Left In Lowell

Senator Kerry has a post on dkos today that blasts the lack of media coverage on the Pentagon propaganda NY Times article (I wrote about it here).

Not surprising the media fails to cover its own complicities in this matter. They love their “access” and don’t question the source. The precedent this sets - such large scale war propaganda on American soil - could change our democracy forever. From Kerry:

The Pentagon now says that it has suspended this program, but we still don’t know what really happened. What was the extent of the program? Did the Pentagon leverage the financial interests of the analysts? And, especially, now that the Pentagon has announced this program has been suspended, what steps are being taken to make sure it never happens again?

We know the life-or-death consequences of policy decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan — and we know that these policies should de debated and defended without secret programs designed to tailor the news for the Administration’s goals. This is too important to brush aside.

So I sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for that independent office to conduct a full investigation of this program and report its findings. But what we need to do is show that the people are watching this. I sent out an email yesterday to the johnkerry.com community asking everyone who agrees with me to sign on as co-signers to the letter I sent to the GAO.

I ask all of you here to join me as well.

Click here, read the letter I sent to the GAO, and add your voice to those of us who are demanding answers.

Somebody needs to hold the administration and the media to account. The independent GAO is known for its investigations into serious matters. I think this is a good move on the Senator’s part.