Journalists
Are Killers Too...!
By
Henk Ruyssenaars
Foreign Press Foundation
First Published 26/04/2002
The
international journalist organization CPJ's research indicates, that
at least 37 journalists were killed in 2001 because of their work as
journalists. They either died in the line of duty or were deliberately
targeted for assassination - even with "friendly fire" by
their governments - because of their reporting or their affiliation
with a news organization.
A question which
needs an answer is however the following : are journalists killers too...?
And the answer is an unequivocal YES. Journalists kill when keeping
silent about crimes by their governments and others. Or help fabricate
propaganda supporting wars.
They make killing
possible when they obey orders to withhold information from the public
or publish false material. They help killing when they use their job
as a "cover" and cooperate with the CIA-Mossad or other intelligence
agencies.
Another disgusting
example is the infamous British "D-Notice" in "time of
emergency". When the government c.q. military see it fit to order
and censor for instance all journalists in the "British Empire".
Meaning that the BBC is only half as reliable as people think. I've
sometimes worked for them and refused for weeks working for the BBC
during the Gulf War period. Because of the Oxford accent the BBC propaganda
is noticed less.
But the air waves
are filled with lies. I refuse sitting outside doors waiting to be lied
to.
Contrary to many
of my colleagues all over the world, I refuse to take part in the immense
and disgraceful stream of small lies, bigger lies and publicity companies
"War on Terrorism"-US-Press handouts. By conforming to the
wishes of the global US-propaganda-machine, the journalists and correspondents
are now an active part of the killing.
Publication of made
observations can in many cases prevent bigger disasters, like President
John F. Kennedy told some New York Times editors : "If you had
published what you knew in advance, the whole Bay of Pigs disaster would
never have taken place", he afterwards told them. Whom - contrary
to good journalistic manners and style - had given in to the wishes
of the White House not to publish the material they had.
Worse is happening
now when anyone in the White House, the NSA/CIA or the Pentagon wants
to attack another energy-rich country. The main part of the worlds journalists
then actively takes part in the war by "preparing" American,
and "massaging" socalled Western public opinion. And to acquire
also that way the support of the US-Congress for an attack on whatever
they feel like. Journalists will cooperate and as such are collaborators
in the "War on Terrorism" -Killing Fields.
Mossad False Flag
Operation :
A good example is
given by Uri Avnery - well known writer and journalist - who lives in
Israel. He has written extensively about the life and career of Ariel
Sharon, and some days ago gave this example about "Iran, the media
and the war preparation". Concerning Iran and the Mossad False
Flag Operation with the arms ship the Karina A, Avnery wrote :
"- For this,
Israel's good services are needed. It has an enormous influence in the
US Congress and the media. It works like this: Israeli generals declare
every day that Iran is producing weapons of mass destruction and threatens
the Jewish State with a second Holocaust. Sharon announces that the
capture of the Iranian arms ship proves Arafat is a part of the Iranian
conspiracy. Peres tells everybody that Iranian missiles threaten the
whole world.
- Every day some
newspaper tells its readers that Bin Laden is in Iran or with the Hizbullah
in Lebanon. (see also NY-Times-fake : on Arafat/Iran).
- President Bush
knows how to reward those who serve him well. Sharon got a free hand
to oppress the Palestinians, imprison Arafat, assassinate militants
and enlarge the settlements. It's a simple deal: You (Israel) deliver
the support of the US Congress and the media, I deliver the Palestinians
on a platter."
And - for nearly
everybody to see everyday in the socalled "News"-papers :
the main part of the journalists tag along and as such are guilty by
association. By not telling the truth about what they know.
So, yes, journalists
that do not use the information they have about crimes against humanity
in whatever form and whatever place, concerning whatever government
- including the worst sinners right now - the United States and Israel
: if those journalists don't speak up they are an active part of the
killing and guilty as such. Guilty also of not being able to understand
that tomorrow it may well be their turn.
Journalists that
do not speak up, but do take part in the present global killing spree
called "War on Terrorism" do not deserve to be called journalists.
They are their Master's Voices, and as such a disgrace to our profession.
Those "journalists" are propagandists and collaborators; making
our world a still worse place to live in.
Those are the ones
that do not publish this article ....
TO THEM THE FOREIGN
PRESS FOUNDATION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:
"In Germany
first they came for the Communists; I wasn't a Communist so I didn't
speak up.
Then they came for
the Trade Unionists; I wasn't in a Union so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for
the Jews; but I was a Christian, so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for
the Catholics; I was a Protestant, so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for
me; and there was no one left to speak up".
-Pastor Martin Niemöller.
He died in the concentration
camp.