Thursday, April 22, 2010

WikiLeaks and Collateral Murder

I've been thinking about the increasing homogenization of news in the United States, specifically printed news. As more local papers go under and most articles are written by Associated Press writers and are circulated across the country, our news has become boiled down to a few stories. And it seems as if actual representations of our military actions overseas are few and far between. Our news is corporately owned and operated and investigative reporters have been gaining more and more attention for reporting harsh truths, such as the police coverups of murders in New Orleans after Katrina, extraordinary rendition, and recently the film clip of US soldiers opening fire on 8 civilians in Iraq. You can watch the clip at http://collateralmurder.com/.

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