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TBTM Commentary by Jesse This will be most effective as a combined coordinated effort by many large organizations. After giving this much thought I have come up with a multi angled plan of attack. The details can be worked out along with the logistics. This author is looking to lead or contribute to any viable real effort to implement an agenda to return journalism to Americans. Although I am applying this concept to the Iraq conflict it can and should be applied to all the other issues related to the Bush administration. Use the same approach, simply replace the specifics. For example instead of addressing the issues on Iraq we can expose the Bush Whitehouse. For instance, an issue to cite might be “John Poindexter, a convicted felon, convicted of lying to Congress, is now the Director of the Information Awareness Office”. Or “Several convicted felons, including John Poindexter and Elliot Abrahms have been appointed by President Bush, who had promised during his presidential campaign to bring honor back to the White House,” etc. This is important. We can not stop at the Iraq conflict; we must expose the Bush Administration. Refocus the message of the mass protests: The current message of the peace protests are effective in letting people know that there are many of us against the war, but they do nothing to win over people who support the war. The mass voice of the peace movement must now be used to inform the uninformed. I have yet to meet a war supporter who is aware of the facts. Create a 1 page flyer to hand to pro war supporters (I have created one, but obviously many can be created - click here for a pdf copy of it). This flyer should do the following:
Change the signs: “No War for Oil” does nothing to inform the public. As an example we need to create many signs with messages such as: (Cite as many unreported stories as we can).
Make signs advertising valid sources of information, such as Buzzflash.com. or direct links to reputable international news sites, such as the Toronto Star, or the Guardian in the UK. Change the speeches, and the speakers: No more preaching to the choir. The speeches must directly address the issues that have not been reported. I refer to the same facts mentioned above, i.e. forged data, old invalid intelligence sources, the truth about the French, the US and the vetoes. We need to continually point out that the responsibility lies with the press and that they have disgraced the institution of journalism. They have lost the respect of the international world of journalists and they have made a fool of America to the world, all of whom are more informed than we are. Speakers must be exciting and dynamic. Fewer, more effective speakers will have a greater impact than numerous lame speakers. You can always announce high profile participants but they don’t all have to give a speech. Their presence is powerful enough. When being interviewed relentlessly be on the attack. The issue is no longer that the press is not listening to us; the issue is that the press has held back way too much information and it is an outrage! Refocus the target of the mass protests: Marching to an empty Whitehouse does nothing for our cause. It is becoming fodder for right wing radio and the like. It does nothing to win over the less informed. We must direct our protest to the major media. We must protest in front of all of the AM TV Shows with live street views. We must harass the news centers as well. Ask the world to help. – THIS ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT! We must create a one page form letter asking the news media all around the world to help us expose the failure of the American Press. We must have thousands, hundreds of thousands of people; send email to every news organizations around the world pointing out the failure of the American Press. We must provide a list of stories that are not getting covered in the US, including every international treaty that we have withdrawn from, every detail leading up to the war that we have not been told, everything! Let the International Press tell our story! Lies and B.S. aside, I think that the piece that is missing from the propaganda campaign going on in this country is the RAGE that this is causing world-wide. The Right wing has closed the focus of this "conflict" to the military aspect that they can win. They first shifted the war from terrorists and that elusive Osama to Saddam (for many reasons.) I'm sure people pitch you ideas all the time, but I think to have a piece that shows the demonstrations around the world, the embassies being attacked, the reporters being fired, the POW's and their terrified faces and a refrain of something like "do you feel safer?" By framing the debate to the "conquest of Iraq," Bush will have his sordid "win." But if we can keep our eye on the larger picture, we can expose it for the crock that it is.Yeah, we'll have a bloody, joyless occupation on our hands, and terrorists at the ready to do damage here and overseas. ----- Editor's note: Here's Jesse's bio, from his web site: "I am just a citizen, not affiliated with any specific group at the moment. I spent 9 years working on the technology side of the Associated Press. I was not a journalist, but the journalists and especially the photo journalists whom I met made quite an impression on me. That, along with having fine decent parents has helped shape me into a very aware open minded individual. I am in no way a bleeding heart liberal. I am conservative on some issues, centrist on some issues and liberal on a few issues. I am also undecided on many issues. The one issue I am very passionate about is that the current administration (Bush) is possibly the most dangerous collection of powerful people ever assembled and they have to be stopped. "I am an effective speaker, strong debater, logical thinker and I am very analytical. If anyone reading this is in a position to actively address the problem with the media, or would like to work on my Plan of Action with me, please contact me at Jesse64@nyc.rr.com." TBTM welcomes Jesse as a contributor. |
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