Columbus Dispatch chooses Homer Simpson over Constitution
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Categories: Civil Liberties/Privacy, Media Accountability, Social Justice
Categories: Civil Liberties/Privacy, Media Accountability, Social Justice
Once you start looking critically at mainstream media, it becomes hard to go back to being a passive reader/viewer/listener. Today's Columbus Dispatch is a perfect example.
On the front page towards the bottom you will see an article titled "Ohio's Springfield to Homer: 'Pick me!' - Cities of same name vie for movie premiere"
You may think nothing of it, although it'd be nice if you thought "that's a front-page worthy story? Is that all that's going on in the world right now?"
Next we'll flip to the last page of the main section, A10. Along with a large ad for some great mattress deals you'll see an article titled "Hearings start for Guantanamo detainees."
I guess the optimist in me would have hoped that the beginning of "a series of closed hearings yesterday to determine whether 14 alleged terrorist leaders … should be declared 'enemy combatants' who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted by military tribunals" would have garnered more attention and been placed on the front page. I mean these trials are UNCONSTITUTIONAL after all. Not to mention the TORTURE at Guantanamo Bay that most turn a blind eye to for fear of having to act on their cognitive dissonance and betrayal of humanity.
Care for some Habeas Corpus or Bill of Rights? Oh wait, we tossed both of those out the window along with our greasy cardboard container of Freedom Fries…
On the front page towards the bottom you will see an article titled "Ohio's Springfield to Homer: 'Pick me!' - Cities of same name vie for movie premiere"
You may think nothing of it, although it'd be nice if you thought "that's a front-page worthy story? Is that all that's going on in the world right now?"Next we'll flip to the last page of the main section, A10. Along with a large ad for some great mattress deals you'll see an article titled "Hearings start for Guantanamo detainees."
I guess the optimist in me would have hoped that the beginning of "a series of closed hearings yesterday to determine whether 14 alleged terrorist leaders … should be declared 'enemy combatants' who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted by military tribunals" would have garnered more attention and been placed on the front page. I mean these trials are UNCONSTITUTIONAL after all. Not to mention the TORTURE at Guantanamo Bay that most turn a blind eye to for fear of having to act on their cognitive dissonance and betrayal of humanity.Care for some Habeas Corpus or Bill of Rights? Oh wait, we tossed both of those out the window along with our greasy cardboard container of Freedom Fries…
