If you work in the media and criticize Bush, expect retaliation.
John Green, the executive producer of the weekend edition of “Good Morning America”, criticized Bush in several private
emails. After executives at ABC learned about the emails, Green
has been suspended without pay for a month and ABC sent an apology to
the White House.
This incident is telling of a whole atmosphere of silencing
criticisms of the Bush regime inside the media. After the NY
Times revealed Bush’ NSA warrantless wiretaps, the government quickly
lashed out at whoever leaked the story, and has been seeking grounds
for legal action against the NY Times. After 9/11, the White
House warned the media to “watch what you say”. Given this
atmosphere of intimidation and the media’s unfortunate willingness to
go along, it’s not surprising that Bush’s lies about WMD’s in Iraq was
exposed by the anti-war movement, but absent from the mainstream media.
The World Can’t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime!
(Source: “ABC Suspends Producer Over Bush-Bashing E-Mail”, Washington Post, 4/1/06)