This might well explain the media blackout.

[Kombaiyashii]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JPlvdSQ6cAM

This is a very interesting piece which shows how such a small number of people can control the information received by millions.

[jumpyg1258]

I havent watched the video but the explanation behind the blackout is very clear. The top 3 candidates to not recieve any airtime are Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel. Those 3 are also the only 3 to be against foreign entanglements and wish to get us out of Iraq ASAP. All of the corporations that own the media outlets these days have many investments in the wars and make huge profits off of death and destruction. If you were running a buisness, would you advertise ideals that would make you lose money? I doubt it.

[Opiner]

I wonder how many people will be watching the news if there was no war.

[EvilEngineer]

yup, and sadly if people think an election will change this.. they are wrong.

If people want change in this, they need to step up to the plate and demand it.

[LEK]

War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.
--Marine Corp General Smedley Butler

[qh4dotcom]

I wonder how many people will be watching the news if there was no war.

People won't stop watching the news if there's no war. Many people are sick and tired of hearing about the war.

If the media wanted the war to go on then I don't understand why at debates they keep asking Ron Paul questions about the war when they know what his answer will be.

[Wyurm]

I hate to say this but even with RP in the Whitehouse, this problem won't change. We would need to find a way to make peace sell. Actually, it should be that way. In war you lose productivity, sadly a few have discovered how to profit off of this. And, by profit, I mean grossly so.

[mconder]

I havent watched the video but the explanation behind the blackout is very clear. The top 3 candidates to not recieve any airtime are Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel. Those 3 are also the only 3 to be against foreign entanglements and wish to get us out of Iraq ASAP. All of the corporations that own the media outlets these days have many investments in the wars and make huge profits off of death and destruction. If you were running a buisness, would you advertise ideals that would make you lose money? I doubt it.

They are also the only three that are not CFR.

[Geronimo]

Every American needs to see this video.

Even if it was made by the government.

[Myerz]

People won't stop watching the news if there's no war. Many people are sick and tired of hearing about the war.

If the media wanted the war to go on then I don't understand why at debates they keep asking Ron Paul questions about the war when they know what his answer will be.


Obviously not.

[Laja]

We all need to see this video. I'm sending the link to everyone I know.

[Opiner]

I think something good that should come out of this movement is a fair mainstream news channel. This will be a serious first step.