Huffington Post : Justin Frank / What else don't we know?

"In today’s Washington Post, Howard Kurtz reports that the White House actively pressures the editors of major newspapers to withhold stories that could damage the Bush administration’s image and reputation with American citizens.

The important question this revelation raises is, “What else don’t we know?” What other information, gathered by professional reporters and editors, has been kept from the American public.

Kurtz has finally blown the whistle, revealing what he says, “may be the tip of a large and rather dirty iceberg.” It is incumbent upon those whose own stories have been suppressed to come forward and make their voices heard, starting with my own.

(snip)

My book cannot be the only example of responsible information suppressed by the Times and the Post, as well as by television media. I think that killing stories critical of the administration is based on fear of reprisals, rather than shared beliefs that secrecy is a fundamental function of presenting the news.

I assume that people like New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller have more respect for the American public than that – just not enough guts to do the right thing. This is why I applaud reporters like Kurtz and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter, but put my faith in The Huffington Post. Not only has corporate media betrayed the public trust; they have made themselves irrelevant at best, and enemies at worst, to the American people."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-frank/what-else-dont-we-know_b_12892.html

but I'm not sure the tide is out enough to do a thorough search under rocks for worms.

in history. The bogus war, spying, torture, propaganda, labeling bills something completely different than what they are, giveawys to millionaires while cutting the poorest... etc. If history wants respected then theyll be real about what this dude brought to this country. I only hope they resist pulling a Reagan. (ignoring facts and buying into the hype put out by a reicht hungering for legitamcy)

Peace.