"World Press Freedom Day"

May 3, 2009

I found barry's statement about freedom of the press curious. What good is freedom of the press when they have been completely corrupted? When they choose what will be given press and what will be avoided? And when they make it perfectly clear who they want for president and go about making it happen?

ZOGBY/IFC Poll
Nov 5-6, 2008

93.1% believed barry received more coverage
74.7% believed MEDIA COVERAGE INFLUENCED THE OUTCOME OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

80% believed TV unreliable
84% believed radio unreliable

72.6% believed the news they read/see is biased.
37.6% believed the Internet is most reliable

So 73% believe there was media bias in general, 75% thought media bias influenced the outcome of the presidential election and 93% thought barry got more coverage.

Kind of easy to understand how barry got to be president considering Sen Clinton got the same number of votes. And she got much more when voters actually used a voting machine.

So what does it say about Americans that they don't care that they can no longer trust the mainstream media to report facts?

And what does it say when lawyers quote factcheck as proof in actual legal papers submitted and (allegedly) read by the Supreme Court? And that both Judge Surrick and Judge Robertson relied on the the pro-barry press and the internet and Twitter to make their decisions?

Statement by the President in honor of World Press Freedom Day [Emphasis added]

World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3 to remind us all of the vital importance of this core freedom. It is a day in which we celebrate the indispensable role played by journalists in exposing abuses of power, while we sound the alarm about the growing number of journalists silenced by death or jail as they attempt to bring daily news to the public.

When was the last time an American one was in America? And yes the media was indispensable for barry - if not, this statement wouldn't have his name attached to it.

Although World Press Freedom Day has only been celebrated since 1993, its roots run deep in the international community. In 1948, as people across the globe emerged from the horrors of the Second World War, nations saw fit to enshrine in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights the fundamental principle that everyone "has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

It's clear that barry followers don't believe this.

....Today, I lend my voice of support and admiration to all those brave men and women of the press who labor to expose truth and enhance accountability around the world. In so doing, I recall the words of Thomas Jefferson: "The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

Around the world - not around the country.

Is there a single journalist in America who has any type of curiosity? Who remembers how to to their job? Who has the integrity to stand up and make barry accountable? Who has the courage to force the government to produce some sort of absolute proof of who barry is and whether he is eligible to be President?