti-occupation movement, Congressman Dennis Kucinich?

The candidacy of Dennis Kucinich has driven fear into the hearts of those controlling the news media. He wants corporate accountability. He is a man of the people – not a proponent of golden parachutes for corporate executives. As a result, the media, owned by mega-corporations, has done its best to give him no coverage and, on the rare occasions when they do cover him, as negative of coverage as possible. Dennis Kucinich was never unelectable. He has a history of beating Republican incumbents and his constituents regularly re-elect him with 74% of the vote. When he spoke to a crowd of thousands in Los Angeles in September, 2003, there was no coverage. When Kucinich led major stars in a march in support of the striking supermarket workers in Venice, California in October, 2003, where was the L.A. Times? The Times had more important things to do – like its front-page coverage of a shipload of sheep without a port. Certainly anyone should understand that sheep have priority over American workers.

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I also got the impression Lucas was talking about the connection between Bush and Bin Laden. I wonder how many others picked up on that.

Lucas is a Democrat. I suspect Natasha and you are right and that Lucas did not do this by accident.

The Corporation.


This one is fantastic, and will shake up the apathy.

Is it currently showing or do I need to order it?