December 03, 2004

Round-Up: Biggest Stories Suppressed by MSM in 2004

In 2004 mainstream media was finally revealed to much of the public as being little more than a PR machine for the Left. It was seen that MSM had lost sight of their rightful, honorable, and noble mission of reporting all the news. It was not just a matter of what they reported, but also a matter of what they refused to report—of what they suppressed. For example, there were month after month of stories on Abu Ghraib, but there was very little about the Swift Boat Vets.

Here are my nominations (in no particular order) for the biggest stories of 2004 that were suppressed by mainstream media.

• The Swift Boat Vets. If these were the old pre-Internet days, MSM would have kept this story from the public entirely.
• How according to the UN, Hussein broke up giant factories capable of building WMDs and shipped them out of Iraq before and during the war.
• All the good news coming out of Iraq.
• Per Russian President Putin, Russian intelligence reported that Hussein planned terrorist attacks on the U.S.
• The many casualties in the Abu Ghraib prison were all inflicted, not by Americans, but by Iraqs guerilla terrorists.
• The success of the Bush tax cuts.
• The success of recent operations in Falluja.
• John Kerry’s refusal to take questions from the press for over a month in August and September. If this had been a Republican candidate, MSM would’ve shouted this scandal to the world.

  That’s my list so far. Can you suggest any more?

  Update 12-8-04. From a comment here by Bohemian Conservative:

  How about the fact that there were free and democratic elections in Afghanistan? I know there was some coverage of it but a lot of that coverage focused on the few problems in the election. I mean, if you are at all interested in history, the fact that Afghanistan now has a freely elected president is just amazing! The fact that that particular area of the world was pivotal in bringing both the British Empire and the Soviet Union to their knees in contrast to the fact that in the time span of about 3 years, the U.S. led coalition has now allowed it to become a fledgling democracy with a western-friendly leader is just profound!

  Excellent! Adding to the list:

• The free and democratic elections in Afghanistan.

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