Media/politicians lying to public to start wars an imprisonable offense?

[enhanced_deficit]

Or such lies told by/through media to public to start wars are no big deal?
It seems odd that some people go to prison for lying to public's servants about relatively trivial things but lying to the all important public itself about much more important things seems to go unpunished often.


‘You literally caused the Iraq War’: Internet rips Judith Miller for blaming war deaths on Chelsea Manning

Judith Miller, formerly of the New York Times, said hacking investigation could be a 'tar baby' for Trump (Screen capture)

Fox News contributor Judith Miller raised eyebrows Tuesday after criticizing President Barack Obama’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence.

The Obama administration announced it would commute Manning’s 35-year sentence, meaning the former U.S. Army soldier will only serve five more months in jail. Manning was convicted in July 2013 under the espionage act after leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.
Miller, the self-proclaimed “First Amendment activist” whose reporting on nonexistent weapons of mass destruction for the New York Times served to legitimize the Bush Administration’s push for the Iraq War, railed against President Obama’s commutation.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/you-literally-caused-iraq-war-internet-rips-judith-miller-for-blaming-war-deaths-on-chelsea-manning/



Related

2003: Washington Post ran 27 editorials in favor of Iraq invasion (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458793-2003-Washington-Post-ran-27-editorials-in-favor-of-Iraq-invasion&)

[dude58677]

Or such lies told by/through media to public to start wars are no big deal?
It seems odd that some people go to prison for lying to public's servants about relatively trivial things but lying to the all important public itself about much more important things seems to go unpunished often.


‘You literally caused the Iraq War’: Internet rips Judith Miller for blaming war deaths on Chelsea Manning

Judith Miller, formerly of the New York Times, said hacking investigation could be a 'tar baby' for Trump (Screen capture)

Fox News contributor Judith Miller raised eyebrows Tuesday after criticizing President Barack Obama’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence.

The Obama administration announced it would commute Manning’s 35-year sentence, meaning the former U.S. Army soldier will only serve five more months in jail. Manning was convicted in July 2013 under the espionage act after leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.
Miller, the self-proclaimed “First Amendment activist” whose reporting on nonexistent weapons of mass destruction for the New York Times served to legitimize the Bush Administration’s push for the Iraq War, railed against President Obama’s commutation.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/you-literally-caused-iraq-war-internet-rips-judith-miller-for-blaming-war-deaths-on-chelsea-manning/



Related

2003: Washington Post ran 27 editorials in favor of Iraq invasion (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458793-2003-Washington-Post-ran-27-editorials-in-favor-of-Iraq-invasion&)

I always thought this.

[enhanced_deficit]

The main reaoson could be that that no one from public wrote about those monster lies in their journals/diaries.
Not wrirting a memo about such lies allowed culprits to go unpunished.

[phill4paul]

Imprisonment? I say take them behind the woodshed and give them to a group of armless, legless vets, their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters all armed with barbwired wrapped baseball bats. Then turn a blind eye.

[Occam's Banana]

Imprisonment? I say take them behind the woodshed and give them to a group of armless, legless vets, their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters all armed with barbwired wrapped baseball bats. Then turn a blind eye.

Sadly, the overwhelming majority of those people would probably attach flags to the baseball bats and then throw a parade for their "honored guests" ...